MX-5 Spyder
10-27-2011, 09:35 PM
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MX-5 Spyder
Thought I would share...an even lighter Miata!
http://blog.caranddriver.com/mazda-b...to-drive-both/
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10-28-2011, 04:35 AM
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IT'S OFFICIAL, I like every ragtop, even those with a goofy tent for a roof or ones based on a Nissan Murano. As long as you have weather radar on your phone and nowhere to be a specific time this car makes perfect sense, it like a motorcycle except not as much fun.
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10-28-2011, 05:11 AM
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Good thing it comes off!
Problem with tops like these are that they're good for getting home in unforeseen rain storms, but they take the car out of consideration for daily driving.
A 2 seater roadster is never the most practical daily driver, but you can't drive a car with a tarp for a roof everyday. Maybe in San Diego...
Oh, and on that "turbo 2", if they were crazy enough to put the engine from a speed3 into that car without an AWD system, good luck. I own a 2010 speed3 and even with all that heft, that engine is savage.
Problem with tops like these are that they're good for getting home in unforeseen rain storms, but they take the car out of consideration for daily driving.
A 2 seater roadster is never the most practical daily driver, but you can't drive a car with a tarp for a roof everyday. Maybe in San Diego...
Oh, and on that "turbo 2", if they were crazy enough to put the engine from a speed3 into that car without an AWD system, good luck. I own a 2010 speed3 and even with all that heft, that engine is savage.
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Today, Mazda tweeted “Sneak a peek at some #Mazda @SEMASHOW cars: MX-5 Spyder & Turbo2,” and included a link to images of the two Vegas-bound cars. What’s an MX-5 Spyder and a Turbo2? Mazda offered just a single image of each car along with a brief caption, but here’s what we’ve ascertained.
Mazda MX-5 Spyder
The MX-5 Spyder (pictured above) has a skimpy bikini top in place of a normal folding roof. The move should save some weight, which, combined with Brembo brake calipers and a clearly lowered suspension, implies a harder-core take on the regular car, in the spirit of the similarly Spyder-ed Porsche Boxster. Aside from the minimalist top, the Spyder has a unique, streamlined front fascia with a larger central intake, a lower spoiler, and cooling ducts for the front brakes. As to power, we don’t know squat at this point, but we’re going to pretend it’s a quad-rotor Wankel just for funsies.
Mazda Turbo2
As its name suggests, the Turbo2 is a turbocharged Mazda 2—but which engine is under the hood isn’t clear. The car’s supplied caption reads: “One of our most powerful turbocharged engines in our lightest platform. ’Nuff said!” Mazda’s most powerful turbocharged engine is the 263-hp, 2.3-liter four that lives under the hood of the Mazdaspeed 3. The CX-7 crossover uses a 244-hp version of the same engine, but either seems wildly over the top for the featherweight Mazda 2. (Let us be clear: We’re totally game for a 2 with between 140- and 160-percent more power—our long-term 2 could certainly be quicker.) The least-likely but slightly more sane engine candidate would be the 178-hp, 1.8-liter turbo four from ye olde Mazdaspeed Miata; maybe there was one sitting on a shelf somewhere. Engine talk aside, the Turbo2 looks track ready—even more so than Mazda’s B-Spec racing 2—with its jaunty rear wing, cool graphics package, and sticky track rubber.