Miata’s starting price was $14,000, and early production did not meet demand of what was – paradoxically – the last of the squared-jawed British roadsters.
The 900,000th Miata is a soft-top, six-speed manual transmission Copper Red MX-5. This Mx-5 is destined for Germany, where Mazda still achieves unusual Continental sales success. [I attribute that to Mazda’s early development of the Wankel engine in a series of sport coupes that fascinated the technology oriented German car buyers – AutoCrat.]
