Is the MX-5 NC girly?
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Small doesn't mean girly, if that's what you're asking. The rest of the styling is pretty gender neutral. MX-5's are focused sports cars, see Lotus/MG for similar offerings. I guess if you think any small sports car is girly... are go karts girly?
Edit: and V6 Mustangs with their big puffy tires do give off a girly stench, though V8's not at all... odd.
Edit: and V6 Mustangs with their big puffy tires do give off a girly stench, though V8's not at all... odd.
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- Wellington
I would never necessarily call any sort of Miata masculine. They're a cheerful, small convertible with a small engine, not exactly a recipe for a 'manly' car. I'm not knocking it, it's a great car, but that doesn't change the vibe given off by it's aesthetics.
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- slashfan7964
I agree with this on a whole scale. There is masculine and femininely styled cars. The Miatas tends to lean to the feminine side at least with the NA.
This does not mean its a girly car or for gay men. I see a lot of Miatas at meets, usually driven by guys who could kick some serious ass in a fight.
This car is a bit like the Fox body in that depending on your views, you aren't buying a car, you are buying a cheap RWD platform to create something of your own with. Is it a great car stock? Absolutely! Does it have potential? Absolutely!
There is two kinds of people. People who judge cars by what they are stock and those who can envision an entirely different monster just by looking at it. Don't write it off because of its styling. If you think there is a problem with it then do something about it. Make it better.
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- Betelgeuse
- Beeblebrox_237
Relevant?
Relevant?
Is the ambiguity of the persons gender deliberate?
R5
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Eh. I'd say this is less targeting a specific gender and more saying it's a great car in any situation. The last paragraph sums it up, reallyRelevant?
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- playnthru
So true.
I love Ford Mustangs and think they're cool cars. That doesn't mean I think all Mustangs are manly though. A convertible I6 Mustang is kinda girly whereas a Black on black BOSS-9 is for manly men (or manly women). I feel the miata is similar in that it is how you see it. It can go either way, it's as manly or girly as it's options allow.
Maybe so, it doesn't change the fact that the Ford Mustang was originally designed for and targeted towards women. Hence my "girly" car reference. Ford originally envisioned the Mustang as a car for secretaries by design. They scored big when it was loved and embraced by both genders.
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- Betelgeuse
- Beeblebrox_237
Still think they're both hiding beards in both adverts. A lot of men rocked the long hair back in the 70s!
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- Betelgeuse
- Beeblebrox_237
The adverts are from the mid 60s
. Also, I think it would be a tad eccentric to show a man in a skirt in an advert.@Slash I tend to think of the 6 cylinder pony cars as being very feminine, and the V8 ones with all the proper performance bits as quite masculine. Just like an automatic MX-5 is girly, but an MX-5 with a full complement of performance mods is quite manly and cool.
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It's all about what you do with the car, not the car itself.
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- photonrider
Relevant?
Makes me want to go get a Mustang right now; I am part of the 'Supermarket Set'.
I came back from the Supermarket today with a chunk of beef heart, a pound of beef liver, and a case of Jalapenos, the sort of stuff our set are into.
Supposed to grow hair on our chests.
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- RS73private
Jeremy Clarkson said that "any time you put two men in any convertible, immediately questions arise."
However, who cares what others think, if you like it buy it.
However, who cares what others think, if you like it buy it.
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I know, but that was a bad example posted.
This works much better when making the point of a Mustang being "girly". But then, nobody really cares about its possible feminine side, same with many cars.
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- PsuPepperoni
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- Filracer
Well as long as the MX5 is tuned and built for TA, maybe its not girly. I am going to buy one because I want a budget convertible and the MX5 is the answer to my question. In my country, the Toyota Vios or any SUVs(Montero, RAV4, APV) are considered girly.
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Nonsense question. Why should a car be considered "feminine"? A car is an object designed for mobility or, in the specific case of the Mazda Roadster, for driving at a sustained pace over public roads and racing venues.
