The next-gen MX-5 Miata thread

I See just like my Mazda 2 it has the Handbrake on the opposite side of the driver, combined with my Centre arm rest it's just a stupid design.
 
mustafur
I See just like my Mazda 2 it has the Handbrake on the opposite side of the driver, combined with my Centre arm rest it's just a stupid design.
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I prefer it on the opposite side. Original RHD Mk1s came with it on the opposite side, after all. The cabin is narrow enough that it's hardly a stretch to reach it, and it means it doesn't intrude into your personal space while driving.
 
I see that they've kept up the MX5 'achilles heel' tradition of the exposed radiator, prone to stone attack. :mad:

Another revenue stream for the aftermarket. :D
 
R1600Turbo
You could drive around in the winter with the top down and the heat on full blast and be sweating to death. :lol:
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This probably depends on what type of winter you have where you live. The sweat you'd get from driving an NA MX-5 top down in the winter here, is the one that's caused by near crash situation, because of the difficulties of ice/800kg RWD car combination.
 
R1600Turbo
Not sure about the ND (or the NC) but I know the HVAC system in the NA/NB were fantastic. You could drive around in the winter with the top down and the heat on full blast and be sweating to death. :lol:
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I'll be sure to try that come late December
 
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Ditto.

And I have to say, so far I have seen very few wheel/tire fitments that I think look right on this car. But I'm picky.
 
-> I finally sat inside the ND. It was a white Club model with the sacrilegic A/T, reason why I didn't test drive the roadster. So my 6'3 self pretty much fit inside. My benchmark for cramped 2-seat fun mobiles is the epically-epic Honda S2000.

-> Heres what it goes:

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1. All the toys are there, as expected for a brand-new 2015/16 vehicle.
2. Top operaton is a cinch!
3. Cubby holes are in decent size.
4. Adjustable steering wheel is a HUGE plus.
5. Driving position is up to par.

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1. The seat itself is my total pet peeve! Sure, the ND provides long distance confort and decent side support due to its very adequate side boldstering (somewhat similar to the S2K). And cloth seats are a God-send! BUT, I felt like that I'm sitting on it rather than in it!! The seat padding proved to be too thick as if I'm sitting on a CX-3 rather than a Mazda2/3. Sure, blame it on my height, but I've never experience this on the NA, NB, NC PHRT, MR2 Spyder/MR-S, & Exige/Elise and definitely the S2K.
2. The cupholders are cumbersome to use overall. Plus when in use (if ever), my funny-bone prone right elbow will eventually hit these removable cup holders.
3. The wind-buffeting visor between the seats is not removble nor adjutable (like the S2K). Which hampers your rear-view mirror visibility.
4. I fear that the iPad-looking screen in the middle will be flushed out by sunlight during top-down cruising.
5. For taller folks, use the Multimedia controls with your left hand, as your right elbow will hit that center glovebox before you press that [MENU] button.

^ Overall, I give it a passing grade. Although I hope Mazda will offer a thinner padding seats for taller folks, without sacrificing these Bose speakers speakers on its headrest. If Mazda fixes this, the ND will be my next roadster!


My Interior Confort on Cramped Small Roadsters Rankings
1. S2000
2. ND
3. NA
4. MR-S / MR2 Spyder
5. NC PHRT

:)
 
Have you guys seen the comparisons of BRZ/MX-5? It seems to be a close call which one the journalists go for.. Usually the flat cornering of the BRZ snatches the marginal win for it.
 
Leonidae@MFT
Have you guys seen the comparisons of BRZ/MX-5? It seems to be a close call which one the journalists go for.. Usually the flat cornering of the BRZ snatches the marginal win for it.
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Easy to stay flat if your tires never have enough grip to stress the suspension.



:D



But seriously, though, I'd still have chosen the NC over the 86. I like the balance better, even though the NC wiggled around more under hard cornering and the 86 was a bit easier to control over the limit.

Can't wait to do an ND.
 
The Vanishing Boy
but I've never experience this on the NA, NB, NC PHRT, MR2 Spyder/MR-S, & Exige/Elise and definitely the S2K.
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Really? I've driven all four generations of MX-5 and I'd say that the ND is finally the one that you feel like you're sitting in, rather than on. I'm shorter than you (around 5'9") but then that doesn't explain our different perceptions about the NA and NB in particular, where I feel quite perched. Part of that is that the doors are taller in relation to the seating position in the NC and ND, but in relation to the steering wheel I definitely feel seated lower in the NC/ND. One of the next things on my list for my MX-5 is a lower-mounted seat.

You do definitely sit lower as standard in the S2K and MR-S, though to some degree I expect that's an illusion of having a higher scuttle, rear bulkhead and cockpit sides - though it does make you feel much more part of the car.
 
I rode my bicycle past the dealer today. There was a red ND in the showroom (dealers close on Sundays so I couldn't go inside) and right behind me outside in the lot was a 2009 NC, also in red.

The NC looks like total garbage to me now. Fat, overly-happy-looking garbage. The ND looks like a work of art. Sculpted beauty.
 
I'm curious to see how the top-with-bar is integrated. When I drove the ND and looked around the top, I find it pretty hard to believe they actually managed to put a bar in while still retaining full function of the top...
 
R1600Turbo
I'd wait for a factory hard top and then get the orange one. The top installed bar just doesn't look right.
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Factory doesn't seem interested in making a hardtop yet from what I've heard.

ildd
I'm curious to see how the top-with-bar is integrated. When I drove the ND and looked around the top, I find it pretty hard to believe they actually managed to put a bar in while still retaining full function of the top...
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It's tight!
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R1600Turbo
I've heard different and there's frankenstein bolt holes under plates between the top and the trunk lid. Like they prepared the cars for it.
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I've seen the plates, but they don't look very removable. I'll look closer next time I'm around one.

I still believe the aftermarket will have to pick up hardtop production though.
 
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/#/...le-hard-top-but-no-mx-5-coupe-in-the-pipeline

Nobuhiro Yamamoto, programme manager for the new Mazda MX-5, says the ND-generation MX-5 is capable of being fitted with a removable hard top - just like the first and second-generation models before it.

Speaking with TMR at the launch of the MX-5, Yamamoto wouldn't be drawn on whether Mazda itself would provide the solution, proposing instead that it would be left to a third party supplier to design and manufacture the hard top.

"We have future-proofed the MX-5 to have a hard top facility," Yamamoto said through an interpreter.

"There have been inbuilt points so that a hard top may be fitted. I imagine a third party would be able to come up with a top quite easily, but we have made the provision."
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This is why I need to hold off just a bit... http://mzracing.jp/en/news

The Roadster NR-A was created to participate in numbered race series such as the Party Race II. The modifications specific to the NR-A include vehicle height adjustment controls, Bilstein dampers, a front suspension tower bar, etc., to strengthen the chassis. At the same time an increased capacity radiator, large-diameter brakes, and so on have also been added to improve cooling and durability. Furthermore, it will be equipped with a torque-sensing super LSD, which is not included in the S-grade. Another special feature are heat-resistance measures, such as slits in the differential covers. Other features not found in the S-grade are a rear stabilizer and tunnel brace bar that conform with the S package / L package.

The engine has also received a roadster dedicated forged crankshaft designed to cope with high revs. It has a maximum output of 96kW <131PS> / 7,000rpm and a maximum torque of 150N · m <15.3kg · m> / 4,800rpm.
 

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