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Originally Posted by rolltidef32
Will admit I haven't sat in the new Miata, but the car looks much larger than the original which was tiny.
Now you're going to make me look up the dimensions of both to compare.
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From Car and Driver:
"the new car is dimensionally quite close to the 1990 Miata and smaller than the outgoing version. Our test car, equipped with the largest 17-inch wheels and the U.S.-spec 2.0-liter inline-four-cylinder engine, tipped the scales a mere 99 pounds heavier than our 1990 test car. "
http://www.caranddriver.com/mazda/mx-5-miata
Funny how Mazda can trim 200+ pounds from the previous-gen miata, or 10% of the total weight. Meanwhile BMW uses fancy stuff like a carbon fiber driveshaft in the new M3 and can barely trim 50 pounds or 1-2%.