2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata (ND3) First Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- We are testing the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata (ND3) and the two big unknowns are the improvements to the steering and the LSD. There have been other changes and tweaks to the exterior such as the headlights and taillights now being full LED. However, I'm the most excited about the updates to the driving experience and driving dynamics, coming from the updated steering rack with reduced friction and retuned EPAS, and the corner entry and corner exit understeer/oversteer balance due to the new asymmetrical LSD.
What do you think of the new ND3? Leave a comment below.
Big thanks to CardinaleWay Mazda in Las Vegas for making this review possible.
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00:00 Introduction
01:48 POV Review
15:13 Final Thoughts
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Who got to the end to see me get smoked by a V6 Mustang? 🙃
You were slow smoked to perfection but you got the better gas milage so you still won! 😂
Miata still wins in the hearts of all driving enthusiasts! 😉
V6 mustangs Are GAF . MX5 is meant to be what it is simple and quick small. The one driver. Ford is … 😂
@@BlackNAVYAmericanVET the only reason I would buy a mustang is the V8 sound and feel. A V6 in an American "muscle" makes no sense. As for Ford, I do like Broncos, the only manual SUV option still around.
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Love me some GS
I picked up a Seiko SSK009. Someday I'll upgrade to a GS.
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Love my Seikos, GS. Just bought an unused sbga111 SD. Very nice older GS.
Had a 90,92 autocross, and 93Le. Miss my Le big time. Currently have a 19 mustang bullitt
Great impressions! Looking forward to your future comparisons. I agree hard to decide on one car. I bought my ND2 as my only car. I wanted fun to drive, long-term, cheap, good mpg (30 mile work commutes), new, and safe. Over time I more appreciate design and luxury-ish feeling materials. 2020 other new options were veloster N or 1st Gen FRS/BRZ with less mpg. Replaced wife's civic with Lexus NX for better baby duty. If need a 3rd car would get any high mileage used cheap car/suv with 4 doors EV or gas for in town baby commuting.
I'm sensitive to steering as well, somehow I like steering with traction off in the ND2 when safe.
Clicked on the video because it said nd3 miata, ended up listening to 10 minutes of you talking about an S2k...
S2K is just too good sometimes Miata isn’t always the answer
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I have the ND2 RF this was a great video
Great review! I recently visited Japan and you took the words right out of my mouth. I can back with a deep respect for their culture and engineering prowess.
100%!
Anyone who says Miatas are too "girly" should be ignored immediately. That is never an intelligent critique.
Yup, comes from those insecure about their masculinity
I enjoyed this video for the commentary.
Glad you enjoyed
I miss the DRL snake fang lights . The Stop / start is not wanted. Its design is beautiful and fresh. I don’t see NDs a lot . Great review.
Always love for the miata
How do you get into car reviewing and test driving
How would you rate the steering feel relative to the GR86? In previous videos you said you preferred the GR86 vs ND2.
Stay tuned we’re doing a comparison shortly ;)
May I ask what camera and lens you used to film this, I clicked the link in the description but I saw 3 different cameras. 😅 thank you.
GoPro 12
I have a 2019 ND2 Club RF BBR. Just placed an order for an identical 2024 yesterday. Same color and everything. The steering difference you'll probably notice is on highway on center when the EPS is basically doing nothing. There's that ever so slight bind. It's not much. But it is there. I notice it on mine. I'm hoping the new rack fixes it. I'm also excited for the new LSD. The ND2 can be VERY tail happy when pushed. Especially on the crap OE Bridgestone tires.
Yes big difference on center but also in canyons more front end feel and confidence (smaller difference than on center feel but still noticeable)
@@jubbalandcars If someone wrote off the ND2 for the steering, are the upgrades enough to make someone reconsider?
my buddy just picked up his ND3. We drove back to back my ‘23 club with his ‘24 club. Mine has the alignment recommended by flyin’ Miata but with zero toe in the front. I’ll tell you, his ND3 didn’t have any discernible difference in feel or load up although mine had quicker turn in bc of more camber. I wonder how much the new steering rack really plays into the change or if Mazda also changed the OEM alignment specs for toe and caster.
Since this video was filmed I drove an ND2 stock alignment same tires and can confirm ND3 rack is noticeably better. Would be interesting to compare the two with alignment changes to the ND2
So u have changed caster on urs which makes a pretty big difference n if it was similar that means theres a big change to the nd3
@@jubbalandcars Noticeably better how with regards to the four main components you mentioned. Be very specific ;-)
He's right every K series and S2000 transmission cold feel awful even when brand new. You literally need to take it out gear leave it in neutral second between shifts and go slow. Do that first 10-15 minutes then you good to rip on
what car would you recommend that cheap and pretty fast? Is the infinite g35 good? idk
Had 2. Looks great, sounds great. Pretty quick. Heavy. I had more fun in my 06 STI, modded 99wrx, supercharger minicooper, ‘11 GTI. But I don’t regret having the g35s when I did. Not a bad choice. Currently, I would go for a Miata or BRZ on the more affordable side, or a type R on the pricier side
how about the gear shifting?smooth?
Still an excellent transmission like the ND2
Can’t wait for the AP2 comparison! Debating selling my ND2 for an S2000 but not sure if worth it
Just filmed it yesterday. Will be posting in a couple weeks hopefully!
