Why not the new rotary? 250-275 hp and probably lighter than the 170 hp
piston engine. That would put the Miata in Corvette (maybe even Z06)
territory.
I just doesn't make sense that Mazda is introducing a new rotary powered
car yet they won't put one in a Miata.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Nandaholz@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 13:04
> To: john@harlie.idsfa.net; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: So what IS going to happen to the Miata in 2003?
>
>
> In a message dated 4/11/02 2:12:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> john@harlie.idsfa.net writes:
>
>
> > 2) The new model, exceeding the performance of the current
> model, will
> > get stuck in BS competing with the Porsche 968 and MR2 Turbo (and
> > possibly the S2000 and Boxster) and be totally hosed (or
> maybe not --
> > With Nanda's pie-in-the-sky specs of 170HP/2000Lbs, it
> might just take
> > on the competition).
>
> No pie in the sky...this is taken from Automobile magazine
> May 2002 page
> 44...at least the weight ...the hp number just makes sense
> since they are
> introduce the new 4-banger on the Mazda 6...with is a 2.3L
> with 160-170hp ~Nanda...just the facts
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