Showing posts with label miata. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miata. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Excuse me sir, you're doing it incorrectly



To celebrate my recent acquisition of a Miata, here is one plowing into an Elise(?)

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Friday, December 11, 2009

2011 Miata Rumors: Whispering sweet nothings in my ear


Edmunds is saying that the next gen Miata (MX-5, actually) will be smaller and lighter. Music to my small (yet surprisingly fat) body! Target weight is a ridiculously optimistic 2200 lbs, down from around 2500 for the current car.

Motivation for the "lithe sexy awesome machine" (literal translation of MX-5 in my delusional mind) is rumored to be a new series of engines dubbed "Sky-G" who's claim to fame is small displacement, yet yummy direct injection. Rumors are a 1.3-1.5l engine developing around 150hp to keep the power/weight ratio of the current car.

Not only was 2200 lbs a ridiculous enough claim, but Mazda engineers are claiming 50mpg or better fuel consumption numbers with the small, 1.3l Sky-G "jesus engine".

Time will tell gentleman, time will tell.