I think John K. is referring to a proposal to move Miatas from DP to EP. I
don't know anything about any changes to their Stock or SP classifications.
But as I said yesterday, if Mazda does introduce a 170hp Miata at "just over
a ton," it will probably wind up in BS. Using a weight of 2100lb, just for
argument's sake, such a car would have a power-to-weight ratio pretty close
to that of an S2K (yes, I know power-to-weight isn't everything, or even
much, in this sport).
And once again, if Mazda actually builds this car, I will buy it in half a
hearbeat!
Scot
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: So what IS going to happen to the Miata in 2003?
> John Kelly,
>
> What do you mean by "look for what happens to the Miata in 2003"? I can
> think of a few things you could mean:
>
> 1) There is a rules change/reclass already scheduled for the existing
> model to occur in 2003.
>
> 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).
>
> 3) The new model, exceeding the performance of the current model, will
> be placed in CS and render the older Miatas uncompetetive.
>
> Not being able to see the future, I'm curious which one you are
> predicting.
>
> --
>
> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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