Christople

Whatever it's called, how it drives is more important.

RainMeister

Agreed. For those interested in speculation of whether the Miata name will continue, check out this interesting thread.

LINK

You'll find that Mazda had been licensing the name from the bicycle mfr "Miyata" until now, and that they may be looking to phase it out with this latest gen model. BTW, true Miata-philes refer to their cars as NA, NB or now the NC, according to Mazda's internal designation.

PedalFaster

Yup. The Solstice will be torquier, though, especially when driver weight is taken into account:

Miata: 170 hp, 140 lb-ft, 2498 lbs.

Solstice: 177 hp, 166 lb-ft, 2860 lbs.

Steve

mbilderback

It'll be interesting to see a Mazdaspeed version. I wonder if they'll let a (my guestimate) ~215hp turbo Miata out run their flagship sportscar.

Of course, not many people cross shop a 4-seat sports car an 2 seater roadster.

vroom

I'll believe that the Solstice is really competition for the MX5 when I see it classed better, and running better times, in SoloII.

Euclid

Here's another review from miata.net. http://www.miata.net/news/ncfirst.html

WhiteS2k

Repost. It was posted previously.

[QUOTE=RainMeister,Jun 27, 2005, 07:33 AM]The new Miata (actually no longer called that) does look very promising. Closer in philosophy to the original, which I prefer and own to the second gen. I almost held out for the new third gen before getting my S2K. The difference in power and quality swayed me towards the S2K. Here's another write-up by a miata.net moderator:

Lice Locket

I read a review on MSN that it uses premium gas to get the 170 hp. Was this accurate?

http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?c...5&src=LP%20used