{"id":582,"date":"2012-07-02T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2012-07-02T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T20:50:28","slug":"no-kidding-toyotas-looking-for-love-on-the-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/no-kidding-toyotas-looking-for-love-on-the-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"No kidding: Toyota&#8217;s looking for love on the playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Tokyo Toy Show last week, Toyota introduced the Camatte concept, a 9-foot-long Toyota for tots that&#8217;s powered by an electric motor and lead-acid battery. The car, which isn&#8217;t street legal, has a top speed of 25 mph and seats three. Toyota didn&#8217;t talk price.<br \/>\nThe Camatte has a center-positioned driver&#8217;s seat. And the back seat is big enough for a parent to squeeze in and, through remote controls, assist in braking and steering if the front-seat child needs help.<br \/>\nToyota envisions the Camatte as a recruiting and training tool for the next-generation of Japanese drivers. It is something that children of well-heeled parents can drive at go-kart tracks or on private roads &#8212; and, in the process, perhaps develop a love affair with driving.<br \/>\nWhile Toyota has no firm plans to sell the Camatte, it isn&#8217;t kidding around.<br \/>\nVirtually all Japanese carmakers are casting about frantically for ways to spur interest in cars among young buyers in Japan, who no longer covet them as status symbols.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Camatte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Camatte-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Camatte\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Camatte-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Camatte.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Tokyo Toy Show last week, Toyota introduced the Camatte concept, a 9-foot-long Toyota for tots that&#8217;s powered by an electric motor and lead-acid battery. 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