The Toyota Sportivo Coupe is a

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developed by

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. The car is most notable for not only its decidedly high-tech design, but that it was designed by a group of teenagers (ages 14–18). Key design elements include a

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in which the speed limit always occupies the 12 o'clock position. It also features

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, and a Driver I.D. system which automatically configures the car to the drivers settings saved on the card. The entire vehicle was built in 30 weeks using

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and

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. The vehicle is built on top of a modular Toyota frame using a modified drive train from the

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and RAV4.

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