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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Boring.[/b] And the SkyActive engines operate at absurd levels of compression for gasoline engines. [/quote]

Boring?

Compared to what, exactly?

Mazdas are generally FAR more fun to drive than any of the mainstream non-luxury brands (Toyota, Honda, the US brands, etc.).
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Aside from the Miata, (which is now too heavy and fat for it’s available power) I would not call any of their offerings “fun”.

The rest of their entire line consists of non-hot hatchbacks, AWD wagons and boring sedans. [/quote]

180 hp for 2400 lbs is “heavy and fat”? You don’t know what you are talking about [/quote]

Yes.  1 hp per 13.6lbs is indeed heavy and fat. That’s a worse power to weight ratio than an a Honda Accord 4 door sedan or a Toyota Camry. And the lowly Dodge Charger positively humiliates the Miata with over 30% more power per pound.

So yes, the Miata is heavy and fat for it’s diminutive little underpowered 4 banger, short on both HP and torque - and what little torque it does make comes on halfway up the tach, of no use getting the car off the line or launching out of a corner after a downshift right before the apex.

(It should be obvious to you by now that not only have I owned several Miatas, but I’ve raced them and modified them extensively.)

My best Miata was a C-series with a swapped-in Ford 302 from a Fox-body Mustang and Tremec 5 spd. Once you’ve driven a Miata with enough engine to take advantage of the suspension, you get mad at Mazda for forcing such a pathetically underpowered car on the public.

So yeah, I definitely know what I’m talking about. Far more so than you.

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