The 2016 Mazda Miata Will Save The Sports Car - Jalopnik
That’s thanks to an abnormal obsession with weight. Mazda employed something called the ‘gram strategy,’ which means that anywhere they could save a tiny bit of weight, they did. The seats are slightly thinner, there’s no glovebox, the transmission housing isn’t ribbed for stiffness but the casing thickness varies. It’s a fanatical devotion to building a car that has every modern convenience that is as light as humanly possible. Around back, we have a rear that resembles no Miata before it. The license plate has moved to the bumper from right below the trunk. The tail lights are two pieces that sort of resemble the F-Type’s lights if you aren’t wearing glasses. I do find it a bit derivative and typical, but that’s a tiny complaint. I never drove the car for more than a block with the top up, but if it was to start raining, I could get that baby up in two seconds flat. The LED running lights look like fangs. The only model that comes without the large screen in the center stack is the Sport, if you get a Club or a GT, you have to get it. I’m torn here, because I don’t think a nav system and a Miata jive. It’s a car that’s about driving, not about getting somewhere. But if you use the nav to discover a new twisty road, then I think it’s ok. You have a slightly smaller wheel than the NC, fewer controls on the dash thanks to the touchscreen and drive controller, and a tach front and. Source: jalopnik.com
