Miata Mailing List: January 1996, Message #209
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   From: a.mccombs3@genie.com
Subject: miata personality
   Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 18:32:04 -0500

Well, Paul, I'm afraid you may have stuck both your accelerator and your
clutch foot in this one - the Miata is "not much sports car" - ???  In terms
of pure acceleration for stock vehicles, you're right, of course - your RX-7
will run away from a Miata.  So, by your criteria, I guess an AA Fuelie
would be a REAL sports car, eh?

My point is that there is a lot more to a sports car than pure acceleration -
always has been.  Look back at the smaller and lighter sports cars of the
30s, 40s (such as they were) and 50s.  The MG-T series were some of the
slowest things on the road, but they were head and shoulders above anything
else in the fun to drive dept.

I like acceleration, too, and in my opinion the stock Miata is a bit lacking
there (hence the turbo installation) - but it was just as much of a sports
car before the turbo, as after.  The Miata is small, light, nimble,
tossable, and a blast to drive, with a top that requires little more than
thinking about it to raise and lower.  All this in "not much of a sports
car"-???-  I'm keeping my "not much of a sports car", thanks, anyway.

                                                --Jack M. & KANSEI--