[wayner]

I always liked the early ones. They had that raw race car for the street look.
Deep wheels, box flared fenders

not integrate like the later cars.
The later cars looked to factory to be race cars for the street
-molded bumper
-flat (very little offset) wheels


I really enjoyed driving one especially on track, but was disappointed when the car I was planning to upgrade to could be so easily beaten in a straight line by the car I already had ( a 1977 datsun Z)

But, by todays standards both power and weight of the early cars aren't that far off a miata. Pretty similar territory