In 2004, Mazdaspeed - the Mazda performance arm at the time - turned its hand to the Miata to add a healthy dose of power ...

Minuses would be the lack of practicality (but who buys a Miata to be practical anyway ... and a more solid feel thanks to a stiffened chassis. What you'll get in a nice example is one of ...

The original NA Miata was a car whose chassis you couldn’t outdrive; the internal combustion engine simply didn’t have the muscle to make it feel squirrely. But with 160 horses and 228 lb-ft ...