New MX-5

[Mr-B]

For owners of the ND what are your thoughts on this

http://www.mazdamenders.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...

Had a look underneath mine and it looks similar to the car in that thread. Has anyone questioned their dealer over it or asked them to rectify the lack of traditional underseal? Or am I being unduly pessimistic and that the car doesn't need as much underseal?

[Petrolhead]

Mafioso said:

Thanks for this. At £30 it's expensive but ordered - nothing but the best! I'll upload a pic of it fitted in a few days if you like?

I got one from MX5Parts but the base of the stubby is smaller than the base on the car. Also the DAB reception was much more hit and miss compared to the original aerial.

So whats the MOSS one like?

[Mafioso]

Petrolhead said:

Mafioso said:

Thanks for this. At £30 it's expensive but ordered - nothing but the best! I'll upload a pic of it fitted in a few days if you like?

I got one from MX5Parts but the base of the stubby is smaller than the base on the car. Also the DAB reception was much more hit and miss compared to the original aerial.

So whats the MOSS one like?

Faultless! Fits the base perfectly as you can see and no noticable loss in reception. Also the sat nav works fine too (although I'm not sure if it uses the same aerial?).

[The Hypno-Toad]

Autocar are suggesting that the ND hardtop will be unveiled at the New York show on the 23rd March...

[dxg]

Mr-B said:

For owners of the ND what are your thoughts on this

http://www.mazdamenders.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...

Had a look underneath mine and it looks similar to the car in that thread. Has anyone questioned their dealer over it or asked them to rectify the lack of traditional underseal? Or am I being unduly pessimistic and that the car doesn't need as much underseal?

The american cars have been turning up with rubber bungs for those ovoid access holes - but sitting in a bag in the boot as dealers couldn't work out what they're for.

I wonder if the UK dealers are just throwing them away altogether?

[Mr-B]

dxg said:

The american cars have been turning up with rubber bungs for those ovoid access holes - but sitting in a bag in the boot as dealers couldn't work out what they're for.

I wonder if the UK dealers are just throwing them away altogether?

Gonna have to try and have a proper look under mine, from what I can see so far there is plenty of grey painted metal which does concern me a bit.

[MX-5 Lazza]

dxg said:

Mr-B said:

For owners of the ND what are your thoughts on this

http://www.mazdamenders.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...

Had a look underneath mine and it looks similar to the car in that thread. Has anyone questioned their dealer over it or asked them to rectify the lack of traditional underseal? Or am I being unduly pessimistic and that the car doesn't need as much underseal?

The american cars have been turning up with rubber bungs for those ovoid access holes - but sitting in a bag in the boot as dealers couldn't work out what they're for.

I wonder if the UK dealers are just throwing them away altogether?

Same in UK. Some dealer refit them, others don't. Take a look and if yours are missing, demand that the dealer fits them.

[bazza white]

Not sure I'm convinced from every angle of the new MX5 RF. Come across as they were stuck designing a folding hard top for the mk4 and this is the best they could do.






Edit its growing on me.

[elvismiggell]

It's ok, it looks good I think. However I'm still glad I went for the soft top - I can get that thing down in about 2 seconds flat, so I can take advantage of more opportunities to enjoy it.

I'm sure the RF will sell better, and it'll devalue my car, but ultimately, it's a car to enjoy, not an investment.

[Mr-B]

Fair play to Mazda for trying something different. I'm undecided whether I like it or not, but I do like the colour. BMW did an E46 M3 launch with a very similar colour (chrome shadow I think it was called) but it was never available as an option, was supposed to have cost a five figure sum on the BMW show car!!

Did I read that the hard top can only be operated at speeds up to 6mph? Pfft, the soft top can be operated at motorway speeds from what I have heard (not had the bottle to try it yet myself though)

[MX-5 Lazza]

It looks a hell of a lot better than the Mk3 hard top when it's up. Not so sure when it's down.

[Flip Martian]

Nicer looking car than a Mk 3 full stop I think (as an owner of one). None of which matters a jot if they've skimped on the rustproofing yet again.

[Gandahar]

Is that fully carbon or 25kg including the motors? Whatever it's extra weight quite high up, real hairdressers will go for the soft top.

The MX5 softtop is an engineering marvel and not too heavy.

[Beati Dogu]

There's a video of the new model here:

http://www.theverge.com/video/2016/3/23/11290410/m...

[Superhoop]

The MKIV MX-5 has just been awarded both the World Car of the Year and also 2016 World Car Design of the Year - The first car in the history of the awards to win both categories...

[Beati Dogu]

Excellent. I still haven't seen a single one out on the roads yet.

[Munter]

Well I quite like the look of that targa top version.

If you wouldn't mind all going out and buying one, so I can have it cheap and 2nd hand in about 10 years, that'd be great. Ta.

[Beati Dogu]

Yes, good idea.

It reminds me of the Ferrari 308. I'll have one in red, so I can get all Magnum PI.

[Flip Martian]

Beati Dogu said:

Excellent. I still haven't seen a single one out on the roads yet.

I saw one on the country roads here coming towards me out of a bend, with the top down. It was pretty stunning. Very nice looking car in the flesh.

[threespires]

Beati Dogu said:

Excellent. I still haven't seen a single one out on the roads yet.

I've seen about 4 in Brum so far. I'd imagine that each dealer has only received around 25 cars since launch. Jan 2016 built cars will have arrived in EU in the last two weeks, so stocks should improve soon.