more here

http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219556

 

While I think a retractable hardtop is a great decision $ wise, I hope it looks better than the cgi version in that article. The car already has problems in the looks dept. You'd be looking at a $30k Mx-5 though.

 

I love the new mx-5, the way it looks and handles, I just dont feel comfortable in one, maybe its time for a diet?

 

I saw the car for the 1st time on the road, yes... sigh.. well i saw it at dealership tho, but it looks better moving lol, i think it looks very very good. if i were to get one i'd still get the convertible, i can always drop the detachable hardtop on it anytime i want.

I sat in one at the auto show, i thought it was quite roomy, i m 5"10 tho lol

But this shows that Mazda can keep their secrets really well man.
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I don't like it. At all.

It just doesn't feel like it belongs on a Miata, excuse me, MX-5. I really dislike the new ones as it is. They perform great but they look...well...better luck next time Mazda.

 

I would hope a turbo would be included in that package as well, since unless they are making it out of Titanium or Unobtanium the roof mechanism would be a lot heavier than the standard fabric top. I thought I saw a post earlier today that talked about a possible MX-5R for rotary powered, maybe they would put a renesis in the Miata hard top... Maybe it is just 4:20 and I am seeing things again, crap it is 4:20

 

With the mazdaspeed body kit and the hard top it be awesome
http://www.mazda.co.jp/mazdaspeed/

 

Old news. I posted about it about two months ago...

I notice there has been a lot of this going on lately... I'm feeling ignored...

 

I saw NB with mazdaspeed body kit today, the rear was nice! i almost crashed into the highway offramp starring at the car which is still on the highway!
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Is there really that big of a market for a convertible hardtop? Alongside a softtop version (which has an available hardtop anyhow)?

What they need to work on is a fixed hardtop Miata. Something that's actually cheaper than the droptop. Plus the Mazdaspeed body kit standard, and a rotary! That would be pretty hot.

 

^ Although... I'd buy a retractable hardtop, but I'd never buy a regular convertible. Mazda is building a less expensive coupe... the Kabura based car. I just wonder what the point of a heavier hardtop car is without more power...

 

logical move there... hardtop convertible is the future of convertibles... hope theres a power increase but i doubt it.. its not that fast to begin with, so what if its a little slower with the extra weight?

 

^ then it will killed by not only the GXP/Redline versions of the GM Kappa car, but also the NA versions as well. Handling dynamics will be affected as well. Trunk space too. The only reason to get the MX-5 will really just come down to styling/brand loyalty and such...

 

Yeah, it's strange, mazda seemed to work really hard to get the miata "just so"...they tilted the damn engine for christ sake.

What is the point of this new one...it seems to spit in the face of the hard work that went into the soft top...unless they did the same for this, including power bump?!?!

Seems unlikely tho.

I feel like it's BS

 

really?! link please?

 

Not to be captain obvious, but if you want to buy that Miata that was built "just so," just buy the soft top. If you want a comfortable and stylish GT Miata buy the retractable hard top. Why does that sound so weird to everybody??? Now if Mazda got rid of the Miata soft top and replaced it with the hard top convertible, I'd get pissed. But they're not. They're making an additional car with a very attractive feature that is not available in this price segment. Makes complete sense. The hardtop convertible gives the Miata a huge leg up on the Sky and Solstice because there's a large number of people who love hardtop convertibles. Why do you think people buy Mercedes SLKs instead of Porsche Boxsters?

 

Here you go Zoom...

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...8&postcount=19

from this thread... https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ctable+hardtop

enjoy!

 

Your point works...but the example you give is two DIFFERENT cars.

The SLK is for the style crowd, the boxter is for the driving mechanics crowd...two cars, two companies.

The miata was designed to stand for something...to convey an image...to make a point...using the name brand for something that defies that seems lame to me.

 

This summer's event should be the best British Motor Show in decades, because along with the Mazda it will feature world debuts of the next-generation Land Rover Freelander and Vauxhall Corsa.

-- this makes me laugh

maybe freelander makes the news in london .. but it's not like we dont have enough suvs .. and a corsa .. ewww whoo .. 3 cylinder ghetto train .. and to top it off lets stick a can on the miata

 

I understand the point of having the retractable hardtop. That option makes the MX-5 more appealing to me. However, IMO and I think the opinion of most others is that MX-5 sales would benefit more from having more hp, especially with the new GXP and RedLine. HP is not the answer to everything, but with the GM cars costing less and performing nearly identical, Mazda really only has 2 options to boost sales. One is to make the car look better. Two is to give the base model a little bit better suspension and more hp and then produce a Mazdaspeed version that out-shines the GM cars.

Maybe Mazda is just trying to place the car in a separate market than the Solstice and Sky because they don’t think they can compete head on…

 

That can only happen if it has a 2.3 DIT under the hood I don't see why not. The MS3 gets it, MS6, has it, the CX-7 gets it, so spread the love

 

I'd like to see a fixed roof miata. A true coup would be awesome. Didn't they do a concept several years ago?

 

Sold in Japan, limited production. Gorgeous.

 

The MX-5 can most definitely compete with the Solsky. I'm sure Mazda is quite aware of this.

A hardtop convertible may attract a whole new audience that the soft top could not.

 

I love that car. I'd take the 2nd gen coupe (or rag top) over the 3rd gen any day.