Miata brings style, fun to affordable sports car segment

What it is: You don’t get the Miata until you drive it. Cars are often referred to as a “driver’s car” because their chief goal is to provide pleasure for the person driving the car, and that’s basically what the Miata is all about. In a world that has fully embraced the horsepower wars, where you can waltz down to your local Ford dealer and get a 760-horsepower Mustang or even to your Dodge dealership and get a 707-horsepower Durango (coming early next year!) you might think that Miata’s 181-horsepower, 2.0-liter, four-cylinder falls flat. And if you are an acceleration junkie, that might be the case.

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