30/06/2008 04:09. Just as it appeared that winter was finally drawing to close here
in Michigan, one of the definitive summertime cars turned up on our
doorstep -- the Mazda MX-5 Miata . Somewhere back in the middle
part of the last century, small, lightweight, roadsters flourished
with a variety of models available from mostly British
manufacturers. Names like MG, Triumph, Austin-Healey and Lotus
defined the genre. Unfortunately, a number of factors such as
random intermittent windshield wipers, intermittent headlights,
intermittent ignition, persistent oil leaks and predisposition for
the bodies to convert to iron oxide soured the reputation of these
and other car builders. This was followed by the consolidation of
the most of the British car industry into British Leyland and... //
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