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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
The 86 started manufacturing in Feb/2012, and went on sale in Japan in March/2012. It went on sale in the US in May/2012. (at least that's my recollection).
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According to this they started making 'sales' on it February 3rd.
http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/news/pr...12_03_28e.html
Wiki says first cars were assembled 2/2, dunno if that was first cars completed or when the final assembly line first fired up...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota...and_Production
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Originally Posted by RichardsFRS
I really can't imagine the flag ship Miata being built as well or near as well as this car. I may be kiddin my self because I've never been in one but I just don't see it being much different in quality
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Buddy has an NC, brother has an NB. Depends on how you define 'built as well' if you mean the quality and longevity in which things are bolted together and how all the parts hold up over time, I'd say they're bang on equal with each other. The ND looks to be on par as well if not a step up possibly.
Where the Miata takes the edge is that the powertrain seems to be designed to take all the abuse a responsible owner could ever throw at it and the double wishbone suspension design is made to be driven hard with fewer modifications than the 86's MacPherson strut/multi-link setup.