Next week at the Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru will unveil the Hybrid Tourer concept but until then we’ll have to quench our thirst with a new set of amazing pictures.

This new vehicle is the world’s first hybrid that uses a boxer four-cylinder engine. A powerful couple of electric motors offer blended electric boost, electric drive and last but not least regenerative breaking using as an energy storage medium a lithium ion battery pack.

The hybrid’s architecture is a joint project signed by Subaru and Toyota and we’ll be able to see it available in showrooms in the next few years.

As if all that wasn’t enough I would like to add that this hybrid system makes a great couple with a new direct injected version of the engine that will also be available in production vehicles.