If you read the article, the V6 is still the "wallet-shaped compromise." The turbo four slots in between the V6 and the V8.

His passenger mysteriously vanishes after the fourth of fifth highway pull. Maybe he got knocked out by the acceleration g's.

Love N Hate you say?

Wheelspin without tire smoke is sexy in its own special way.

When are we going to see pics with the roof up?

Is 17.

From what I see, it looks a little better than the C6 convertible

Yessir.

Does it lack turn signals?

In twenty years, is this going to play the same role the S13 'vert plays now?

It's a 1.6 Ecoboost @197 hp.

Those are tidy little wagons, I love them.

You can only engineer so much reliability. The rest is build quality.

Yeah, I think they need more hot hatch 'wisdom,' as in a few more models before they get the recipe right.

It would compete with the big boy hatches (GTI, Focus ST, MS3)—or is it too small? It's certainly less powerful than the aforementioned cars.

Fit Si would have been NA though. On a different note, seeing a Fiesta ST come out but no Mazdaspeed2 makes me sad. I heard the U.S. won't even get the next generation of the 2.

I think the VT has basically been damned as noncompetitive in its class.

Just a couple of months ago, my dad bought a 2010 Miata with 8k on the clock for 2/3 of what it's worth new, so I know exactly what you're talking about.

Weight loss is great, but let's see some exterior dimension loss too. That's one of the things I'm excited about for the ND Miata—it's supposed to be smaller on the outside. Let cars get too big and they eventually shed their niche in the market. For example, the Fit is the new old-Civic.

Agreed. All the decals and scorpion badges make up for the lack of a bright color. Plus, white on white wheels is pretty crazy.