Toyota Mirai first drive: Hydrogen progress precedes practicality

Depending on where you’re from Mirai means “future” or “miracle”. However, the Toyota Mirai, one of the first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, isn’t in the future: it’s available in the here and now. Yet it would be a minor miracle to spot one on the UK’s roads, as only 50 of the cars will make it over to Blighty when they’re available, making it a car as rare as many supercars.

Only the Mirai couldn’t be accused of looking like a supercar. More like Darth Vader after a punch-up, his helmet a bit squished in. It’s very much the Japanese effect; the Mirai’s design has Toyota’s 2015 design aesthetic written all over it, coming across as a not very Euro-friendly looker.

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