Ghosn with bubble-shaped Nissan concept car at Tokyo Motor Show

Ghosn with bubble-shaped Nissan concept car at Tokyo Motor Show

CHIBA, Japan - Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan Motor Co., shows off the Nissan PIVO 2 at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the public on Oct. 27 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba. The PIVO 2 is a bubble-shaped electric concept car with a 360-rotating cabin and wheels that can turn 90 degrees for sideways driving. The show, which runs through Nov. 11, features 542 new models, 77 of which are being exhibited for the first time in the world.

Automakers play up cute cars at Tokyo Motor Show

Automakers play up cute cars at Tokyo Motor Show

CHIBA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. exhibits the PIVO 2 (top), a successor to its bubble-shaped electric concept with a 360-rotating cabin, and Honda Motor Co. exhibits its box-shaped PUYO (bottom) compact fuel-cell concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened with a press preview on Oct. 24 at the Makuhari Messe convention center on the outskirts of Tokyo. The motor show will run through Nov. 11.

Automakers play up cute cars at Tokyo Motor Show

Automakers play up cute cars at Tokyo Motor Show

CHIBA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. exhibits the PIVO 2 (top), a successor to its bubble-shaped electric concept with a 360-rotating cabin, and Honda Motor Co. exhibits its box-shaped PUYO (bottom) compact fuel-cell concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened with a press preview on Oct. 24 at the Makuhari Messe convention center on the outskirts of Tokyo. The motor show will run through Nov. 11. (Kyodo)

Ghosn with bubble-shaped Nissan concept car at Tokyo Motor Show

Ghosn with bubble-shaped Nissan concept car at Tokyo Motor Show

CHIBA, Japan - Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan Motor Co., shows off the Nissan PIVO 2 at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the public on Oct. 27 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba. The PIVO 2 is a bubble-shaped electric concept car with a 360-rotating cabin and wheels that can turn 90 degrees for sideways driving. The show, which runs through Nov. 11, features 542 new models, 77 of which are being exhibited for the first time in the world. (Kyodo)