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Drivers Log.(News)
2006 Mazda MX-5 Sport
Date in fleet: July 18-Aug. 2 As-tested price: $24,595 Powertrain: 2.0-liter I4; rwd, six-speed automatic Output: 166 hp @ 6700 rpm, 140 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm Curb weight: 2527 lbs Fuel economy (EPA combined/AW observed): 25.7/24.3 mpg
MORRISON: An automatic trans-equipped Mazda Miat... er, MX-5 (what a stupid name) defeats the purpose, doesn't it? What self- respecting sports car enthusiast would buy such a thing? I can understand it only if a physical limitation prevents you from operating a conventional manual. Otherwise, just buy a minivan and be done with it, leaving the real driving to people who respect it enough to take the time to learn to do it properly. And anyone reading this who is contemplating spending $1,100 on the automatic option, just send the money to me. I guarantee I'll have more fun with the cash than you will if you blow it on this transmission.
That said, the automatic works okay, and the car is still fun to drive, but nowhere near as much as the manual version. I also roll my eyes at how every automotive engineer seems to feel it's necessary to reinvent the wheel: What's with the redundant shift paddles? Both sides of the steering wheel have the same paddle setup, pull for upshifts, push for downshifts. How about the right paddle shifts up, the left down? If it works for most F1 drivers, I'm sure it's just fine for the goofballs who buy an automatic Miat... er, MX-5. Did I mention that's a stupid name?
MANDEL: Took the Miata-it will always be Miata to me-for what was one of the finest Michigan summer weekends. Of course it peeved my wife: She wants me to bring home large vehicles I can haul stuff with; me, I just want to haul myself around in something fun.
Despite the mewling and gnashing about the automatic tranny, this car is fun. No, for someone who can operate a manual, ...
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- Solstice outguns Miata - again.(Final assembly)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News January 7, 2008 700+ words
...the checkered flag over the Mazda MX-5 Miata in the 2007 U.S. sales race, outselling the Miata in a photo finish. Pontiac sold 16...in 2007 compared with 15,075 for the Miata. The Saturn Sky, a close relative of the Solstice, came...
- Miata up for a top-down, drag-out fight.(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Mateja, Jim October 7, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Jim Mateja Mazda Miata vs. Pontiac Solstice. A battle of the...Solstice for `06, the new rival to the Miata prompts the question of which is better...In first testing Solstice, and now Miata, which first bowed in the 1990 model...
- Miata rates as roadster bargain.(Auto Weekend)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Heaps, Russ August 25, 2000 700+ words
...highways is impossible without singling out Mazda's Miata. The Miata, after all, is credited with making roadsters fashionable...its introduction a little more than a decade ago, the Miata has inspired a bevy of like-minded vehicles with open...
- Mazda Miata Named to Automobile Magazine's 1999 'All-Stars' List; New Miata...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 6, 1999 700+ words
...MNAO) today announced that the 1999 Mazda Miata roadster received Automobile Magazine...All-Stars" award. The award names the Miata as the Best Entry-Level Sports Car...newsstands this week. In selecting the Miata as a "All-Stars" award winner, the...
- Miata is to be in while Z3 is to be seen in.(Auto Weekend)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Aukofer, Frank December 27, 1996 700+ words
...stunned the automotive world with its MX5 Miata, which was widely hailed as the reincarnation...both are more expensive than the Z3 or the Miata. Even the Z3, after you lay on some extras...the young sports-car set now are the Miata and the Z3, so a comparison test seemed...
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