Years ago I passed a 850R on a four lane highway while driving my 1990 Miata.
To my surprise the guy driving the Volvo accelerated and started to pull ahead (he was in the slow lane).
I gave my Miata more gas and matched his speed. He then floored it and started to pull away at a rapid pace. There weren't any other vehicles on the road, so I thought, "What the hell", and gave chase.
I knew these 850Rs were pretty quick, but I easily caught him and pulled away.
I guess he thought a Miata would be easy to beat and he'd be right, except mine had a V8 under the hood.