Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #132
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   From: Ioannis Tsiounis 
Subject: Re: Miata vs. MR2...Opinions? (Sports cars)
   Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 17:23:54 -0500


Playing with Quentin's list:

sports cars:
        RX-7
        1st gen Z cars 
        Miata
        NSX
        Corvette
        MR2
        CRX-Si (1st gen)
So far so good, but:
        CRX del Sol
Are you sure? Only barely so. And if yes, then what about a 3-door Civic with
the same (160HP) engine? Same balance/performance/price. Just more room (by
the way I am not sure they are selling them here in that configuration
but they do in Europe).

And,    Capri??? No, this is a definite no. It doesn't have the chassis
potential.

Ah, by the way, How come the Vette poses as a sports car, and the last 
generation Z doesn't? (In fact I would put them both in sportY. But they
have the same characteristics, that's why I mention them together).

And you *definitely* forgot to add the new 911 and F355 to your Sports
car list (the 911 would still make it, even if price *is* an issue).


And, I agree on the sporty cars, but they are not worth discussing
anyway. Imitations, imitations...

And, to attempt a definition:
A sports car is the one that does not spoil the driver's fun when 
driven at its limit (with imprecise stering/terrible brakes/horrific
handling, or imprecise handling/etc/etc).

A wide definition. My Renault 4TL (again) would fall in it. My sister's
Nissan 100NX no, by no means.

  Yiannis.