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Points: 10053 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-February-2006 at 21:23
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Chavtastic... Oh and read some of the replies to emails, so funny.. innit
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Points: 1948 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-February-2006 at 22:52
Originally posted by m3tiko m3tiko wrote:



MX-5 vs Z1...iconic maza wins hands down, not taking anything away from Z1's cos it opened the doors for the hot selling 3's and 4's.



How does that "not take anything away from the Z1"?
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Points: 1483 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 08:27
well...would you rather me say that Z1 is a sack of s**t...obsviously not cos it aint but in comparsion to mx-5 it is.

My words should've been"...cos it paved the way for the eventual Z3 and Z4



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Points: 6381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 10:42

Originally posted by Doive Doive wrote:

Ah, but which came first? BMW Z1, designed in 1987, Mazda MX-5 designed in 1989. So the Mazda copied the Z1....

Hardly. MX5 was designed with the help of IAD, a British design house, using the original Lotus Elan as its inspiration.

Mazda's design team made a point of trying to re-create the spirit of the Elan, right down to the exhaust note, but with far more reliability than the Lotus ever had. They succeeded - and how.

In 1989, the first UK ones came on the market at 14,295. Even now, those early ones are unmistakeable and still work for a living.

The rest is history.

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Points: 1212 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 15:49
The MX-5 is a fantastic piece of design, and I'm sure they in no way drew inspiration from the Z1 (where are the drop down doors for instance?), but it just lacks something. I've driven one and it's a great laugh, but for my money I like cars with a bit of personality, a bit of soul. Which is why I'd hand over my folding for a Z1 before an MX-5.
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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 16:37

Originally posted by Horsetan Horsetan wrote:

 Mazda's design team made a point of trying to re-create the spirit of the Elan, right down to the exhaust note, but with far more reliability than the Lotus ever had.

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Points: 6484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-February-2006 at 06:53
Originally posted by Horsetan Horsetan wrote:

Originally posted by Doive Doive wrote:

Ah, but which came first? BMW Z1, designed in 1987, Mazda MX-5 designed in 1989. So the Mazda copied the Z1....

Hardly. MX5 was designed with the help of IAD, a British design house, using the original Lotus Elan as its inspiration.

Mazda's design team made a point of trying to re-create the spirit of the Elan, right down to the exhaust note, but with far more reliability than the Lotus ever had. They succeeded - and how.

In 1989, the first UK ones came on the market at 14,295. Even now, those early ones are unmistakeable and still work for a living.

The rest is history.

I though the mazda copied the MG exhaust note.
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