2200 lbs, 160 hp from a turbo 1.3L, sweet styling, and a modern suspension? This could be big, folks - Sure looks like it will be one very quick autocross car.
2200 lbs, 160 hp from a turbo 1.3L, sweet styling, and a modern suspension? This could be big, folks - Sure looks like it will be one very quick autocross car.
What does modern suspension mean?
Already saving up for one...
Meh. Another amorphous jello blob. 
No sir i do not like it.
[Quagmire] Ewwwww! [/Quagmire]
I think it's killer. I'd buy one.
and I thought the smiley face was bad...
I don't think my NA is a great looking car either, but that's not really the point.
2200Lbs is exciting though.
garaithon wrote:
It WAS bad. This is much better
awesome looking car. they need to hurry up and relase it so everyone upgrades from their NC's and floods the market, making NC's even more reasonably priced.
Is modern suspension kinda like Lincoln's ad campaign about the LS's F1 style suspension?
Yeah, "Modern Suspension" scares me. Too many ways to use that to market something inferior.
We don't really have any details on the suspension yet, but this being Mazda, I suspect that they won't make the soft and squishy mistake they made on the '06 models.
I'm impressed by the specs, but I'm having a hard time not noticing that hideous nose.
I keep trying to figure out whether it'd be better if I just ripped out the curvy bars and put mesh in the grille, or whether the whole shape is irretrievable.
That is most likely a "photo-illustration" and not a real moving car on a road. Road and Track (I think) has a different looking front end on one.
Beats the hell out of that stupid smiley face.
It's styling is fine. If it hits the performance we're used to from Miatas, then it's all good. The big thing to me is the price. Will it be reasonable?
Paint it white or black and slide in a different grille or remove it entirely and the picture would be a lot better I think.
Miatas already have SLA front and rear... what "modern suspension" would possibly be an improvement on that?
And that image looks a little Z3 to me... I think it's the shape of the windshield combined with the fender accent and the bump over the rear tires.
Why are the wheels so big?
Nothing about that pic suggests it's a real car. Look at the driver and scale him to the car; he's either a very large dwarf or the next Miata is freakin huge.
ReverendDexter wrote: Miatas already have SLA front and rear... what "modern suspension" would possibly be an improvement on that? And that image looks a little Z3 to me... I think it's the shape of the windshield combined with the fender accent and the bump over the rear tires.
looks more S2000 to me...
personally, I like it. MUCH better than the current Miata
http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/03/07/next-mazda-mx-5-may-not-be-rear-wheel-drive/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook
Hahahahah oh... oh no....
Like the smiley face MUCH better.
2200 lbs? I'll believe it when I see it, but if so then consider it sold, there are always body kits to take care of the schnoze.
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