Agreed. Every competitor to the Miata so far has died an unceremonial death. The Ford Capri, MR2, Del Sol, Solstice, Sky...none of them matched the wonderful simplicity and perfect excection of the little Miata. The BMW Z3 had to go up-market to stay alive as the Miata walked all over the piggish 1.9L version.
I logged 210,000 hard miles on my 1997 which I bought used with 36k already on it... great fuel economy, astounding durability and reliability, cheap maintainence, a total blast on Autocross days...it was even pretty decent in the snow with good snow tires.
The Demon would have had a very hard time matching the Miata.
