Steve,
He must be (in his own lame way) referring to the Mercury Capri
convertible 1991-1994. It sorta had a Miata engine.
Dan Radcliffe
Sussex, WI
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Steve Couture wrote:
> I was just reading the April 99 (oops 1999, must by Y2K compilant!)
> issue of PC World. In the Up Front column on page 19, Phil Lemmons
> (editorial director of PC World) writes:
>
> "The iMac and G3 are in some ways like the Mazda Miata. The Miata
> shares inner components with a much less successful Ford model, but a
> designer exterior made the Miata a sensation. Few can name the Ford
> equivalent."
>
> He then goes on to discuss the similarities between the new Apple
> iMac/G3 and a standard PC from an internal architecture perspective.
>
> But this car analogy has me stumped. I thought the Miata was a unique
> Mazda creation. What Ford model is this guy talking about? Is there
> a Ford model that shares significant componentry with the Miata? Is
> this guy thinking about the Mazda Mx-6 / Ford Probe relationship and
> just got the model wrong? (If that's the case I certainly wouldn't
> call the Mx-6 a "sensation". :) Or is he thinking that the Capri and
> Miata are somehow related? Are they? (I thought the Capri was front
> wheel drive.)
>
> Or am I correct in thinking that the writer here really doesn't know
> much about cars and is just using an analogy to add color to his
> geek-speak and since computer nerds aren't supposed to know anything
> about cars we won't catch on that he completely made this up?
>
> --
> Steve Couture (rhymes with future)
> Techno-geek and Neon driver (is that redundant?)
>
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