Why wasn't that the Mx5 Miata vs the S2000?

 

more ppl like the rx8 just because they see it drifting and all that jazz...mx5's arnt looked at the same way as an rx8 is in most eyes..

 

theyre in completely different price ranges. the MX5 is up as competition against the solstice and the sky, and it runs the price of a base mustang. its not the 40k beast that the s2k is. the s2k would kick the crap out of a mazdaspeed miata any day, all day. when the s2k first came out, Car and Driver described it as 'Everything the Miata should have been, and then some'. its a much better car.

of course now that i think about it...even if you check all the options boxes on a top-end RX8 it still totals to about 33k...still cheaper than the base s2k. its still not a fair competition.

btw when the rx8 first came out Car and Driver put it up against both the Mustang SVT Cobra and the Infinity G35 and they decided its a better car than both of them.