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ehh nothing spectacular
Is it me or has this car looked the same forever?
For 20-25K...yeah it is...
Im a fan of the miata as well, a have a few friends who drift them. Many Americans will call it a girl car since in their eyes a mans car = huge + v8Always been a fan of Miatas, this looks awesome!
People always call it a girls car, but of the Miatas I've seen on the road, 90% are dudes.
What makes it a girl car? The size?
2,200 pounds. That's roughly what this car will weigh if we can take Mazda at its word that it has managed to cut over 100 kilos – 220 pounds – versus today's NC Miata. Given that this car will almost certainly be safer, stiffer, better equipped and more refined, that's incredibly impressive engineering. In fact, that's lighter than an NB generation car.
First Impression: The new car looks incredibly compact yet sinuous, with tightly snubbed overhangs what designer Derek Jenkins called an "impossibly low" hoodline - impressive in this day and age of pedestrian crash regulations. Largely free of adornments, I think this is a shape that will age well.
While still looking like a proper MX-5, this ND trades some of its predecessors' occasionally cartoonish and friendly rounded lines in favor of something more aggressive.
Piercing stare from those small, lightweight LED headlamps contrasts with its large lower air intake.
Profile is clean with almost zero character lines but nice barrel to the doors and fenders, with prominent J-kick to doorline retained and better rear-drive proportions thanks to a more harmonious door line/rear wheel relationship. Fender-resident side lenses are a nice design detail that add visual thrust.