2006-06-12 18:23:27 · 16 answers · asked by JOE 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mazda
Sports car in the truest sense. The performance is more than adequate from the 2litre engine and it handles, grips and goes round corners better than any american attempt at sportiness. I've had two of them and I don't care if anyone thinks its a chick car (which they do!) but if they're happy to be ignorant then fine. My brother used to laugh at my car until he borrowed it for a couple of months - now he's got one too!
2006-06-14 03:38:38 · answer #1 · answered by Answer Me! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The american machismo (the "manly" point of view) sez its a chick car. But true-blue open-minded car enthusiasts call the MX-5 a vehicle that has high performance for a very reasonable price. The Miata's basic style is cute. Dress it up nicely so it'd look like something that's definetely fun to race or drive in.
P.S. IMO, Miatas look cooler with the pop-out headlamps and matching "angel eye" lights.
2006-06-13 12:03:38 · answer #2 · answered by legendary_bystander 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you do with it. I personally own a 1990 miata and yeah somepeople would say it is a chicks car. But after I'm done with mine it will be a true sports car.
I'm in the process of putting a 351 windsor in my miata
check out the webpage and then let me know ifyou think it is still a girly car.
www.freewebs.com/project351
2006-06-13 08:22:28 · answer #3 · answered by jasontuntland 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true sports car, but of the old school where "sports" mean looks, handling, acceleration and style, and NOT just a big loud engine. Remember the chrome bumpers, short trunk, long hood, long wheelbase, short overhang, slight rake, four in the floor?
Or six in the floor, like new Miatas. Guys in SOCALM get really mad if you call their babies "chick cars". All the joy of a British roadster, with that Japanese quality and dependability.
Miata fan, and chick.
2006-06-13 01:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by brenopa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soft-top or not, the Miata is a true Japanese sports car. I think Miata in Japanese roughly translates into "horse and rider." Sure, it is vastly underpowered; although, with the addition of a small turbo kit (think 8psi, intercooled) that problem can be rectified. Now on the plus: it's rear-wheel drive, lightweight, nimble, stylish, and stout (the B6/BP motors can be ran into the ground). It would be a good car to learn the finer points of "high performance" driving. I think the problem is that Americans are used to equating muscle cars with sports cars. It doesn't have a big dick swinging V8, and it won't send the rear tires into nuclear meltdown, therefore it's not cool.
2006-06-13 02:34:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicks dig this cute Miata. It's a chick car that's also a true sports car in its own right.
2006-06-13 02:32:53 · answer #6 · answered by brian 2010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the miata was is and will always be a chick car AND a true sports car.
kind of like a virginia slims is a real chick cigarette.
2006-06-13 01:28:12 · answer #7 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a sales manager of a mazda car lot and it seems the buyer for miata is primarily wemon
2006-06-13 01:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by heauser1965 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a guy and guilty as charged for wishing I could buy one. Not into the imports but those grab my attention. Sports car and chick car.
2006-06-13 01:31:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great handling chassis which is also the biggest selling open car ever ! To make it a true sports car you'd need a touch more poke but that is easily achieved...so...
true sports car
2006-06-13 07:41:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