Is the Roadster a car designed to appeal to women, and therefore feminine? I don't think so. The Dodge LaFemme was a feminine car. The Honda She's is a feminine car. The Roadster was designed for enjoyment by people who intend to a)drive fast, b)drive with the top down, c)not spend a lot to do so. The gender of the driver wasn't taken into account, I presume.
Is the Roadster a car driven by women? Are cars driven by women feminine? Then this...
...and this...
...and this...
...are all "girly" cars, because they've been driven by women (respectively, Lella Lombardi, Michèle Mouton and Sarah Fisher).
Is the Roadster for some reason (perhaps its lack of SHARP EDGES and ANGRY HEADLIGHTS and BRO INTAKES, or its relatively small engine) considered a "girly" car? Sure! Likewise, the BMW M3 is considered a douchemobile, the Subaru WRX STi a car for junkhead street racers who like to keep the neighoborhood awake with the obnoxiously loud sound of their exhaust, and 70s/80s muscle cars should be the preferred mean of transportation for the wife-beating, possibly meth-smoking white trash crowd (in the US) or for simpletons who are too much into everything that is 'MURICAN (everywhere else). Who cares? You know what you're driving, and why you're driving it. And all cars go to heaven, y'know.
Is the Roadster a car designed to appeal to women, and therefore feminine? I don't think so. The Dodge LaFemme was a feminine car. The Honda She's is a feminine car. The Roadster was designed for enjoyment by people who intend to a)drive fast, b)drive with the top down, c)not spend a lot to do so. The gender of the driver wasn't taken into account, I presume.
Is the Roadster a car driven by women? Are cars driven by women feminine? Then this...
...and this...
...and this...
...are all "girly" cars, because they've been driven by women (respectively, Lella Lombardi, Michèle Mouton and Sarah Fisher).
Is the Roadster for some reason (perhaps its lack of SHARP EDGES and ANGRY HEADLIGHTS and BRO INTAKES, or its relatively small engine) considered a "girly" car? Sure! Likewise, the BMW M3 is considered a douchemobile, the Subaru WRX STi a car for junkhead street racers who like to keep the neighoborhood awake with the obnoxiously loud sound of their exhaust, and 70s/80s muscle cars should be the preferred mean of transportation for the wife-beating, possibly meth-smoking white trash crowd (in the US) or for simpletons who are too much into everything that is 'MURICAN (everywhere else). Who cares? You know what you're driving, and why you're driving it. And all cars go to heaven, y'know.
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@ClydeYellow, From what I understood from the RCR video, Is that the "Basic Bro" or the average Male, Hate the Miata because it doesn't represent a form of masculinity, Or to reinforce a Macho image, In a stock form anyway, And I agree, But it should be embraced as the good place outside of your comfort zone, Like having a dinner that that taste like heaven, but looks terrible or something like that, Not because its driven by girls, But I could be wrong.
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It's time to let you guys know that I am the owner of a 2008 MX-5 Niseko since a few weeks. The Niseko is a version of the MX-5 NC that has different 17" rims, dark brown cloth top and leather, and some chrome accents on the exterior. My car also has all the options available like Bose sound system, heated seats and xenon lights. Here a few bad iPhone picture of when I just got the car and was waiting for license plates.
EDIT: I should note that I am a 19 year old student and this is my first car. So this is a pretty big deal for me. I am just sooo happy with it!
EDIT: I should note that I am a 19 year old student and this is my first car. So this is a pretty big deal for me. I am just sooo happy with it!
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People that say mx5s are girly, are people who really are just angry at it because their muscle car doesn't handle as well, no matter what they do to it. Let me put it this way: mx5s are the guy you see who is kind of effeminate but he gets all of the girls and people think, WHY?! how is that possible?! because they cant explain their own failures. Girls like mx5s because unlike most cars that are all: UGH! ANGRY HEADLIGHTS! MANLYNESS! STEAK! the mx5 has soft lines and looks innocent. a bad guy couldn't drive one. honestly, the only time I consider a vehicle girly, is when I see most of them being driven by women. *cough jeeps cough*
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- GTP_Leonidae_MFT
It's a Miata. Of course it's girly.
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