Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #135
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   From: "Barry Suskind" 
Subject: Re: sport vs. sportY
   Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 17:52:55 -0500

[Excerpt from Flanagan@eworld.com, on Thu, Feb 2, 1995 at  4:22pm]
Subject: Re: sport vs. sportY
> One thing to consider...
>
>
> The 3000GT VR-4....
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> It has 4 seats...... and its really heavy... But its a sports car... plain
> and simple...
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> Sure, maybe the shocks are adjustable with a switch for comfort, or
> cornering...  The exhaust is also adjustable for noise level....
>
> The looks, the handling, the speed... all SCREAM sports car... but it has a
> very luxury-oriented interior....
>
> So, is it a sports car, or a sporty car?
>
> According to some defintions on here people would call it "sporty"... but
> just try and tell the general public that a car that looks and drives like
> that is *NOT* a sports car....
>
> WAKE UP FOLKS!  TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES!  SO WHAT?
>
> Joe
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[-- End of excerpt from Flanagan@eworld.com]

Also by the classic sense of the word "sports car" (please don't throw
things at me) but the SL mercedes class is a sports car. Originally
SL was for, as a mercedes techie put it "super light" as the closest thing
he could come to for the german that this two letters once stood for.

Certainly the original 300SL's of lore qualify, even though their
desendants are much heavier and larger.

Also, I would put Civic Del Sol's in the SPORTY catagory, definately
lower than Miatas. I saw the Road and Track article that said the
Del Sol si was good. But then again, how long did it take Honda to
essentially soup up their tender little sporty coupe? It was after lots
of gripes from CRX/si fans that went and bought other cars. Mazda must
not want to get caught in some power war or they could easily work a
little magic on the miata (read the old 323's turbo engine) and larger
tires, etc and blow the doors off that funny little honda.

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