Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #168
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   From: Keith Tanner 
Subject: RE: If you were in charge of the Miata
   Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:35:54 -0400

>>>>If you were in charge of the Miata restyle what would you do?<<<

SLGHTLY more agressive fenders a la Speedster
Curved doors, a la Coupe/Speedster/RX-7
Make it lighter!  It should be at least as light as the 90s.
Offer the coupe
SCCA approved rollbar option
Make factory air dam standard and the nose a little less pointy in profile
Offer a true R - lighter by at least 200 lbs!
Maybe fixed lights

On the tech side:
factory strut brace
optional rotary - please???
lighter
keep it simple! There are lots of "luxo-sports" cars out there, but very few
real sports cars

What I don't want:
weight
gratuitous flaring or rubber
ugly low profile lights (face it folks, they look awful when they're up)
lower ride - fine for me, but not for everyone.

Keith and Baby, who's damn near perfect