drove a miata today.

[Cool Cat Racing]

Handling on each is about the same given the same mods. The miatas though seem to dominate over the MR2's in the autox classes and stuff is easier to get and easier to work on. I say miata all day over any of the MR2's for handling and fun to drive factor. Of course I'm biased since I own one and never liked the handling or upkeep on the Mk1 MR2's.

[metalman]

The miatas though seem to dominate over the MR2's in the autox classes and stuff is easier to get and easier to work on. I say miata all day over any of the MR2's for handling and fun to drive factor. ......never liked the handling or upkeep on the Mk1 MR2's.

I agree.

[Congogrey]

I think that both cars are fun as well. I think there are two reasons for the Miata being so much more popular with tuners and auto-x.

1 - The Miata has been around longer
2 - the mid mounted engine on the MR2 Gen 2 is tougher to work on in the drive way.