On 2005-10-07, Dave > wrote:

> Now why might we engineers not have supplied that power right of the
> bat? I can think of a few reasons: emissions, longevity, economy,
> drivability tradeoffs. Or marketing (ie.e. why give a lot of hp in
> a base model when you can sell it for a lot more in an uplevel?).
> The latter wasn't the case with the Miata, but I would bet it has
> been done with many another car.

And possibly insurability. One of the reasons often cited for
the low cost of Miata insurance is that the HP is below some
particular value that separates "economy" cars from "sports" in
the minds of the actuaries.

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