I suppose it made more sense in the original series, when it was "... where no man has gone before."

Then they made it politically correct, which broke the logic of it.

 

No love for Subaru?

 

The tyranny of the wind tunnel.

--Ian

 

Partly.

And also partly the consumer preference for purchasing these "crossover" type vehicles in the first place.

Yeah, I know. I own a Juke. That was purely a numbers game. It was the smallest non-Suzuki AWD vehicle I could find around here. If Mazda had exported the AWD NB to North America, I'd have gotten one of those and done the Paco lift kit on it.

 

... and safety requirements!

At a design school though, the assessor couldn't be faulted for assuming that much copying was done.

IMO, most of these just look like bigger versions of the Mazda3 BK hatchback and Ford Focus Hatchback using the same platform (my DD is a Mazda3 BK Hatchback so I may be overly-biased).

 

or this one both apparently were on the same listing.

 

Well done. I take it you must have access to one of these:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dual DCOEs on the non-Miata track car I just bought.... I'd forgotten what a PITA carbs are...

 

Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed a pattern in my recent postings here.