![]() They also fall about halfway when the Z-shape, lined top is stowed. #Miata rf dim3 windowsThe windows dip on entry and close when the doors are shut. #Miata rf dim3 manualThis car’s manual top is easy to open, stow and close – even for a petite female – and the MX-5 Miata’s interior, while seemingly sparse, has everything one needs to get down the road, including a lockable small storage between the two seats, a pair of cup holders in the same general location, full gauges, including the necessary temp gauge (there’s also a blue light at start-up and, thankfully, we’ve never seen a red light). The 2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata is one of the most honest cars I’ve driven since, well, the last MX-5 I drove, which had the power retractable hardtop. Mazda fits P205/45R all-season rubber on delicate eight-spoke alloy rims. Steering is quite direct through double-pinion electronic power assistance and front ventilated, rear solid disc brakes stop the MX-5 Miata on a dime. Sport-tuned double wishbone front and rear multi-link suspensions with Bilstein shock absorbers give this petite convertible a good ride it has rear wheel drive the wheelbase places all four wheels at the corners of the car with precious little overhang. There is a shock tower brace under the aluminum hood the trunk lid is also made of aluminum. Double exhausts have a perfect note as one accelerates through the gears. In this car, that wholly sufficient engine is mated to a superb six-speed manual transmission, one that has such quick and direct shifts. It has 181 horsepower at 7,000 rpm, together with 151 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 redline occurs at 7,000 rpm. Start with its direct-injection Skyactiv-G 2-liter engine, which is fully visible when the hood is released. What do we like about the MX-5 Miata? Just about everything. I’ve loved and driven Mazda’s sports car enough times to be relieved, knowing this was the mode of transportation for our brief stay. Three days isn’t enough to get to know a car with which the writer is unfamiliar that’s not the case here. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mazda delivered a 2021 MX-5 Miata Grand Touring dressed in deep crystal blue mica with a business black interior and gray top for our three-day rampage through back roads near the racetrack. A quick trip to Texas Motorplex outside Dallas, for NHRA’s Texas Fall Nationals called for a quick car. ![]()
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