Craig Blome wrote:
>
> I wandered over to Toyota's Web page and had a look at
> the preliminary specs for next year's MR-Spyder, the
> potential B Stock challenger to the Miata, at
> <http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/future/spyder/spyder_specs.html>.
Very cool. This page has been updated and the specs are looking more
concrete. I hope this car is at next weeks AutoShow here in San Diego.
> It's impossible to really tell anything from paper,
> but some of the following things caught my eye:
>
> 1. The MR-S has a _substantially_ wider track than the
> Miata, yet is only 0.6" wider overall.
Cool. This means my tires will hit the cones, instead of the car body
hitting cones. 8-)
>
> 2. The sequential gearbox that the magazines think is
> an automatic appears to be a manual after all. The
> page fairly screams "It's a MANUAL! NOT an AUTOMATIC!"
> I wonder if it will bang off shifts in 0.3 seconds
> like the F355 F1...nah, prolly not.
If it's anything like my MR-2, it will shift quickly...then the tranny
will die. 8-)
>
> 3. I hope the larger rear tires mean that Toyota won't
> put an insane amount of understeer-for-safety in like
> my stock X1/9.
Agreed. They might, specially after their experience with the MR-2.
>
> 4. You don't suppose the Boxster resemblance is
> intentional, do you?
Yes, Porsche might have copied Toyota.... 8-P
>
> Is this the car to best the invincible Miata? Dunno.
> But I'll definitely test drive it. Heaven help the
> poor salesdroid... >;-)
When I bought the MR-2, they were being displayed at Qualcomm Lot in San
Diego and the test drive area was the west lot. Yoohoo! I asked the
sales person.."do you mind if I can see what the car can really
do?"..hhehe
There is still a question about how fat a tire you can put on this car,
but I am bringing a tape measure to the autoshow.
Well, weather in SoCal has flipped this week but it is back to Sunny
skies for the ProSolo in San Berdoo. It now looks like I will be going
(wasn't sure) but I will be driving up in 0-dark:30. 8-/
Randy Chase
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