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Originally Posted by stuartj

Maybe my memory is failing me. We had the original 1.6 (pop up lights) and then the 1.8, the next body shape. My recollection is that is was deeper, and if you put in a light weigh shell type seat, you'd probably gain some head room. We have the current 2.0 Mx5 now and its definately deeper. Dont like that car.

The 1st gen ('90-97 - ['90-93 1.6L / '94-97 1.8L]) and 2nd gen ('99-2005 - 1.8L) are very similarly sized. If there's a headroom difference, I haven't noticed. The big difference (fit-wise) to me is footroom. The new cars ('06-->) are built on the RX-8 platform so they should be quite a bit more roomy than the older cars. I'm comfortable in the older generations. I had a buddy that was 6'3" and 275. He mostly fit. We carpooled for about a year.