All this talk of the connections between the Miata and other Japanese
sports cars and British sports cars tells me that what I have felt for
many years is true. The management of the British car industry is
pretty poor. As an American management team concluded a number or years
ago in re. the British motorcycle industry, which likewise went to the
Japanese: management gets the labor it deserves.
Clearly the British engineers and automotive designers were on top of
their game, but management failed to follow.
Is there a message in this for America?
Cheers.
cfisher@borgwarner.com wrote:
>The original series one Miata was a very nice copy of the Lotus Elan. The
>resemblence is much less now.
>
>Cheers,
>Curt
>
>"Racing is life, everything that comes before, or after is just waiting",
>Steve McQueen from Le Mans.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BearTranserv@aol.com [mailto:BearTranserv@aol.com]
>Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 3:54 PM
>To: jar@aldermanroad.net; pethier@comcast.net
>Cc: anabil007@comcast.net; tswhitez123@hotmail.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car
>
>
>In a message dated 12/16/2006 10:57:48 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>jar@aldermanroad.net writes:
>
>Of which BLC concept is the Miata a copy?
>
>
>Probably blasphemhy on this list, but most probably an MBG...
>
>Robert B. Houston
>
>63 TR4
>73 MG Midget
>74.5 MGBGT
>
>A dream will always Triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.
>Stanislaw Lem
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