2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Review - Is This The Best Sports Car Of All Time?
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- Today I'm excited to do this unboxing review for you of the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata.
This little two-door, two-seat roadster was first launched back in 1989 and today the fourth generation model is on sale. But unlike previous MX-5s (generations two and three), this one goes back to its roots by reducing weight and overall size. The result is a 2,200 lbs. roadster that's still one of the best (if not the) handling cars out there. Oh, and it's also affordable? Try a $25,000 base price.
So what's its competition? Honest answer is: not much, but I still managed to come up with a few. My review also includes some interesting MX-5 Miata facts and figures that I also think you'll like.
So kick back, relax and enjoy!
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Introduction: 0:20
MX-5 History: 0:35
Latest Generation: 1:30
Exterior Design: 2:20
What's Under the Hood?: 4: 05
Transmission Options: 5:00
Interior Design: 5:40
Engine Start Up and Exhaust Note: 6:50
Performance: 7:30
Touchscreen: 8:00
Cockpit Storage: 10:10
Manual Gearbox: 11:05
Folding / Unfolding the Roof: 11:25
New Hardtop Mazda: 11:50
Lights: 12:00
What's the Competition? : 12:20
Boot Space: 13:00
Pricing: 13:50
Conclusion: 14:40
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Excellent video clarity and review !
Great video, thanks for the review!
Thanks for watching! Stay tuned because I've got some really cool reviews coming up!
This is THE car I'm trying to save up for at the moment. I NEED this car. It is simple yet absolutely exquisite 💅🗿
aww I love my ND! it's so much fun to drive!
The ND Miata will always be one of my favorite cars of all time. Period.
I'm yealous since I don't have 30k at the moment :(
Like wise
Suggestion - You should have music in the background of your reviews so in the blank spaces when you're not talking, there is something to fill in the gaps and keeps the video intriguing and overall review flowing. But overall great video.
We'll have to start experimenting a bit.
It's an automatic climate control on grand touring trim but it's not dual zone.
Great review! may I ask how tall you are?
Thank you! I'm about 5'7"
I've just bought one today 😎
I think it's unofficially called Miata everywhere. I had my own ND for just two weeks now but didn't hear anyone refer to it by anything else than Miata here in Slovakia. Anyhow, great review!
Thanks for watching the review! Yeah, I think unofficially just about everyone everywhere calls it the Miata, but Mazda has its own reasons for branding from one country/region to another.
In Scandinavia it's only mentioned as the MX-5, but of course if you mention the Miata-name, every enthusiast knows what you're talking about! :-)
Same as Jesper says in Autralia - every enthusiast knows the Miata name, but it's only ever referred to as MX-5.
mx 5 in europe
Were you touching yourself during this review? You sounded really excited about the features lol. You couldn't give this car enough praise. Good job though.
A question you turn the key and then press a button??????.I just turn the key adding a button is pointless another thing to go wrong.Nice design,lights could be a shade bigger
The ND2 is even that much better!
The hard top looks interesting.
I agree! The upcoming MX-5 RF looks awesome! Trust me, it's even better in person than in photos:
www.carbuzz.com/news/2016/3/26/Is-Mazda-Considering-The-Idea-Of-Building-The-Ultimate-MX-5-Miata-7732703/
Just watching the family of geese walking past in the background at 8:00
Good to know you're a bird watcher.
Unboxing... where's its box?
Let's here you talk about the change from a 4.11 to a 2.89 differential. Or, going from a 5th gear direct drive to a 6th gear direct drive...
this is a great looking car, in 2017 mazda will launch the MX-5 Miata RF
Yes, the MX-5 Miata RF is coming very soon. I don't have an exact date but I expect it'll be in dealerships in the next couple of months or so.
My dad is 6'3" (193cm) and his head doesn't touch the "roof" when he's in. too small for him but hey
whats with the leaking under the car?
That's only the air conditioner draining water. Nothing to fear!
oil mixed with coolant.......just like the MG, Triumph, etc....... only joking mate!
I have to completely disagree with you about Mazda nailing the return of design to the original. It just isn't. After I bought the 2016 ND, I also bought a 1990 original. They're two very different cars, and 9 out of 10 times, I prefer to take the 1990 out for a quick errand or drive. Sure, it's a very good car. Much better than the previous version.
You're right about no direct competitors. The S2000 is NOT a competitor since they haven't made one since 2009. It's in a unique class. Sporty convertible under $30k (even though completely decked out it can go to $33k like mine). Your camera work was great though.
I'm glad you enjoyed the review and camerawork as well. What I meant by nailing the ND's design is that Mazda returned to the spirit of the original by reducing the car's mass and weight. You're a Miata guy; the car got bigger and heavier with both the 2nd and 3rd gen cars. The ND, like the original, keeps everything simple and lightweight.
CarBuzz - Unboxing Everyday Cars and Supercars Ok, I'll agree with you there. Mazda got "almost" everything right about this car. Except the steering. I like both, but I love my 1990.
i love that car😍😍😍😍
There's no doubt that the MX-5 is in the conversation of the best ever roadster. I think there's some Ferrari owners that might feel differently
Totally agree with you! The MX-5 Miata is truly a wonderful sports car and its combined simplicity and fun-to-drive factor should make ever Ferrari/exotic car owner jealous.
What's the deal with NO spare of flat-tire changing stuff??
Im waiting mx5 with pop up headlights again
Don't bother waiting because it's never going to happen.
thats why i hate modern era,
Without the popup you can flash the headlights instantaneously.
