Toyota's RND Concept is actually a 'RED NOSE' for Comic relief!

The mysterious Toyota RND Concept turns out to a RED Nose (RND – Red Nose Day) for Comic Relief. So expect a proliferation of cars with Red Noses.

Toyota’s RND Concept is actually a ‘RED NOSE’ for Comic relief!

A couple of days ago, we had an odd press release from Toyota telling us about a new ‘Concept’ that was launching on 26 January that would revolutionise motoring – the Toyota RND Concept (tease photo below).

We couldn’t see it being anything other than some sort of ‘accessory’ rather than a new car, and it turns out it is actually a Red Nose.

The ‘RND’ bit of RND Concept stands for Red Nose Day, and signals Toyota UK’s participation in Comic Relief’s fundraiser for 2015 by offering plastic red noses to plant on the front of your Toyota (or, indeed, any car you like).

So all the lines Toyota came out with like:

“Toyota is confident, too, that the RND Concept’s impact will go far beyond its own model range”,
“…new RND Concept will make its world debut in the UK on 26^th January, ready for fast-track development that should see it changing the face of motoring within weeks” and
“Toyota acknowledges the RND will be unveiled in its production-ready form”

make sense now we know what it’s all about.

So if, as most were claiming, you were expecting the RND Concept to be a new car, you’ll be disappointed. But if you find it funny, you can join the fun by buying your own Red Nose for your car from Toyota’s Ebay Store for just a fiver.

And yes, they’re already on sale, even though Toyota aren’t revealing the RND Concept until 26 January.