Re: 170 HP 2006 Miata : fact or fallacy ?

"kgruber" <skywagon185remove@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>The new Miata will STILL have far less power than a Corvette and STILL get
>worse gas mileage. The original thought of making a modern Lotus Elan sure
>was flushed down the toilet early in the history of this car.

I assume this is a troll, rather than ill-informed. The M1 Miata was
a quite close copy of the Elan in performance, with almost the same power,
top speed, and gas consumption. The newer Miatas are significantly faster.

Neither the Elan or the Miata was ever intended to compete with a big engine
piece of American junk like the Corvette. It is ludicrous to suggest so.

EPA estimated mileage of the Miata is 23/30. Claimed EPA mileage of the
Corvette is 18/28; the 28 is probably wrong, since it seems to be taken
straight from the coupe version without correcting for the fact that the
convertible has more drag. Of course, to get those numbers you are not
using that big 6.0 l engine at all. So, why have it?

Leon

>KG
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><Googleheimlich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Over the years, Mazda has been well known for making overstated claims
>> about the amount of horsepower produced by its Miata engines. I'm
>> wondering if the 2006 model really belts out 170 HP as they claim. I
>> would like to hear from mechanically knowledgeable people on this
>> subject. Thanks for any info.
>>
>> Googleheimlich
>>
>
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