For example, I know that a ton of people cross shopped the last gen WRX STI, and the Mustang GT. Both being completely different cars, but something about both of them make people cross shop them. A sporty AWD daily driver vs a RWD muscle car.
For example, I know that a ton of people cross shopped the last gen WRX STI, and the Mustang GT. Both being completely different cars, but something about both of them make people cross shop them. A sporty AWD daily driver vs a RWD muscle car.
I’ve owned multiple $100k+ performance cars over the years but there has always been a track prepped Miata in my garage, currently an ND2 with an endless list of track-relevant mods that only make sense because the base car is so great.
I understand why a Miata seems to be an unattractive value proposition when something like the 6 cylinder, way more powerful M2 seems like the more logical purchase. But I think you can’t really appreciate the beauty of the Miata until you’ve driven many more expensive performance vehicles.
I would put it this way: The Miata offers 75-90% of the fun of the best-driving classic sports cars with 20% of the purchase cost and 5% of the running costs, while something like the 991.2 or 992 GT3 offers maybe 5% of the fun of a classic sports car. I say that as someone who is crazy about air-cooled 911s and, from the perspective of the Porsche community, owns one of the best-driving and most special 911s of all time.
It’s not for everyone just like a classic sports and performance car isn’t for everyone and there is nothing wrong with that.