25+ Surprising Facts About the Mazda MX5 Miata | (Did You Know These Things?) 

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Because of you and a handful of other creators I finally bit the dust and bought an NA. While not fast it is truly the most fun car you could ever drive. Simplicity at its finest. Long live these little roadsters!

as a mercedes mechanic. what i love most about my nb miata is how simple it is. no repair bills. this car is a life time car. i do not have to worry about repairs

buying one of these a couple years ago was the best decision i could’ve ever made i love every minute of owning that thing!

My favorite is the 30th Anniversary 2019 model.. but the NC2 PRHT are the ones I have owned the most of. Also, I knew all these facts... but here's one for you.. The Mariner Blue color for the NA was sourced from the blue California licenses plates from the 70's. More specifically, the license plate on Bob Hall's car.

The NA was originally also available with a BBR Turbo kit. You could get it already turbocharged or have it turbo'd later by BBR, all within warranty which is sick. There were only a few sold and the ons that are still out there are worth a lot of money

I own a 1990 Mazda Miata, It has quite a few problems but it's my first car and I plan to restore it over time while I drive it

I love this dude. NB seems like the perfect Mx5. Not just because it's the one I own. I have several reasons.

my favorite miata is my 1997 m edition, rebuilt and modified every little thing, truly the most in depth but easiest build i’ve done, and i have zero complaints! it’s the funniest car i’ve owned by far, so much so i bought a second na

The Batteryfact is new for me! Thank you man.

I have a NA, NBSP and an ND. Love the NA as a clasic car, very organic. Favorite is the SP. Only 100 made and Mazda only released them in Australia as a market test for a turbo. 2 years later the lesser powered SE came out which shows the experiment worked. The ND is my daily and a very great car but the 210HP SP is just awesome.

I love this video! love my miata 1994. Got one in red too and this reminds me so much of it. Thanks. You deserve so much more views bro.

I've got an NA and NB (91 & 00) and love them both. Though I've only driven the NA 10 miles from the barn I found it in a few years ago. Tore down in my garage getting sandblasted / painted / polyurethane everything and rebuilt with a 86-89 323 AWD turbo 1.6 to start playing with since I got that extra engine with the car anyway.

Ten years ago I bought mark 2 MX5. NB to you, for my wife. Lovely little car, will never get rid of it.

Hey Cash, great video. Love seeing other Miata owners in CT! I have a 96 M in central CT:)

Very well presented and lots of info.

Cool video! To add to this Australia never got the 1.6 after the NA. All series 2 NB have the “sport brakes” and six speed with 3.63 diff. We got the Mazdaspeed but down under it’s called the SE. If you want to see the Miata Mazda should of built check out the MX5 SP that Mazda Australia built this has around 30HP more than the Mazdaspeed with VVT and a sexy Mazda moulded carbon fibre airbox. Only 100 were made and the cars number is engraved by hand under the carbon airbox. There is a cool Mazda logo on the strutbrace with a kangaroo on it 😂

I own an 92 MX5 with the BBS wheels. I love them all.

The early 1.6s with more power are where it's at. Love my 1992 Eunos

great video!

The NB is my favorite Miata. It's just an absolutely gorgeous car to me.

Man thank God for Mazda’s American team who came up with the front engine rear wheel drive concepts which eventually won the design Contest which we are still enjoying today so shout outs to the Mazda American team!! I still kind of wonder how a mid engine Miata would have worked out though. My favorite Miata is my 97 Miata.

I just bought my first MX-5, it's an NB2 2003 Orange in colour Black top, with 83,000 Miles ( I've wanted one in 1991 Green and Brown and now in 2023 I have my 20 year old fun sports car). I had to drive about 800 miles to pick it up, and my wife want's to be able to drive it so its a 4 speed Auto. I've been married over 46 years now, no argument would work for me to get a Manual. I drove it home no air and no cruse, reminded me of early times. I have a rain leak from the roof so I am doing that first then brakes, timing belt and tires after that (the Miata came with new cheap Chinese tires). I had a lot of fun driving it all the way home, except for it was mostly highway, so the one I like so far is the NB2.

My Red '93. Absolutely love that year, but I'm definitely biased. I will also be using a few of your videos as help to mod it!

I want so badly to have a 91 to 96 Miata, I've been looking each and every day online for a good deal, so far none are available near my area but I'm not giving up just yet!

Knew bout all except the door handle being shared with Aston Martin. And favorite is my NB2. Silver 2003

My daughter and i just bought a 93 NA a month ago. Already setup for autocross on suspension. Havent got running yet. Had timing issue so im replacing all that, and hope to get running here in next few days. Were excited to get this thing going. 🤗

Bought my first car ever last week!! A running and driving 91 na6 Miata for $975! These were super cool to know right out the gate!

Man I am living and from Romania, I wish to buy this cute car so much, hopefully I can get one till next year

So I own a 1997 Miata R which is a rare Spec of the Miata and was produced from 1994-1997. it came with Bilstein shocks, heavy-duty rear springs, heavier sway bars, rear spoiler, front air dam, rear skirt, alloy wheels, Torsen limited slip differential. The R package was not available with power steering, automatic transmission or Popular Equipment and Leather option packages. The early packages were uncommon but the 1997 Miata R only had 47 ever made.

