Excellent interview, what a story teller :)

So nice to know where such a fun car came from. and glad to have 1.

Amazing editing; made the story even more interesting! If only there would be either a hard top version of the Miata, or a convertible version of the BRZ, it will be a direct head to head comparison.

NSX, 300, and MX5 all revealed at the same show. Ugh wish I could go back in time

This is so interesting. Thanks for creating this video!

I would have loved to see the old hard top prototype from a distance. Cool story and great history though.

@MrFredHoogendoorn

9 жыл бұрын

Probably along the lines of this car /watch?v=28xb64AP6BU

I can listen to Bob Hall forever !

the answer is always miata

@dandanthebabyman

7 жыл бұрын

Miata Is Always The Answer

@arricammarques1955

5 жыл бұрын

Miata: Make it a topless afternoon :)

the success is because front engine rwd, if the mx3 and mx6 is rwd as well, im sure they earn hell of a lot more

That first miata concept actually looks dope asf

Just ran across this vid, I have an NA in classic red..super car

they shouldve done the coupe as well... it looks awsome

@hoops8996

8 жыл бұрын

+BackInBlaque X google autkonexion miata fastback youll find them there.

@hoops8996

8 жыл бұрын

+BackInBlaque X google autkonexion miata fastback youll find them there.

@tdu2supersport

6 жыл бұрын

yes they did, only for the japanes market sold under the japanese luxury subsidiary Eunos and was called the roadster coupe

Sure wish i knew who to talk to at MAZDA to get a hold of that "M Coupe" splash mold for about 48 hours...

@Happymali10

7 жыл бұрын

There is an aftermarket hardtop in that design (forgot the manufacturer right now). Take that, mount it, and smooth out the gap where it's connected to the car. And you got the coupé

if a v6 rwd in a mx6, oh yeah i will buy it

The new Miata is growing on me like the new Lexus IS 250/350. I LIKEY!!!

The original model reminds me of the Ford Probe.

@freejrs

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the Probe was a Mazda design.

I watched a MX-5 add before this video.

Interesting that the final design came from Japan, a country not known for automotive beauty. The designers-san there really improved the flat-sided US prototype to create the classic NA as we know it.

Wish he would've expanded a bit on the MX-3.

@abdullahmahmoodme9342

9 жыл бұрын

! L

Why won't most manufacturers make cars available in colors again (re: 7:12)? All that is available today is black, white, dark gray, silver, and maroon.

@derekinbritishcolumbia1449

5 жыл бұрын

It seems that colors are being chosen to justify prices rather than to evoke emotions which are part of the the reason that British sports cars sold so well.

Elan looks like a gem. How in the world British roadsters are no more?

@cfrandom

8 жыл бұрын

They also had reliability issues. My dad had an MGB that pretty much beat itself to pieces on a regular basis.

@anthonyfrombelow

7 жыл бұрын

Fromkiss Schmiddlap My dad had a white one. I remember it always being in the shop, and him driving a loaner, purplish one, frequently.

@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489

7 жыл бұрын

I probably bought half the frames for RACECAR.

@arricammarques1955

5 жыл бұрын

British roadsters were notoriously unreliable. Miata MX 5 highly reliable. The ideal roadster built for drivers.

I wish there were ore videos like this on KZread. Worth a crap.

Interesting story. I like the hard top design as well. But the Miata design concept was inspired by the English roadsters. Mazda made it perfect with the great reliability of the Japanese engineering.

@theoriginaldylangreene

8 жыл бұрын

+Frank Kwok "Inspired" It's a direct copy of the elan, same engine, suspension, look, everything.

@extrahourinthepit

8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Greene A Japanese car from the 90s using same powertrain as a British car from the 60s while being very reliable too? Sure Jan.

@theoriginaldylangreene

8 жыл бұрын

Marco Salfi Nothing unreliable about the Lotus-Ford twin cam.

@extrahourinthepit

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah,but,a British 1960s sportscar,for how reliable it may be,can't compete with a 1990s Hapanese sportscar. Besides,I can't even come up with words to describe how clear it is that this is bullshit

@Yowzoe

6 жыл бұрын

Dylan, you're bloody ignorant. You oughta get out of your trailer park more often.

I always thought the RX7 convertible was a cool one

Thanks! Up to now, I had never heard the true story of the MX-5. Only the gossip.

Straman CRX at 6:23

ND hood looks like a horseshoe crab! YIKES!

The Hiroshima design = Second gen MX6

Why mx in Europe?

:)

Let the BRAND Snoobs watch these videos of how the Mazda resurected a sports car.....and now look.... the dislikes from a few of them....:-)

Next up... "The inside story of how the Miata became the beloved favorite car of drag queens, queerdos, and fruitcakes"

@Happymali10

7 жыл бұрын

Place a Miata alongside a BMW Z3, for example. The Z3 will look much more "agressive". If people don't want that, they get the small car with the big round "eyes". That's why it's a "woman's car"

@Yowzoe

6 жыл бұрын

Stinkhole: are you dead yet?

@Lee-70ish

5 жыл бұрын

Max S. So only a million women bought them ? world car and world design 2016 yup the motoring media know nothing yet a few kids who think a trash can exhaust and v8 power is all you need to make a balanced roadster. Hilarious ignorance.

I would have loved to see the old hard top prototype from a distance. Cool story and great history though.