Is the MX-5 a classic?
Discussion
peteA said:
woodytype S said:
Just because a car is old it don't make a classic.
I agree with this statement but I also think a mk1 mx5 is a classic now. What's the difference between it and a 25 year old mg or triumph sports car?I consider the original mx5 a classic now. It is a personal thing as there is no set definition of a classic (age, value, rareity, condition - I don't know)
Mike
peteA said:
I agree with this statement but I also think a mk1 mx5 is a classic now. What's the difference between it and a 25 year old mg or triumph sports car?
The MX5 exists.Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
ClassicMotorNut said:
The MX5 exists.
Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
Surely it has round headlights and the fact they are pop-up adds to the classic credibility! The shape is pretty well defined too. Not sure all the others are requirements for classic status Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
It depends upon a personal definition of classic but I think I would put it down as one now.
I meant at the time or relatively...if you know what I mean!
My first car wa a triumph spitfire - in the late eighties it was less than 25 years old yet widely considered a classic?
I know what is meant in that's its difficult to look at relatively modern, mass produced cars and think classic but in the case of the mx5 how is it different to an mg midget or triumph spitfire? Just different decades and the early ones are old enough now to be classics in my book.
I agree there's no formula for a classic though.
I've just renewed the insurance on my 2002 TVR Tamora....on a classic policy!
My first car wa a triumph spitfire - in the late eighties it was less than 25 years old yet widely considered a classic?
I know what is meant in that's its difficult to look at relatively modern, mass produced cars and think classic but in the case of the mx5 how is it different to an mg midget or triumph spitfire? Just different decades and the early ones are old enough now to be classics in my book.
I agree there's no formula for a classic though.
I've just renewed the insurance on my 2002 TVR Tamora....on a classic policy!
ClassicMotorNut said:
The MX5 exists.
Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
Working to that criteria anything built after 1980 is never going to achieve classic status then !! Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
I consider the original MX5 to be a classic.
Quite a lot of classic car enthusiasts seem to want there to be a cutoff point for classic cars, with any car made after about 1980 never able to attain the mystical "Classic Status". It is as if the whole scene has become stuck in 1995. I don't understand why this has happened, but it is sad.
Quite a lot of classic car enthusiasts seem to want there to be a cutoff point for classic cars, with any car made after about 1980 never able to attain the mystical "Classic Status". It is as if the whole scene has become stuck in 1995. I don't understand why this has happened, but it is sad.
I think this is such a grey area it's untrue. What one person considers a classic, another doesn't.
Who cares really?
As long as you like you car and it's its old (ish) and you want to call it a classic, fine.
PS - I don't call my 17 year old car a classic yet (even though it's on classic insurance) but I may well do when it hits 20
Who cares really?
As long as you like you car and it's its old (ish) and you want to call it a classic, fine.
PS - I don't call my 17 year old car a classic yet (even though it's on classic insurance) but I may well do when it hits 20
Escy said:
they aren't rare enough.
This.Because Mazda did such a good job ,they sold zillions of them.
I'm a bit on the fence of yay or nay.
Is my Barchetta classic ?
Made in 1997, lots made,maybe 50,000 if I read Vin number list correctly.
I think it's classic in UK due to rarity here.
I may be biased.......
Rockettvr said:
ClassicMotorNut said:
The MX5 exists.
Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
Working to that criteria anything built after 1980 is never going to achieve classic status then !! Personally I wouldn't call the MX5 a classic because it doesn't have any one of the qualities that I think are required, e.g. lots of chrome, round headlights, a leather and walnut interior, a well-defined shape, loveable unreliability or being handbuilt by men who wear tweed hats and smoke pipes.
For a non-classic it is very nice, though.
A900ss said:
Cars are getting a shorter and shorter serviceable life
When I was a kid I remember seeing plenty of 20 plus year old cars on the road. Now a 10 year old car is old.
I agree. My 2004 BMW 320d was effectively written off when a swirl flap worked loose and disappeared into its inlet manifold. My similar mileage 1987 BMW M535i is still going strong with similar mileage.When I was a kid I remember seeing plenty of 20 plus year old cars on the road. Now a 10 year old car is old.
I consider the earlier MX-5's a classic, for reasons others have already highlighted.
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