[Spridgets] Porsche 356 to Bentley S1: Are these the most remarkable car designs ever?

[Rick Fisk]

I worked for Mazda at their US corporate headquarters while the Miata was
being developed.  The lineage of the Miata is:  Bugeye > Miata.  This from the
mouth of the guys heading the development.  They told me they were building a
"modern Bugeye".

Rick
a Mazda Tech Writer in another lifetime....

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On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:36 AM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If the Lamborghini guys "studied the Mini" then that would make the
> Mini remarkable.  One might claim that the Mini should be in the top
> 10 or even top 5 most remarkable car designs ever.
>
> If you trace the heritage as such:  Sprite  > Midget > MGB > Miata (I
> know there is a jump there and it might be a stretch) then you might
> say the Sprite was more remarkable than all the rest.  They are
> getting close to a million Miatas made and they are still making them.
>
> You can say the Sprite was the spawning of the inexpensive two seat
> sports car and the Miata is definitely the modern equivalent of that.