Soltice unseats Miata as top roadster

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Soltice unseats Miata as top roadster

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Quote, originally posted by Left Lane News »For the first time since its 1989 debut, the Mazda MX-5 Miata is not America's top selling roadster. According to Automotive News, the Pontiac Solstice has a significant lead over Mazda's popular two-seater in 2006.In the first eleven months of the year, GM sold 18,361 Solstices, compared with 15,873 Miatas. What's more, that figure doesn't include the Sky, which is virtually the same vehicle, sold under GM's Saturn brand.Source: http://www.leftlanenews.com/20...ster/
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not a surprise.
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Re: Soltice unseats Miata as top roadster (ragingfish)

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When the Miata first came out my mom's boss got one and she came by our house to show it to us. I fell in love with that car. But the Solstice is hot. Its sexy. I love it.
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Love the Solstice. If it could carrry two German Shepherds, I would've bought one. Way to go Pontiac. GM needs more "outside of the box" cars.
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man i didnt even know GM made that many, i thought there was some sort of shortage of them. but wow hahha thats cool. i wanna see the miata turbo vs a solstice/sky turbo
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Quote, originally posted by northvibe »man i didnt even know GM made that many, i thought there was some sort of shortage of them. there was.there were more buyers then available cars. every car that hit a dealer lot arrived having already been sold, and orders poured in so fast that the production of entire model years were closed out months before you traditionally see the new models showing up.
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oh yea, i mean i didnt even know GM made THAT many of them i thought there were less made. I know there was a massive shortage though, i think ive seen 1-2 on the road. I think its great an american car company has a most wanted small coupe, nice to see american car companies doing something right
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Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »When the Miata first came out my mom's boss got one and she came by our house to show it to us. I fell in love with that car. But the Solstice is hot. Its sexy. I love it. Its f4st3r to great to see this car doing so well. Is GM gonna climb back up a bit? I hope so.
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Re: Soltice unseats Miata as top roadster (ragingfish)

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Wow! Already! I am very surprised since the Miata has been around since 1989 like the article mentioned!
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