Much maligned as the black sheep of the Miata family, this generation proves that even a bad Miata is a great sports car.

The Miata is best with a soft top, but the RF hardtop remains an appealing, oddball alternative.

But a new report from Automobile sheds even more light on the 2016 Miata – specifically, that the power folding hardtop model won't be available, at least initially. Automobile reports that the ...

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T he Mazda Miata and Mini Cooper are both iconic small cars, but they cater to different driving experiences. The Miata, also ...

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Available as either a soft-top roadster or with a folding “retractable fastback” hardtop on the MX-5 Miata RF, the lightweight, rear-wheel-drive Miata doesn’t need a lot of power to generate ...

The Miata has long held a special place in my heart ... that any additional heft — say like the weight of a retractable hardtop — threatens to throw the car’s equilibrium out of whack.

In 2015, the first ND Miata we ran at Lightning Lap, with 155 horsepower on tap, posted a 3:20.8. When the ND2 added 26 horses, the retractable-hardtop RF model sliced off 3.6 seconds. And while ...

The new Mazda MX-5 Miata RF has been refreshed for 2024, with a slightly stronger grille profile and slightly redesigned LED head- and taillights. Aside from this, you can pick a few different ...

The Miata quickly gained a devoted following for ... A Targa-style retractable-hardtop version named RF (for Retractable Fastback) was added for 2017. A 2019 refresh brought several internal ...

The RF version comes with a retractable hardtop. Highway-speed AEB is not offered. The fourth-generation Miata remains true to Mazda's original formula of a lightweight, rear-wheel-drive roadster.