Miata Mailing List: March 1994, Message #28
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   From: Will Zehring 
Subject: "M2 1028"
   Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 07:42:04 -0500

Fellow fiends:

Thought you might be interested in the following, appearing in the "World
news this week" section of the 2/28/94 issue of AutoWeek:

"RACING IN THE STREETS.  "Street competition" is the pitch for Masda's
M2 1028, a Japan-only limited-edition Miata derivative.  M2 1028 is an everyday
road-racer, a lightened version of the base Miata with a 10-point roll cage
bolted around the back of the cabin.  A "cabin" in a Miata?  That's right,
a lighter-than-usual hard top replaces the folding top.  The car is 110 pounds
lighter than the standard Miata, thanks to an aluminum trunk lid, lighter
alloy wheels and special seats.  The twin-cam engine gains new pistons,
cams, exhaust manifold and engine control unit for a 10-pony increase to
140 hp.  Compression goes from 9.0:1 to 10.6:1.  Mazda plans to sell 300
units, but the number could rise with demand.  On launch day, 50 cars already
had been sold-at $26,000 a pop."


Only one comment: sounds very interesting but what kind of a name is "M2 1028?"


Cheers,
Will Zehring