On 8 Dec 2009 at 21:58, s1500 wrote: > "It has not been forgotten, of course. Aside from still having many fans the > world over, the Spitfire was a major > inspiration for > Mazda's MX-5 Miata a decade later. Mazda even used a Spitfire body for > stealth development testing of the Miata > chassis -- a literal > fitting tribute to the TR's endearing little sister." > > Is this true? If so, fascinating!
That was one story I heard back then. Don't know what Mazda ever said though. -- Jim Muller [email protected] '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