What's up with all the talk about the S2000? They haven't made that car since 2015 I'm thinking. I owned 2 MGB's, both bought new, but never tried to compare the MX-5 to them, nor the Triumph's or the Austin Healey's. The MX-5 is in a category all its own, affordable, fun, still a true Roadster, 4 cylinder, no turbo, manual trans, rear-wheel drive, rack and pinion steering, front Wishbone suspension and more vun to drive than anything I've driven, to include a 1964 Jaguar XKE, of which, I drove from D.C. to Ocean City, Md. in record time, although I left D.C. at 2:00 AM in the morning to create that record. Remembering doing over 100mph on Route 50 most of the way there. Now back in 1964 there were few police on that highway back then, can't do that today at any time AM or PM. I drove a Morgan once, a friend of mine owned. It reminded me of driving a TR3, but more expensive. All foreign sportscars back then had vinyl tops, the MX-5's have cloth tops with a heated glass rear window. If I could change one thing on the MX-5, I'd offer manual roll-up windows w/vent windows to keep down the wind buffeting. Nostolgia can be helpful sometimes.
Speaking of steering feedback, I think most people agree that it's one of the few weak points of the S2000. I read a forum somewhere that between the S2000 and GT86/FRS, the latter had actual feel through the wheel while the former had virtually no feel, with one comment going as far as saying it's "non-existent". The Miatas from the NA to NC generation had hydraulic steering, and I imagine that would give it a significant edge in your criteria.
BTW, if you're disappointed in the 7500rpm of the MX-5, there's tuning packages like the BBR Super 220 or SPS with their "S2000" package, both of which increase the redline to 8,000rpm which is the same as the AP2 S2000. Either that, or save up for a K-swap.
Yes. FRS > GR86 > S2000 for steering
I owned a FRS and GR86 previously
Are brake vents in front real? Or closed?
Closed. Unfortunately.
Oh god, would love to jam the gears and rip the throttle
Looking forward to the S2000 vs Miata video, a comparison that I am super curious about. And Miata is definitely not a girly car anymore, but then again, who cares! Another topic of curiosity: what are some mods that can be done to a Miata to make it more of a track focused car?
Yeah honestly I never cared about the stereotype of a car like the Miata
First thing for Miata would be suspension mods. We have some track reviews or ND1 already on the channel too including the owners mods
@@jubbalandcars Awesome, will check it out!
I have now driven both ND1 and ND2, Elantra N, and owned an FRS. I have decided that MX5 doesn't feel special enough for me. The ND2 feels like a superbly tuned, but normal feeling car (I didn't really like ND1 suspension). It's a sweet car but I want something that surprises me more. The Elantra N's plantedness and tuning is charming, and the FRS's rough around the edges powertrain was more interesting.
I think the soft suspension makes it feel less special. Proper coilovers will make it feel proper
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I don’t know if I can handle such an amazing machine
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no, but i do love it
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Beautiful car.
BORING setting...Ugh!
If discussing "steering" is vid's main purpose, pick a drive path that's twisty and scenic, then comment.
Conversation with passenger is way off-topic and adds nothing.
Stay tuned the ND3 on twisties was filmed and posting in the next few weeks
should it be called ND4?
That synchro warming up thing in the s2000 I believe is a Honda thing.
I had a 2015 si for 6 years and the shifter HATED the cold.
Revs dropped faster than normal, the clutch felt off, and the synchros especially in first gear were grindy.
It took like 20 minutes of driving before the car came alive, then you start to get that buttery smooth thing he mentioned.
Driving in the summer is the complete opposite.
Shifter is soft, clutch is scary light and the revs hang like mollasses sliding down a tree.
That red door trim is a little jarring inside the cabin
Actually it’s not, the color is looking more vibrant in this video than it does in person.
100% i don't like the new wheels either.
Sizable downgrade aesthetically
1st
Who's gonna buy this 10yr old miata when new design is coming next year?
New rims are not attractive. Radar module in front grill is awful-looking and ruins the whole elegant design of the grill slats.Console redesign is trivial when more storage is needed behind the seats. Front dials redone? Undetectable. New nav? Meh. Only the analog clock is a nice touch. Side bolstering on standard leather seats still not improved. No hp bump to at least 200? Lame. "Aero Grey"? You mean paint primer? New headlight design? The neat fang-like DRL's were replaced by plastic vents? Are they even functional? The new LED tailights? With black plastic inserts and a rear back up light "core"? Were you thinking like a rocketship booster "look" when it comes off more like a flower in bloom? (Does wonders for the "hairdresser"/"chick car" accusations that have haunted the damn thing since Day One.) "ND 3"? C,mon, Mazda...tell the truth. This is merely a place holder, no more, no less until hybrid-time. And what then? The end of a long and venerable reputation as an iconic classic? Oh, and the steering? Two other online reviewers said "didn't feel a thing. Nothing. Nada. Zero"
This guy ND’s
@@jubbalandcars What does that mean? "not down" with the so-called "ND3?" That would be correct. I own a 2022 ND2 RF GT with the addition or the KPC vectoring, which has made itself very apparent during rough high-speed cornering on canyon roads in Los Angeles. I was eager to hear your analysis of the new steering change. Mostly, I heard a lot about the Honda S2000 and saw suburban streets with roadwork signs and wet pavement.
so boring
Sorry.
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