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Toyota : The Paris Showroom Concept
Toyota: Cars will not be sold at this new French attraction on
Champs-Elysées, whose main target is to be a messenger of the new Toyota-Feeling. With
its new concept Toyota is targeting to the younger and also the female audience.
The main elements of the new showroom concept are
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an Internet-café,
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a bistro with international cuisine,
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multimedia installations with interactive games,
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video programs and
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a Lexus-luxury-lounge.
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The Entrance
In the entrance video installation welcome
the visitor. The base floor is mainly exhibition of cars, historical cars and art
installations. With some multi- media installations Toyota informs about its applied
technologies |
On the upper floor the Internet Cafe, the bistro and the Lexus lounge is located. Four
computer-internet stations invite to surf the web or to manage your E-mails. When visiting
the place, mainly young adults were crowding the stations. The bistro offers a broad,
multicultural menu incl. Japanese Suhsi as well as French sandwiches.
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The Lexus lounge
is a place of luxury and peace.
Located behind the bistro comfortable chairs allow to relax and to have efficient business
talks. 2 terminals present the Lexus. |
Over the year several events are planned, for example, the cable
TV station Paris Premiere will broadcast from the showroom on a regular basis. Artists are
invited to design and install an holistic concept in the showroom. The artist will change
on a 3 months basis.
The cost for showroom targets DM 10 mill. Toyota´s 2003 sales
target for Europe is 810.000 cars which means a European market share of 5%, an
increase of 2% from 1998.
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