SPACE will be the new frontier for Toyota when Europe's biggest motor show of the year opens in Paris later this month.

For the Japanese company is using the French show to signal its return to the mini-MPV segment with the world debut of the Verso-S.

This new, small people carrier is expected to be launched in the UK early next year and Toyota claims that it is "an object lesson in space management".

Few details are available ahead of the show reveal other than the fact that, with a length of less than four metres, it will be the shortest mini MPV available in Europe making it a real Tardis of a car, if the company's claims are to be believed.

Toyota will also use the Paris show to reveal a new interior finish for the iQ micro car and a new, multimedia system for the Aygo, as well as showcasing its hybrid drive-train technology with a new concept car.