The West Penn Miata Club held its second Miata Mountain Mania over four days, June 24-27, 2010, in the Laurel Highlands of Western Pennsylvania. The Seven Springs Mountain Resort was home base for the event. I took the following pictures there on June 24, when about 160 of the 200 registered Mazda MX-5 Miatas were assembled for a group portrait. Participants came from as far away as Arizona, West Texas and Southwest Florida, as well as from the Canadian cities of Edmonton and Ottawa. Altogether, D.C., 22 states, three Canadian provinces and three generations of MX-5 Miatas were represented. As of 2012, Mazda had sold more than 900,000 units of this extremely enjoyable car. It has been on Car & Driver magazine's annual "10 Best" list 14 times since its introduction in 1989, including eight consecutive times from January 2006 through January 2013. For more information about the Mountain Mania, visit the event's homepage at http://www.westpennmiataclub.com/mania10.html .

I shot all the photos in this gallery with a handheld Nikon D300 and a Nikkor 18-200mm VR zoom, except for the last two pictures, which I took through a car windshield with a compact Canon PowerShot S90. All have been resized for online viewing. Clicking on the last thumbnail photo will display a link to a terrific Mazda ZOOM-ZOOM video on YouTube. If you love the Miata, you will like the beautiful photo gallery of the Southern California Miata Club at http://socalm.zenfolio.com/ .

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