Ride along for a split-screen autocross comparison of a stock-ish NC Miata against a prepared 1g DOHC Neon at the August 2018 Capital Driving Club (CDC) autocross in Frederick, MD

The 2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata is a daily driver with a good condition engine, koni orange shocks, cobalt swaybars, and a muffler. Comfortable, refined, and surprisingly quick. This car was on Continental ExtremeContact Sport tires, 245/40/17 on 17x9 wheels. Those tires grip well hot or cold and are excellent in the rain, but are not an autocross-grade tire: rather a long-wearing great all-purpose tire.

The 1998 Plymouth Neon is a DOHC Coupe with 199,000+ miles on the original engine. It is beaten and tired, but is still a blast to drive. It has basic engine bolt-ons, coilovers, swaybars, and (older) 195/50/15 Bridgestone RE-71R tires on 15x6.5 wheels.

The Miata felt slow, composed, quiet, and uneventful. The Neon was raw, loud, exciting, and just plain felt fast. But what did the stopwatch say? The Miata ran a 43.0, while the Neon ran a 43.4. The cars couldn't feel more different in how they achieved those times!

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