Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #7
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   From: pond@chrisco.nrl.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Pond)
Subject: Re: Why Montego Blue?
   Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:15:15 -0500

>>      I agree with this answer 100% and I also remembered that Mazda had
>>      already made Montego Blue a factory color for the 929 as well as for
>>      one of its trucks, so its not like they had to re-tool the factory for
>>      a new color or anything... That color has always been a popular choice
>>      on those model cars and the Miata was no exception.
>
>I also heard that montego blue is/was available on the RX-7, although I
>never saw that color car on the street. It does have one drawback as a
>color. If you look at it and think "scratch", it will.
>
>Harry Sue
>'94 montego blue, formerly known as m-edition

Montego Blue was available on the '93 and '94 RX-7.  I don't know about the
'95s (there were only a few) and I don't even know if the '96s have been
released yet.  Totally my own opinion, but whereas I think it is a really
nice color on the Miata I don't think it fits the RX-7 nearly as well.

                               Jeff Pond
                               Microwave Technology Branch
                               Naval Research Laboratory