Miata Mailing List: June 1996, Message #4
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   From: Rob Meldrum 
Subject: Z3 Review
   Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 09:38:44 -0400

Hey, group!  The car editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer (our local paper),
reviewed BMW's Z3, and repeatedly compared it to our favorite car.  Guess
which one he prefers?  Here are the salient snippets:
     "The views expresssed here may seem heretical--after all, this is the
James Bond car, as seen in his latest, 'GoldenEye'--but for pure sports car
fun, you'd be better served by the aging Mazda Miata, and for about ten
grand less."
     "The car's exterior design is a knockout--far more impressive, in my
opinion, than the Miata's.  It looks like $50,000, easy..."
     "Some 350 pounds slimmer, the Miata, with a better weight:power ratio,
could eat it for lunch.  A Z3 driver would do well to show a lofty disdain
for the little Japanese machine and refuse to engage in pink-slip drags."
     "The Z3 I got had endured some 5,000 miles of torture by my press
brethren, worth 25,000 miles at the hands of real people.  Still, it had
been checked out by the intermediary company and purported to represent
typical quality.  It had more rattles and squeaks than anything I can
remember testing, a passel of ragtops included.  If I had laid out the coin,
I would be severly ticked. ...  It felt as if it wasn't screwed together
very tightly..."
     "If you persist in the notion of putting a Z3 in your driveway, you'll
find that the waiting list stretches far into next year.  Of course, the
secondary market has some at thousands over sticker.  Better you should buy
a Miata and send me the difference in furtherance of my philanthropic
activities."

So, the Miata is vindicated again.  Thought you might enjoy the good words.

Robster and The Lobster