Easy there folks....
I can understand your frustration, but let's not be too harsh.
Try to remember that not everyone will have studied the beautiful sky as much as those of us who hang out here on the forum...
It is disappointing that they broke the glass. My speculation is that they put some jackets or a duffel bag on top of the gas tank bulge, then threw the top back, gave it a firm pressing down, then had trouble pushing it down and closing the trunk. It's an honest mistake, and the only thing they couldn't test was the interior sound pressure level with the top up.... It didn't stop the road tests.
I'm also willing to bet that they tried to pack stuff in the sides where the armature for the top folds down, and that was part of the reason that they had trouble closing the trunk because with stuff under there, it's almost impossible to get the top down far enough to rest in the "hooks".
Most notably, the title line of the story reads:
Saturn's new roadster sets a style and performance high water mark for the brand. It's not so much a maxi Miata as a Corvette junior petite.
That's actually high praise from Car and Driver.
Keep in mind that the review was overall very positive. It was predictable that they would complain a bit about the power, but compared to older Miatas, it is at least as good if not better.
That's just it, everyone (even the staff of Car and Driver) is starting to become accustomed to some fairly high power to weight ratios... Muscle cars are back, but, now they corner too, and most of our modern performance machines are getting pretty close to the raw acceleration of the halcyon days of big blocks, tripower, and giant Carter Thermoquad carbs...
Remember, they gave it good marks. Honestly, I'm surprised the review is as positive as it is, because as others have noted, the preferences of the C&D staff and their experiences are with some of the absolute best sports cars around (like the nearly $100,000 set of Porsches, Vipers, Z06 Vettes, high end BMWs and Maybachs....)
Again, to be mentioned as similar to and thought of fondly for the styling being like the Vette, is not bad at all.
