When Miata is no longer the answer.
For 17 of the last 18 years, I’ve owned a Miata. Mazda’s small, two-seat roadster is a wonderful car. A brilliant, communicative roadster in that classic, English style, just with added reliability and fewer leaks, both oil and rain. I’d always felt it was all the car I’d ever need. It turns out that wasn’t the case. I’m now Miata-less.
It’s not a mistake in a vacuum. The ND Miata is excellent, my favorite car available today. My first time driving one is burned in my mind. I knew by the time I shifted into second gear that the car was special. After that first drive I made up excuses to call in a Miata press car again. I can count a dozen occasions I got back in an ND since its debut and before I bought my own.This is not a family car. When I was 17 and didn’t want to take people places, the Miata was perfect.
Hot hatchbacks and sport compacts have filled the void between sports cars and family cars for ages. You can fit the family while driving something that won’t induce narcolepsy. And right now, we’re spoiled for choice. The GR Corolla, VW GTI/Golf R, Hyundai Elantra N, Subaru WRX, and Mini Cooper S can all scratch that small family car itch. My favorite of the bunch is the latest Civic Type R.
The ND is one of those cars that feels like a moment in time, all of the right things happened inside Mazda to create a one-of-a-kind sports car that can make anything else feel bloated and obsolete. The sort of car that a company will have a hard time following up with something that lives up to the lofty expectations its predecessor felt. The ND Miata will go down as one of the all-time great sports cars. Is there another in my future? Definitely.
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