Interesting comment. Of which BLC concept is the Miata a copy? Many of
the Japanese cars are copies of British cars. If you look at the
original Datsen 240,Z there were a lot of elements from the Jaguars of
the tme. Many aspects of the manual look like they could have been
lifted from a British repair manual.
pethier@comcast.net wrote:
>>Well my pick would be the Mazda Miata MX5 ... after all this is
>>the car that was copied (more or less) from the original LBC
>>concept. My daughter has a 1994 , and it is a true pleasure to
>>drive, the shifting is true "snick, snick", the handling is
>>superb, in my opinion it would out autocross any Triumph, and you
>>can put up the top (that fits) with one hand.
>> The after market options are legion, up to and including
>>supercharging, and one more thing ... "its purty"... 8-)
>>--
>>Bill Pugh
>>
>>
>
>Oh, yeah. I have a Miata and a TR4 and I'm keeping them both.
>
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>1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
>1994 Miata C package
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