Folding Hardtop Mazda MX-5 / Miata(Update - Priced at 24K pg. 3)
07-18-06, 11:13 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
[IMG]the car is rumored to cost just $2,000 more than the canvas-top variant, and weigh only 75 lbs more.
source : leftlanenews
source : leftlanenews
07-18-06, 04:07 PM
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I still prefer the miata hardtop convertible, I can't imagine ever getting a ragtop after the SC.
I'm particular please with the 75 lb. weight increase if accurate . . .
I'm particular please with the 75 lb. weight increase if accurate . . .
07-31-06, 04:31 PM
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08-01-06, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
It's a small car to begin with, so the hardtop looks like a cereal bowl.
As nice as a hardtop is, it makes the car look disproportionate. Not as sleek or sexy like the SLK. It looks better as a ragtop.
As nice as a hardtop is, it makes the car look disproportionate. Not as sleek or sexy like the SLK. It looks better as a ragtop.
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I like it. I'd prefer detachable hard top like the older gen Miatas. I definitely wouldnt mind having a Miata...very fun cars.
08-01-06, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeFD3S
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The rear windshield is throwing me off: it should be less vertical; the slope of the rear makes it look like a Kaiser helmet from WW1 (Compare the C-pillars of the SC and Miata).
08-01-06, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
It's hardly as sleek as the SC or SLK.
The rear windshield is throwing me off: it should be less vertical; the slope of the rear makes it look like a Kaiser helmet from WW1 (Compare the C-pillars of the SC and Miata).
The rear windshield is throwing me off: it should be less vertical; the slope of the rear makes it look like a Kaiser helmet from WW1 (Compare the C-pillars of the SC and Miata).
08-01-06, 11:45 AM
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Its a good idea and the car looks good too, but isnt putting a convirtible hard top is going to make the Miata everything its not supposed to be?
The Miata was introduced as a light, agile, perfectly blanced car... The Zoom Zoom is gone
The Miata was introduced as a light, agile, perfectly blanced car... The Zoom Zoom is gone
08-17-06, 08:53 PM
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Mazda announces U.S. pricing for new MX-5 hardtop
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/08/...-mx-5-hardtop/
Mazda today announced the 2007 Mazda MX-5 Power Retractable Hard Top will sell for $24,350. Earlier this week, the automaker announced U.K. pricing for the car, with a mere £1,200 premium over the rag-top version. The U.S. price is just $1,400 more than the regular MX-5 — in line with the $1,500 estimate made by Leftlane News, and significantly less than $2,200 figure floated by other publications.
08-18-06, 01:09 AM
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if u dont like it dont buy it, but it seems like a good option to me and surely does have a market. some people just dont like ragtops... the hardtop offers more security and safety... and is only 75lbs heavier... how can u argue with that? id hit it
08-18-06, 08:37 AM
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I've had my eye on a Miata, er, MX-5, for years.
