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Old 01-13-2004, 02:27 PM
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Nik, here's the best I could come up with.

I played Sega GT last night and noticed that I, too, have a Zero in my garage. The game says that the prototype was produced by a racing car manufacturer called 'Dohmu' and was to be Japan's first 'supercar.' Apparently they had some problems with it passing government regulations of some kind - I imagine they were safety-related.

I was unable to find any information about Dohmu online. It's possible that the Sega GT crew spelled it wrong, it was translated incorrectly, or maybe they just have knoedge of obscure Japanese prototypes that nobody else does.

The photos you presented at the beginning of thise thread are not the Zero. I suspected that the photos you showed were of a Bertone concept from the 80s, since it shares many of their trends from that time, but I found no photos on their site.

It looks like maybe there's a Renault emblem on the front of the car, but it's difficult to see it clearly. Can you tell me where you got those photos?
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Old 01-13-2004, 02:30 PM
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i kinda stumble upon them on some german site through altavista. i dont remember what i searched for.
i also dont have sega gt, my friends do, and ive only sen the zero once.
sure stuck with me. ill try to find a link and post it.

here ya go:
http://www.vw4ever.de/superstreet.htm
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Woohoo! Here's your car:

http://www.conceptcarz.com/folder/ve...vehicleTypeID=

The manufacturer is typically spelled 'Dome.' You can find photos of the race car based on the Zero here:

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/domezero.html
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its basically a pointy rwd xt6...
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its basically a pointy rwd xt6...
I think you can compare it to lots of cars from the 80s, but I wouldn't say it's 'basically an XT6.' The Zero is mid-engined, creating completely different proportions compared to the XT.

Actually, I think it looks a lot more like a Lancia Stratos.
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well it puts similar power to the ground.
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