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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Miata is a different car with different investments and paybacks. Once upon a time you could buy a Mopar and have a choice of 6 different powerplants but those days are gone. It just costs more to have different engines than it is worth unless you can cover it with volume.
The factory does not design for interchangeability. There are many more factors than if an engine will just fit into the body to consider. This is why we never saw a pile of WRX/STi engine swaps even though you would think a Subaru engine is a Subaru engine and they should all just drop in. They don't and even at the factory level it adds cost to have that ability. Do you want a $45,000 twin? Because that is how you end up with them
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This is just a lot of talking.
And claiming the European market is too small for a smaller engine is ludicrous. As mentioned above, Mazda offers the 1.5 there and it does very well. Europe loves this kind of stuff. It’s the US that hates small engines and cars.