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ok...maybe the folks at the Pontiac Solstice forum are wrong, but I don't think so...but the real question is Why would somebody buy the unproven Solstice over the proven Miata? why take a gamble on an unproven car with GM's historical track record when something as proven and successful as the Miata is available??
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Replying to: audia8q (Sep 12, 2005 11:07 am) I sort of want a new roadster. The Solstice appears to address some of the things I did not like in the Miata. Now the NC Mia... I mean MX-5 is much changed from the NB Miata. But that suggests a lot of unprovens as well. In any event, of the three major components for the Solstice, the engine, the transmission, the platform, the first is already on the market and proven, the second is from a well regarded company that makes many sporty manuals, and the third borrows many of its engineering cues from the very proven Corvette. I do not really see the Solstice as being a problem, except that I might have to wait a while to get one. |
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That's the main answer, Solistice does look good, and let's face it, American consumers are extremely superficial. Besides that, there's always the home team advantage, often people will opt for the domestic vs. the import if they like both. Recycling parts is fine, it's not a bad idea actually to keep costs down. And it doesn't take away from the car at all. Though I wonder if that's partially to blame for the relatively high weight of the Solistice. -juice |
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Replying to: audia8q (Sep 12, 2005 11:07 am) 
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Was trying to point out in prior post that it makes no difference that Pontiac uses parts from other cars, as Miata has done so in the past. Just used the 1.8 engine as a single example of a part shared by other cars. As far as Ford engineering being bad, so a Mustang is a poor car, well bring on the evidence. The Mustang sales in convertibles, and Soltice sales will in fact put a big dent in Miata MX-5 sales. There are scores of other cars, from the smallest, like the Mini Cooper all the way up to the larger convertibles which siphon sales. Making a new Miata body style perhaps would not have made a better performing car, but it would go a long way to improve sales. I am afraid that sale could slide to the point that Ford/Mazda gives up on the little road warrior. Loren
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Replying to: m1miata (Sep 12, 2005 2:14 pm) Note how they use the Miata to advertise all the other cars in the lineup... If they dropped it they'd lose their identity. Sure, they have an RX-8, but most people don't know it exists. Everyone and their mother knows a Miata. -juice |
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Replying to: m1miata (Sep 12, 2005 2:14 pm) 
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A commuter car??? I would get a Civic HX, with its 44 MPG or more capability. Yeah, that's the ticket. Now back to MX-5.. I saw an ad which called it the Miata. The name lives!!! |
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| If you have seen the new Miata commercial.......did you like it? | |
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I like the one where he brushes his shoulder and the leaf falls off the front of the car. Very neat. Civic HX is gone for now, the 06 Civics are here. 30/40 mpg with an automatic, now 5 speed, there's your fuel miser for that kind of commute (long and straight). Buy a Miata if you take the curvy way to work. -juice
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