Offical Pics of the New Miata

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Scott Streeter wrote:
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! They "RX-8"ed it, especially the
wheel-wells.

Slightly larger car, larger trunk (for what?) and improved
interior. However, I must say they did seem to retain enough
Miata styling hook, at least to the M2, that it's not totally
alien.

I've already decided that my next/additional roadster will
likely be a 427 Cobra replica project (with a modern repro
aluminum 427 repro), so my M2 needs to last until I can
afford that. Of course, this assumes I can figure out how
to register such a beast for the street.

;-)

On 2005-02-22, Scott Streeter > wrote:

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It looks a bit like th RX-8: ugly.

Too bad.

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"Dana H. Myers" > writes:

> Scott Streeter wrote:
> > http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia...x5/pages/1.htm
> >
>
> Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! They "RX-8"ed it, especially the
> wheel-wells.
>
> Slightly larger car, larger trunk (for what?) and improved
> interior. However, I must say they did seem to retain enough
> Miata styling hook, at least to the M2, that it's not totally
> alien.
>
> I've already decided that my next/additional roadster will
> likely be a 427 Cobra replica project (with a modern repro
> aluminum 427 repro), so my M2 needs to last until I can
> afford that. Of course, this assumes I can figure out how
> to register such a beast for the street.
>
> ;-)

Ya, I'd like to do that too. But a house with a garage is first on the
list. Factory Five MkIII roadster some day (maybe it will be MkIV
before I can get one)

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Scott Streeter

http://www.wpi.edu/~ss/

Hmm been studying the pics, to me it seems a cross between a MKI and a MKII,
the original lines are there but, I recon they have really ruined the front
with those lights, there is just to much light surface area for my tastes,
it looks like they have stuck a valve on the body and over inflated the
car!!
I think it's a grower,
Be nice to see what power plants they use, I heard a whisper from 2.0 to a
V6, if they do a V6 ill order one tomorrow I don't care what it looks like.

Cheers Mark.


"Grant Edwards" > wrote in message
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> On 2005-02-22, Scott Streeter > wrote:
>
>> http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia...x5/pages/1.htm
>
> It looks a bit like th RX-8: ugly.
>
> Too bad.
>
> --
> Grant Edwards grante Yow! Do I hear th'
> at SPINNING of various
> visi.com WHIRRING, ROUND, and
> WARM
> WHIRLOMATICS?!

Scott Streeter wrote:

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After hearing about how the new Miata is supposed to look more
"masculine" that's, surprisingly, not bad looking at all; with all that
"macho" talk I was expecting it to be clunky and awful, sort of a
roadster version of the Hummer, or maybe just way overdone like the RX-8.

If you start with a wax model of the RX-8, scrape a few of the dumber
excrescences such as that wankel-rotor insignia at the bottom of the
rear panel clean off, and then work over the remainder with a heat gun,
you might end up with a pretty sightly GT. How the same company that
styled the elegant first-generation Miata and the gorgeous
third-generation RX-7 could come up with something like the RX-8 is
beyond me; it looks like something out of the 1980s Subaru styling
department.

Anyway, has anyone got any idea how much this thing is going to weigh?

Yours WDK



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gixer wrote:
> Hmm been studying the pics, to me it seems a cross between a MKI and a MKII,
> the original lines are there but, I recon they have really ruined the front
> with those lights, there is just to much light surface area for my tastes,
> it looks like they have stuck a valve on the body and over inflated the
> car!!
> I think it's a grower,
> Be nice to see what power plants they use, I heard a whisper from 2.0 to a
> V6, if they do a V6 ill order one tomorrow I don't care what it looks like.

Note that the car is shown with dual-exhaust tips. Don't
know if that suggests a V-6 or just dual-tips on an I-4.

I'm not sure a V-6 in a heavier car would have the magic that the
I-4 has. Either a Mazdaspeed (now heavily discounted, and a flat-out
bargain) or a supercharger-equipped Miata might be better than a
V-6 Miata.

Just a thought.

Dana

On 22 Feb 2005 14:46:51 -0500, Scott Streeter >
wrote:

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>Scott Streeter

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I don't think I'll be trading in my M2 for one of those, thanks.

From the interior picture it appears that the radio is one of those
proprietary "custom fit to our interior" units. Just when the industry
finally began to get its act together with standardized DIN units,
they start with this nonsense. What can be done to stop this trend?

"Dana H. Myers" > wrote in
:

> gixer wrote:
>> Hmm been studying the pics, to me it seems a cross between a MKI and
>> a MKII, the original lines are there but, I recon they have really
>> ruined the front with those lights, there is just to much light
>> surface area for my tastes, it looks like they have stuck a valve on
>> the body and over inflated the car!!
>> I think it's a grower,
>> Be nice to see what power plants they use, I heard a whisper from 2.0
>> to a V6, if they do a V6 ill order one tomorrow I don't care what it
>> looks like.
>
> Note that the car is shown with dual-exhaust tips. Don't
> know if that suggests a V-6 or just dual-tips on an I-4.
>
> I'm not sure a V-6 in a heavier car would have the magic that the
> I-4 has. Either a Mazdaspeed (now heavily discounted, and a flat-out
> bargain) or a supercharger-equipped Miata might be better than a
> V-6 Miata.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Dana

See: http://autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101860
The story is linked from the site w/ the pics. Says "new 2.0-liter
inline four-cylinder ... reaching upward of 160 hp. The torque climbs to
about 140 lb-ft."

another exerpt:
"the Miata has grown in just about every measurable dimension"

The more I see of it, the better I like my NA. Besides, I've only had it 15
years...I ain't done modifying it yet.
"Natman" > wrote in message
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> On 22 Feb 2005 14:46:51 -0500, Scott Streeter >
> wrote:
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>>
>>http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia...x5/pages/1.htm
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>>--
>>Scott Streeter

>>http://www.wpi.edu/~ss/
> I don't think I'll be trading in my M2 for one of those, thanks.
>
> From the interior picture it appears that the radio is one of those
> proprietary "custom fit to our interior" units. Just when the industry
> finally began to get its act together with standardized DIN units,
> they start with this nonsense. What can be done to stop this trend?