To those of us who had seen the 1990 Mazda Miata at the Chicago Auto Show the previous year, we knew what was coming, but when the little car hit the showroom few knew what to make of it. Wasn’t the market for little roadsters dead? Didn’t people want bigger and faster?Not necessarily, Mazda and the rest of the automotive world learned quickly. One Mazda dealer told me, “I don’t know what sells better than hotcakes, but that’s what’s happening here.” Available initially in red, white or blue, and lightly optioned, the Miata’s appeal came down to one joke at the expense of England.
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