2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Cup Track Drive Review - Motor Trend
Like the fourth leg of the Olympic Flame, the torch is passed to the latest and all-new Mazda Miata . Yes, there's also an MX-5 in its name, but does anyone outside the inner circles call it that. It's OK to say Miata, Mazda. I've got Miata history. It was my honor in 1992 to win the very first national championship for a Miata, in Showroom Stock C (SSC) at the SCCA Runoffs at Road Atlanta. (I miss the pop-up personality-laden first-gen frog-eyes, I also admit. ) And I owned the NC third-gen, daily-driving one last year and have already cavorted at length with the brand-new ND baby at Best Driver's Car and on "Head 2 Head. " I'd spent a lot of time autocrossing and racing front-drives in my early days and had never driven a Miata as I spent all night getting my car ready and towing to Roebling Road in Savannah, Georgia, for my first national points race of '92. We... To my amusement and validation, my Southeast-division front-wheel-driving rival Eric Van Cleef got a Miata and did the exact same thing a year later. The first-gen Spec Miata 1. 6-liter we tried was the same way. The first-gen needs NO help changing directions. Source: www.motortrend.com
