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Originally Posted by Poodles
Personally I've always thought they went so soft on the Miata because it's cheap. Toyota/Subaru put a lot of time into matching the shock valving and the spring setup on our cars, where it appears Mazda doesn't give a crap because so many people rip the factory stuff out anyway. Or maybe it's because old farts would complain...
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I'm going to have to completely disagree with you on this one. The sport trim miatas use bilstein shocks, which are FAR superior to japanese sourced shocks.
Soft suspension actually has better road holding capabilities than hard suspension if you include bumps and normal road surface irregularities. If you don't they are the same. True harder suspension is better in transitions, but you can do that with just anti-roll bars if you wish.
Hard suspension is to prevent bottoming out when you lower your cg.
I think it's more the opposite, that miata engineers don't follow what most everyday people would want in a sports car and instead engineer what they believe is a better track car.