Car Polls Round 13: Long live the Roadster

[The87Dodge]

Thank you for your nomination, @synchromesh

Here are this round's options.

NA (1989-1997)

NB, pre-facelift (1998-2000)

NB, post-facelift (2001-2004)

NC, pre-facelift (2006-2008)

NC, post-facelift (2009-2015)

ND (2016-)

Last edited: May 1, 2016

 

[The87Dodge]

Pre-facelift NB is my choice. Most powerful Roadster generation (167 hp maximum), and cleanest looking out of all the options.

 

[JR98]

Can't beat the original, went for the NA.

 

[Heldenzeit]

I own an NA, but have spent lots of money buying early NB parts as an upgrade. I should've just bought an NB from the start.

I almost chose the ND, as it is really really good, but the steering feel of the early cars can't be matched.

 

[FT-1]

Went for the ND just to show my appreciation for the new model being smaller, lighter, more driver focused than its predecessor and more akin to the original. Other than the pre-facelift NB, I like all the cars polled.

 

[TS050]

Went for the ND. NA is a very close second.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Pop-up headlamps. What more could you possibly ask for?

 

[Adamgp]

Post facelift NB, looks the best IMO.

 

[Famine]

Pre-facelift NB is my choice. Most powerful Roadster generation (167 hp maximum),

SO many citations needed.

 

[Ettick]

I actually like the ND the most. It's basically a modernized NA, and drives great from what I've heard. I don't like the look of the front, but I don't really care much for the looks of any MX-5.

 

[Cowboy]

Pre-facelift NB is my choice followed by NA. The NB is one of those cars that I've always liked, and somehow beats the NA in my opinion.

 

[Tunerguy21]

I had to go with the pre-facelift NB1. More power than the NA but less weight than its successors. I also think it looks the best, but only with the embedded bumper fogs and front lip.

 

[synchromesh]

I love them all and can't choose! Voted NA because I own one.

 

[CyborgGT]

Hardest poll yet for me. But at the end of the day, you can always make a car more powerful, lighter, and handle better. That leaves looks, and while I'm not crazy about the interior, the facelifted NC is by far the best looking to my eye.

 

[Casey]

NA is the only one I really like.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Most powerful Roadster generation (167 hp maximum)

Technically yes with the former, but no with the latter.

There was a 204hp version that has actually been polled on the Cool Wall but since that was for a single market and only 100 were made, I digress.

EDIT: and that was a post-facelift build anyway.

 

[axletramp]

So badly want to say NA, but in reality I'd want the post-facelift NC. The ND is just weird.