http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080214....pe-speculation

 

Didn't they make this in Japan already? Earlier model year.

 

As the article say the MX-5 NB Coupe was made for the JDM towards the end of the NB's production cycle.

 

I like it too, it has lines that hint of a Italian sports car.

 

^ thats what I thought the instant I saw it, very nice car.

 

looks very nice...

 

I dig it. Hopefully the C-pillar would not look like that in the pic. I love the look of the latest MX-5 but could/would not buy a convertible as far as a newer car is concerned. There is a retractable hard top version but I would probably never put the top down. Something about a fixed roof coupe appeals to me though. Maybe cause it would look a little more muscular...

 

IIRC, that was a design exercise only, not for regular production; i rmember seeing that car at '03 SEMA. It was certainly attractive, no question.

 

That car according to my Mazda guy was actualy produced in Japan but only something like 30 were made. It was all hand made and now unavailable. I like the new one though.

 

The current MX-5 hardtop-retractable is pretty sweet.

 

I'm with J converts don't really appeal to me either. Wonder why they wouldn't produce these, it seems like it would be profitable being that it would appeal to a lot more customers. I guess tooling cost would outweigh the profits, damn money running everything. I wouldn't get the mx5 convert, but would def consider this.

wonder how much it effects the handling, good or bad?

 

This with a Renesis or a 16X would be absolutely lethal.

 

I just can't stop staring at this thing. It's beautiful. It looks like someone took a 350Z and just.... fixed it, and the results are amazing. Maybe I'm just a sucker for a fastback, but if Mazda makes this for USDM I'm buying one... then throwing a rotary in it.

 

But isn't that what the PRHT is for? It has a coupe profile when top is up and 'vert when it's down.

 

Just the development time/money for the PRHT alone leads me to believe that Mazda won't produce a regular production couple anytime soon.

I want my coupe profile to be a kind of like a fast back though. Where the back pillars slope at fairly shallow angle all the way to the tip of the ***. (Audi TT like) This would add a little more cargo room for a bonus.

 

The PRHT car looks bad with the top up. The line is poor, very chopped. This coupe is much sleeker. It would also be noticably stiffer, and lighter.

 

I think it looks like a miniature FD. Put a rotary in it and call it done.

 

it actually looks pretty darn good! Very italian, yet reminds me of an FD. Strange combo but it works.

 

i like it alot better as a coupe...looks like less of a chick car...

 

agreed the roof line is very FD'esque. I love it!

 

italian?

i think the rear roof looks like an aston martin.

the car is hot. i'd definitely consider it if it had the new 16x in it.

 

I'd much rather see them put the MS3/6 engine in it than a rotary.

Nothing against the rotary, but there's something to be said for a sports car with a beefy mid range.