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The Mazda Miata has pretty much enjoyed a competitor-free life for the last 10 years. After all, the original 1.9-liter BMW Z3 was too expensive (and too slow) to be a real threat, the Mercury Capri convertible never caught on, the Honda del Sol was never really a sales success, and the new wave of performance drop tops--including the Honda …