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Originally Posted by masraum View Post
They didn't actually try to copy the Elan. That's a common misconception.
Respectfully, and I may be wrong.

But I was reading a lot of automobile magazines at the time, and IIRC Mazda was very open about the Miata being copy of the Elan, even to the point where they made some kind of deal with Lotus before the fact. (also IIRC).

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