The Miata combines a chic and lightweight body, a cozy and sportive cabin, a dashing soft-top layout, and-perhaps most important-a front-engine, rear-drive powertrain. Mazda has resurrected those barnstorming sports-car times in one spectacular, up-to-date package. No longer will we gaze in frustration at 1960s movies and their rakish Triumph TR4s and Lotus Elans and MGBs. With the new Miata, Mazda has brought back the simple, honest sports car we feared had vanished forever. We feel like cheering.įeel free to cheer right along with us. You see, the Miata fairly glows with the automotive ideals that this magazine holds dear-exciting looks, fun to drive, sensible ergonomics, quality construction, fun to drive, refined mechanicals, affordable price, and-did we forget to mention?-fun to drive.
No way we can keep the envelope sealed until the end of this critique. There's no use trying to hide our enthusiasm for this car. Mazda MX-5 Miata History, from 1989 to Today.
