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US personnel have been saying Detroit for full reveal for a while so it makes sense... so, SEMA (if it's still happening) should be the camo car reveal on the other side of the atlantic.

that's exactly the feeling; you 100% nailed it.

I always felt weird riding passenger in the Z32 and NSX because they have those sloping dashes... of course, the driver seat is the cure haha.

I covered it a few months back in one of the threads, but you'd have to locate it. EDIT: https://www.supramkv.com/threads/auto-show-q-a-thread-if-you-could-ask-toyota-a-question.661/page-4#post-6949

Tada mentioned 70-100kg less for the GRMN, and I think he commented on it in a recent interview as well.

the brakes are painted red on some of the cars and have been for some time; IIRC all the cars at Jarama had them.

I'm guessing it ends up being the 8HP50; the outgoing Z4 had the 8HP45 and the 50 series is the 2nd gen replacement afaik

yep, the 60 and 70 series are pretty nice and smooth IMO.

your point stands none the less, but I also love modern Tremec transmissions (TR6060/6070) :) I also agree in regards to them being a pretty brawny trans, but they have gotten much better than the T56 era lol. I want to swap a 6060 into my A70 eventually.

ZR1 comes with a Tremec TR-6070. http://www.tremec.com/noticias_detalle/zri-fastest-corvette-ever/

Given what has been said internally and what we can publically deduce from the Z4, yes, but still best to assume the car has less power just in case.

ah, I guess that would make far more sense ^

that's true, but I assumed it was for the 4cyl (if that's still in the cards).

Good questions, but I'm not real sure. I always figured the two cars would be around the same price, but figured the BMW would cost a bit more given badge, tech, convertible, etc. I was told, long ago now, that $55k USD was the target price for 6cyl car with expected options. I feel the GRMN...

It was designed to be that from the get-go, so basically more Akio IMO. Tada wanted to do a mid engine car, would have probably been called MR2 lol, but Akio was like nah I want an FR platform above the 86. So here we are.

After driving both, I feel you are correct as i'm sure many who have owned both would agree. IMO, both response and handling were better in the Z32 despite plenty of other things the jza80 did better.

I think toyota cheaped out a bit on the plastic trim in the A80, but design wise I always felt it was gorgeous. It wasn't great for the passenger because the car was always touted as driver centric, hence cockpit with all gauges and meters facing the driver. If I was going to call out anything...

I have zero inclination or evidence to believe the car has an S58, but anything is possible (although IMO this is improbable).

Gazoo definitely has the budget to do pretty much whatever Akio wants (see his personal Toyota Century GRMN lol). It is VERY possible that some of the tech I was told would be on the car, like the carbon roof and one other particular item I have not mentioned will be on that car instead...

wind noise isn't a big deal on a race car, plus weight savings :) could also be to fix clearance as the door seal isn't all that thick on the upper portion when compared to the gap seen on the race car (with body seal removed).