Despite the roadster's weekend racing pedigree, Mazda approaches the new
Miata as a road car first and builds its experience around delivering the sensation of speed.
Not exact matches
Those of us who might be described
as overly familiar with the
Miata as a modern and reliable European - style sports
car will prefer the MX - 5's natural power delivery and the way its very capable steering and handling can push the driver to improve his or her skills on challenging
roads.
Few
cars put
as little between the driver and the
road as the
Miata does.
The
Miata Grand Touring RF can act
as a sports
car, convertible cruiser, daily runabout, but where it truly excels is on
road trips and during real - world Grand Touring.
It's not a fun roadster such
as the Mazda
Miata or a high - profile sex machine such
as a Ferrari, but a
car whose only justification for existing is its ability to thrust along
roads and race courses in the most entertaining fashion possible for the driver.
[citation needed] In other modern vehicles, viz. the 2016 and later (ND) Mazda MX - 5 «
Miata» sports
car, in its highest trim level («Grand Touring»), the regular headlamps act
as a cornering lamp by turning to track movements of the steering wheel and thus illuminate the direction of a winding
road or a turn; there is no separate cornering lamp.