Miata or SE-R?

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The Miata IS the automotive icon that Straight6 was making the car out to be. I agree with him that the automotive world that we are living in now would be a lot different if the Miata hadn't come along.

I suppose a better question at this point in the thread is what makes a car an automive icon? An automotive icon is something that has a great influence and impact on the market place.

How? because there wouldn't be as many RWD roadsters? I'm sorry, but I fail to see how that equates to A LOT of difference in the ENTIRE automotive world. Maybe A LOT of difference in one specific category, but the entire Automotive world...not hardly.

I never said that the Miata wasn't an Icon or that it didn't influence the marketplace. It's just the fact that there is a lot more to the automotive industry than sportscars, and I refuse to believe that the Miata had any impact on anything aother than a few roadsters (which is only a small fraction of the automotive industry).

Man, you miata guys are defensive...