The next-gen MX-5 Miata thread

[bremics]

Im definitely getting one. $31,995 plus on-roads costs. So, about $33k. Going to be a good year!

$33k for a car in Australia? So it will be around $20k in the states?

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And about $40k before taxes in Canada unless there's a price drop.

#lolnope

 

[05XR8]

For a Mustang costing $54k, I can't justify that here. I'm going to have fun on the track with the MX-5 and just around town.

 

[05XR8]

I don't care what ever car is ever to be made on the planet earth. This one is for me.

MAZDA has addressed one of the MX-5 sportcar's most frequent criticisms, dropping the new-generation entry price by a whopping $15,290.

To be priced from $31,990, before on-road costs, when it arrives in showrooms in August, the cult classic is just $2000 more expensive that the runaway success and one of its key rivals, the Toyota 86 coupe.

Since the model's introduction in the late 1980s, its price has insidiously crept skywards, allowing competitors such as the Toyota and its Subaru BRZ twin to sneak in and steal some of the attention.

With a significant price reduction, Mazda is vying to take back a chunk of the affordable sportscar market from the likes of the Toyota and Subaru, as well as other small sporty numbers such as the $24,190 Kia Koup.

It will also have the popular Hyundai Veloster in its sights which currently sells for $24,490, but an upcoming mid-life facelift this month may be accompanied by a price revision.

The all-new fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 will initially be available with a 1.5-litre SkyActiv four-cylinder engine, delivering 96kW and 150Nm of torque, but it will be joined by a 116kW/201Nm 2.0-litre version later this year.

Mazda has only specified the entry level cost, but moving up from the six-speed manual transmission to the automatic option is likely to attract a premium over the base cost.

Performance details are also yet to be released but with a bantamweight 1009kg mass, the little Mazda should get to 100km/h from standstill in about 7.0 seconds.

With the new car, Mazda Australia managing director Martin Benders said the company is planning to attract a more youthful audience, drawn to the sportscar by its more attractive price, rear-drive handling and top-down motoring fun.

“For those that know, love or own an MX-5, the arrival of an all-new model is always cause for excitement,” he said.

“We believe that the sharp entry pricing for the new ND will inspire a new generation of younger MX-5 buyers to experience the freedom and enjoyment of open-top motoring.

“The All-New Mazda MX-5 is in many ways the rebirth of an icon.”

Last year Mazda sold just 118 of the outgoing MX-5 model compared with the landslide Toyota 86, which scored 4257 registrations, 3405 for the Hyundai Veloster and 1112 for Subaru's BRZ.

 

[Grandea GTR]

I don't care what ever car is ever to be made on the planet earth. This one is for me.

$15k???

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

The NC started at $45,000 in Australia??

 

[05XR8]

The NC started at $45,000 in Australia??

Yep. $48k for the soft top to $54 for the PRHT New. Used NCs still go for $20-25k. NAs still upwards of $6k down here. Too much.

$15k???

$15k for what car?

 

[Grandea GTR]

Yep. $48k for the soft top to $54 for the PRHT New. Used NCs still go for $20-25k. NAs still upwards of $6k down here. Too much.



$15k for what car?

The ND. That's quite a price drop.

 

[05XR8]

Oh, for sure. Someone last year probably is kicking the salesman.

 

[mustafur]

Yeah I always found the price of MX-5s in the past way too expensive, however because the price is now similar to the 86, these cars are going to sell like the plague.

P platers have Completely Ruined any drive for me to get a 86/BRZ and chances are this will now be ruined by them too.

Hopefully the Idea of under 100kw in a sports car will turn them off before they work out how to understand Power to weight ratio.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Yeah I always found the price of MX-5s in the past way too expensive, however because the price is now similar to the 86, these cars are going to sell like the plague.

P platers have Completely Ruined any drive for me to get a 86/BRZ and chances are this will now be ruined by them too.

Hopefully the Idea of under 100kw in a sports car will turn them off before they work out how to understand Power to weight ratio.

P platers?

 

[mustafur]

P platers?

Pre-Full license drivers.

Kind of like a middle ground between a permit and a unrestricted license.

The vast majority are Teenagers, and you can already imagine the kind of cars they drive.

exhibit A:

 

[05XR8]

Pre-Full license drivers.

Kind of like a middle ground between a permit and a unrestricted license.

The vast majority are Teenagers, and you can already imagine the kind of cars they drive.

exhibit A:

And since P-platers can drive turbos now, watch this thread in the near feature...

Shhh, the game is about to be changed.

 

[Heldenzeit]

Looks like Work Wheels got ahold of one. Could be a PS though, I can't tell.

 

[el fayce]

Apparently you can buy one if you're in Japan from tomorrow today.
And if you do live in Japan, Here is what you can get for options and whatnot

 

[05XR8]

I should have kept studying Japanese back in '92

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I should have kept studying Japanese back in '92

Or, you know, use Google Translate.
https://translate.google.com/transl...dster&edit-text=&act=urlGoogle Translate[/url

 

[CSMDuty11]

"Model that pursue "openness" and "light feeling"
"Model that considers the more safety"
"Leather seat models comfortable equipment is fulfilling"




Oh Google Translate!

 

[05XR8]

You mean Yoda translator.

 

[mustafur]

"Model that pursue "openness" and "light feeling"
"Model that considers the more safety"
"Leather seat models comfortable equipment is fulfilling"




Oh Google Translate!

keep in mind this is Japan lol.

 

[CodeRedR51]

You mean Yoda translator.

Email Google with that idea ASAP.

 

[Nessy]

Email Google with that idea ASAP.

What is you talk about that you?

 

[CodeRedR51]

What is you talk about that you?

That makes no sense.

But a Yoda translator, or something that turns normal sentences into Yoda sentences would be epic.

 

[Nessy]

That makes no sense.

But a Yoda translator, or something that turns normal sentences into Yoda sentences would be epic.

I'm actually surprised it hasn't been done yet.

Besides, my level of 'Yoda' far surpasses your comprehension, Padawan. (jk)

 

[bremics]

http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/index.php

There's others as well.

 

[Speedy Samurai]

Apparently you can buy one if you're in Japan from tomorrow today.
And if you do live in Japan, Here is what you can get for options and whatnot

I'm considering stopping at the Mazda showroom on the way home.

 

[el fayce]

@Speedy Samurai Please do !

 

[05XR8]

I'm considering stopping at the Mazda showroom on the way home.

Take a pic of a yellow 1.5 on BBS. That's what I'm getting. I do hope Recaros will be on offer.

 

[Speedy Samurai]

@Speedy Samurai Please do !

It was white.

 

[05XR8]

I wonder why it's heavier here.

The first completely new MX-5 since the original was launched 25 years ago will weigh just 1009kg in Australia, which is 91kg lighter than the outgoing model and only 59kg heavier than the original. Overseas models dip below 1000kg.

Mazda was so obsessed by weight it secures each MX-5 wheel by four nuts rather than five. The engine is about 17kg lighter, the manual transmission drops 7kg and the differential weighs 10kg less than the one used on the previous 2.0-litre MX-5.

I can't wait to see it in Yellow.

 

[CodeRedR51]