The next-gen MX-5 Miata thread

[Heldenzeit]

I think I'll have mine as a normal roadster with a fiberglass hardtop.

 

[Tornado]

That's a very nice sounding exhaust. Too bad about the engine.

 

[Nessy]

That sounds gorgeous. Really looks the business too.

 

[VXR]

Holy batman! That's how a turbo 4 should sound! I wasn't really into the 124 at first, but the Abarth is a different kettle of fish. I love it.

 

[FT-1]

Abarth really knows how to make a 1.4T sing, sounds incredible just like the 595. 👍

Suddenly the £30k asking price seems justified...

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

It sounds like they tried really really hard to make it sound like they didn't try at all.

 

[1241Penguin]

Abarth really knows how to make their four-cylinders sound great.

 

[homeforsummer]

Most days in my job are good. Some are still better than others:

Time constraints meant it was just two laps, plus a passenger ride with Johnny Herbert. But still, lots of fun. If ever the term "momentum car" applied to anything it's this. Barely faster than the road car, but grip on the slicks and braking with the grooved stock rotors and a set of Pagid track pads is pretty damn impressive. A grid full of these things will be crazy.

 

[05XR8]

A grid full of MX-5s and Abarths maybe even more so.

 

[RocZX]

I saw the MX-5 RF today at the NY auto show.
I like it, it looks good. It looks way better then the NC PRHT.

The thing that that looks bad on it is fake quarter glass ....
(Not my pic)

It would look better if it was a real window or removed.

 

[homeforsummer]

I actually didn't even realise it was fake. I do wonder what visibility will be like with that car - realistically probably not much different from a soft-top with the roof up, but since those aren't actually windows it's still quite a big chunk of car sitting in your 3/4 vision.

 

[Tornado]

I thought it was a real window too...

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

The fact that Mazda asked that nobody sit in the car tells me that this is still very much a work in progress. Maybe those will become glass in the production version. I honestly don't see a reason they couldn't be other than weight.

 

[Nessy]

I'm not so sure they'll make it a transparent part. I think they'll just keep it cosmetic to keep the flow of the doors lower shutline. I must admit when I first saw it a couple of pages back, my mind did wonder what was going on with it. I thought it may have a similar set-up to the Ferrari 348 targa (curved rear glass panel), that allows you to see through the buttresses. But looking at the transformation process, it's clear that it doesn't, just looks like a flat rear screen with two triangles part covering it.

 

[homeforsummer]

Yeah, the rear screen element can be retracted separately. Like in a Del Sol or something. Suspect they won't make the side bits glass for weight reasons.

 

[05XR8]

got you.

It's not glass because, it appears the struts/arms are in the way.

 

[Nessy]

^^ Yep, the only way I could see them doing it (non cosmetic), would be to make the insides of the buttresses echo the outside with the glass, and then have the flat rear screen separate.

[edit]

@05XR8 It does indeed look like it's housing the arms.

 

[05XR8]

Well, if you ever want to fit MX-5 wheels on your DJ Mazda2, they fit.

 

[Minty]

I still wish I would have got pictures of my mom's Outback with my BRZ wheels on it. It looked silly as hell.

Though with some slightly thicker rubber those wheels actually suit that Mazda really well.

 

[FT-1]

Those wheels look very nice on the Mazda 2, although there is a bit too much drum brake exposure. At least they aren't painted in a bright colour.

 

[05XR8]

The customer didn't want the car lowered. Though, there is a Soul Red Mazda2 Genki running around, with the same wheels, lowered 30mm.

 

[Keef]

It sounds like they tried really really hard to make it sound like they didn't try at all.

That's the most offensive sounding 4-cylinder this side of a straight-piped SRT-4. Jesus, this car is a total trainwreck. Not only is it the most unreasonable ugly thing offered by anybody in years, now it sounds just as obnoxious.

 

[CodeRedR51]

That's the most offensive sounding 4-cylinder this side of a straight-piped SRT-4. Jesus, this car is a total trainwreck. Not only is it the most unreasonable ugly thing offered by anybody in years, now it sounds just as obnoxious.

This one probably sounds a little better.

This car will be at Road Atlanta next week at the Mitty if anyone is going...

 

[Keef]

This one probably sounds a little better.

This car will be at Road Atlanta next week at the Mitty if anyone is going...

Tell me again about the sound of brand pride.

 

[Omnis]

Powered by a series of tubes.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Tell me again about the sound of brand pride.

Oh believe me, I'd prefer the 20B too. I would have shared the LS swap either way.

 

[05XR8]

http://www.caradvice.com.au/428000/mazda-mx-5-breaking-sales-record-luring-younger-buyers/

I'd read that $38kAUD as "before on-road costs". Call it $40k. What a blow to those who bought the PRHT for $55k. Just today, I spoke to a cool gentleman with a 10th anniversary NB. He paid $56kAUD back then.

The RF just might be the best buy. The 2.0 will have the power to start. Maybe one of the best rain or shine track cars out of the box.

 

[Keef]

Oh believe me, I'd prefer the 20B too. I would have shared the LS swap either way.

That's a 4-rotor, courtesy of Mad Mike. He's got several of them in his garage now.

 

[CodeRedR51]

That's a 4-rotor, courtesy of Mad Mike. He's got several of them in his garage now.

Forgot it was a 4-rotor but I'm well aware of who the guy is

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

BRAP all the Mazdas!