2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata: First Drive - Yahoo Autos (blog)
Back when the Mazda Miata first launched in 1990, carrying on in daylight about complex science fiction TV was the equivalent of shouting your Facebook “Single” status. Which should make this precisely the right time for the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, a car built by car nerds, for car nerds. After years of declining sales, Mazda has reworked every variable in the small sports-car equation, always solving for driving agility. Shorter, lighter and more enjoyable than ever, the new Miata has got more on-road finesse than any vehicle within $10,000 of its sticker price. But Mazda has made a series of smart updates that make the Miata’s small space comfortable. At 6-foot-1, I had just the right amount of leg room and head room to spare, what with the convertible top now slightly arched. That top, by the way, may be the best manual unit ever sold, a fabric-glass-aluminum jack-in-the-box that can go up and down in about 5 seconds using one hand, and folds in just the right way so to not need a separate cover. I know you’re ready to drop to the comment section and tell me how ignorant I am about the glaring hole in the Miata’s engine bay. Yes, the Miata’s nerd game is so fleek it now has less power than the. Source: www.yahoo.com