Wonder why they wont make popup headlights in this era
Impossible - pedestrian protection rules :-( But on the other hand, the efectiveness of the lighting with the LED - technology is way better than on the NA... i have the new ND and had also RX 7 SA, FB and MX 5 NA and NB.
This is probably what I'm getting when I turn 15
Only the 1.5l has 50:50... the 2.0l has 53:47....
+audhen1 Actually the weight distribution of the 2016 2.0 L MX-5 Club has been measured by Car and Driver at 51.9:48.1. With the added weight of a driver it should be fairly close to 50:50.
Thanks for clarifying!
You are right everyone needs to drive the 1.5 and the 2.0 there is a difference on twisty lanes, as you enter the corner the 2.0 tends to dive in a tad more than the 1.5
The Fiat version is even worse , not that either are that bad but for me the 1.5 is about as perfect a roadster as Mazda is able to produce at a sensible price hence that's why I purchased one.
If you don't smile when you drive it you are motoring dead and need a check up from the neck up
And it needs a Turbo and a Supercharger and NOS and it needs a Solid Rocket Booster and it needs.......
Are you trying to send the MX-5 to the moon and back?
It needs to be able to move with his mom in the passenger
+Mouse Mota I hear that getting an engine swap is the best thing you can do. I'm thinking about getting a 16 Miata and once my warranty is up swap it with a K24 motor from a 2012 Civic SI.
Devonte Murray That's stupid
I wanted one, but it was too slow during the test drive.. Too bad I thought I would be buying this car.
Drove it. It's SUBSTANTIALLY underpowered. Can you have fun with it if you have a completely open, twisty road where you are constantly ripping through the gears and revving it out? Yes, but it takes a LOT of work to have fun. It DOESN'T come naturally to this car without having to work harder than you really want to for it. It REALLY needs a turbocharged option. They are limiting their customer base by refusing to offer it. Throw in a turbo, call it a MazdaSpeed, and be done with it.
I don't think the MX-5 Miata is substantially underpowered, but a few extra ponies certainly won't hurt. A turbocharged version, however, probably won't happen:
www.carbuzz.com/news/2016/5/13/No-Mazda-Won-t-Add-A-Turbo-To-The-MX-5-But-It-Might-Make-It-Lighter-7733521/
Motor Trend did a zero to sixty in 5.8 seconds. That is not slow.
I've owned one for a few months now, everything you have said is wrong.
+Ben Stern I also have the 2 liter with LSD, Bilstein shocks and all the goodies, but believe me 5.8 second run is just not possible. I know that in MT they use a one foot rollout for their 0-60 timing, but still I don't even. Premium fuel, nice evening temperature, no passenger, all systems off, tank close to empty, not too high above sea level, perfectly flat surface... And I'm consistently getting around 7 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. I know metric ain't imperial and I don't measure the rolling, but that can't do a 1.2 second difference. That concludes my rant against MT timing, otherwise the car is just perfect and it sure doesn't feel slow or severely underpowered.
Thanks Jozo.
honda s2000?
I mainly review new cars and the Honda S2000 has been out of production for several years now. BUT. I'm working on trying to get some older cars to unbox and the S2000 is at the top of my list!
actually, I was thinking "S2000, S2000!" during the part when you talked about the mx-5's closest rivals but I suppose you were referring to brand new cars right now.
otherwise the s2000 would be an epic contender for simple, naturally-aspirated, topless fun.
Again you are correct regarding comparing new cars to other new cars. But I like your idea about bringing up older cars that, if they were still around today, they'd be competitors.
Still needs to be more aggressive looking and well,,, abit bigger to fit people over 5'8"....Still even today I'd take a S2000 over this, regardless of the popularity of the Miata..
More aggressive looking means extra body weight. Won't happen. And tall people will never fit in the MX-5 for the same reason.
Im 6' and own one.
I have to have the seat one notch forward so the room is fine yes its small but that's what gives the car its fun handling.
Mine is the UK spec Icon model with the 1.5 lump 52 imperial gallon mpg is normal.
Anyone who comes out with the gay/hairdressers car knows nothing about what a roadster is and what the concept.
By the by only the 1.5 is 50/50 the 2.0 is slightly nose heavy which having driven both does effect the cornering .
Perhaps that's why the 1.5 is more popular outside of North America.
Overall is it the perfect roadster absolutely not but then no car is perfect.
However it come bloody close and if you don't get the concept of the MX5 you don't get drive/car Interaction .
Best to stick with the hot hatches or straight line tyre smokers.
Can you put this car through a car wash?
Of course! But my completely scientific-based suggestion is to put the top up first. Good luck.
Fiat spyder 124
That's the bad version of this car
I wish that wasn't true. But I think you're right.
Cool car, but it kills off one of the main reasons why Mazda designed this car and its platform in the first place: reliability. Some people nickname it the "Fiata".
Fiat power plant is the downer on the 124
The MX lump is much better and IMHO of the 2 Mazda engines the 1.5 beats the 2.0.
Mainly because its had some major reworking from the head to the crank shaft.
The 2.0 is almost identical to the unit used in their hatch back .plus of course what really sells the 1.5 is that the car was designed for that powerplant giving a true 50/50 weight distribution. Neither the fiat nor the 2.0 units do that .
The fiat looks nice but the MX drives better. (I have driven all three models and bought the 1.5 over the others)
blah, blah, blah......get to the point! Hey, is it a supercar?