The Miata and the FR-S are literally neck and neck when it comes to performance and it all depends on the person driving as to which one is better or not. I prefer the RWD of the FR-S as it makes drifting it with it's skinny little tires a lot of fun at lower speeds than would be required with a bigger sports car.
The back end comes loose very easily in the FR-S which equals lots of fun on empty roads at lower sane speeds. Neither car was designed to be fast at all both were designed to be fun cars to drive with good handling.
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