The origami tastic top looks like something an autocrosser might bolt onto their track day sled.
Fixed roof miata.
Some claim the new.
You half expect to see a roll cage welded under it at a stroke the hardtop casts off the aesthetic aspersions thrown at previous miatas.
The least expensive 2020 mazda mx 5 miata rf is the 2020 mazda mx 5 miata rf club 2dr convertible 2 0l 4cyl 6m.
This fully transparent bubble hardtop is the coolest accessory for your miata if you don t like the cramped space of the normal hardtop or the upright soft top this is the miata upgrade for you.
Surely a simpler and possibly lighter fixed roof model would have put the miata more directly toe to toe with the subaru brz and toyota 86 twins and not have the rf s top down buffeting problem.
Fortunately the problem is easy to fix with no new parts needed.
Having a roof also freed created a storage space behind the seats.
It s somehow fascinating that one of the most interesting developments of mazda s mx 5 miata roadster is the one that isn t a roadster at all.
Unlike the nc and nd generations with retractable.
New latch assemblies are expensive.
The mazda mx 5 miata is and always has been a pure manifestation of driving pleasure in convertible form.
But then in 2003 just two years from the end of the second generation nb miata s production run mazda s engineering and technology team decided to revisit a fixed roof miata and the result was.
This problem is sometimes caused by poor dimensional control when the latches are made.
The lid makes the car look serious.
Adding the fixed roof actually increased the car s total weight by about 10kg and thus made it a little slower in a straight line though the presence of a roof did increase rigidity which improved the car s handling.
Like the sharp front end the new hard roof is a homerun.
Yet there have always been those clamoring for a fixed roof coupe.