NB Gang for life for me! I've got an NB2 which I plan to turbo with the Kraken kit one day! :)

I had a 1990 that I set up for the track... big time fun. My 2002 SE is my fav. I also have a 97 NA, 99 NB and a 2010 NC.

Thank you for the tip on swapping 5 speed to 6 speed

Good video. Any forums that are currently active for NB mx5’s that you can recommend? Most I keep finding don’t have a lot of new traffic.

great cars mines got 400k kms on the clock and runs great, especially with a supercharger, cheers from NZ.

Momo steering wheel under some NA covers and speakers in the headsets of my NA. Great cars

I have a black 94 and I absolutely love it. If I was going to pick a year it would have been a 97 because that’s the year I was born and it’s still a NA.

I'm considering getting one. I think I'll get an nb2, but possibly an na. Looking at the features to choose from first.

Favourite year is 2001. The facelift with 6spd, big breaks and torsen is my favourite. I happen to have one aswell :)

Do you have any videos on how to change fluids ?

expand your audience worldwide and add metric values to your onscreen values. Honestly hate having to go translate, I just want to enjoy the content - it's good!

I cant wait to buy one but first I need to get hired at the job I applied for. Im planning to get an NA one since I love old cars and especially pop up headlights

I have owned two NDs, 17 and a 20, the engine on the ND2 runs more like a sports car than any other. The ND2 is my favorite for sure.

94 not just because mine is, but because it is the first year of the 1.8 and is OBD 1 also has the oil gallery plug to make it easy to turbocharge, also the only NA8 that has the cool split sun visors.

My favorite is the 1992, because mine is a 92.

1991 Special Edition, BRG paint and saddle brown interior with the Nardi interior bits. I have never driven one but, it is the best Miata.

Buying an NC in october

are the 2001 autos still have all aftermarket options? like able to add HP, or make into a drift machine? looking at one atm and need to know all the details asap it he highly appreciated

Nice job with the video! Here are a few more facts, in quiz form: For the North American market, Classic Red was by far the most common color on the NA (84,196, or 39% of them). But do you know the most common color on the NB? About 18% were this color when new, compared with about 13% Classic Red. The name "Miata" is technically unique to the N.A. market, and it was known simply as MX-5 in most other markets. What model year was the first to not have a "Miata" badge in North America? Mazda's most successful year for United States Miata sales saw 23,052 units sold. What year was this? Many know the "fathers" of the Miata to be Bob Hall (concept) and Tom Matano (chief designer), as well as Toshihiko Hirai (chief engineer). But where was Tom Matano working before he came to Mazda in 1983? Answers below... . . . . . . . . . . Emerald Green 2004 (Mazdaspeed) - nor did the '05 Mazdaspeed or anything after the NB. 1990 BMW

I recently bought a NC cause all NA and NB were rusted in my country literally found my new car on the other side of the country

hi bro! i cant seem to find a place to purchase 1, do u know any? please reply

So does a NB Mazdaspeed coupe exist?

Awesome video but the na and nb relocated the battery to the rear because the designer decided to shrink the car pretty late in the design and the space for the battery would've been too small. So the engineers moved it to the trunk.

Anyone know how many nb rs were made? I can't find the number anywhere.

Got a red 92

my silver 90 is my favorite 😊

my fave is the 2nd gen nb

I JUST bought a '00 SE a few days ago, I had to drive it back to my house 300 miles away and was SHOCKED at the 6th gear ratio. At 80MPH it sits around 4000rpm. Also, any help to fix the 65(in my case 60)MPH vibration would be helpful, I don't have a lot of money to spend (yes I have read the forums but would love to hear what worked for people currently).

Designed at least in part by IAD (International Automotive Design) in Worthing, Sussex, England.

Dam I wish there weren't these good miata videos cuz now everyone wants one and the prices are ridiculous. I bought my 92 for 4k and I see people now selling some in worse condition for like 10k like WTF. I wish we could go back to the days when they were averaging at 2.5k.

1992 NA6 I just got from my son. Looking to find out what to restore first. I want to keep it as my daily for as long a as I can. My thoughts are take care of the rust, then engine (it runs pretty good and no oil leaks), then body work, finally interior. My question is, do you recommend a different order?

I am looking for 1 i have 4 to 5 bands to spend on one is that a good price ?

Nc is great.😎👍😳

👋 hey is the Miata transmission compatible with the Honda k24 engine or do I use the Honda transmission as well?

your hood is sticking up a bit on the left side when you look at the car head on, mines doing the same, any fix ?

This is a little off topic, but could you do a video on what you see the future of the Miata being as the world moves to EVs? I'm excited and scared for the inevitable EV Miata. Excited because of the potential for a true go-cart machine if Mazda keeps to their "light, fun and cheap" ethos, but scared because the technical hurdles to achieve such a car at an affordable price will make it tempting to extensively modify (think Ford Mustang EV) or even scrap the Miata.

I accidentally had the vid on .75 speed and was like “I appreciate that he’s clearly explaining everything, but he sound like Forrest Gump” 😂😂

I love my 1999 NB. It's in Brilliant Black with a tan vinyl soft top. It has better body lines than the NA, and it still has that 90s feeling. Second is the ND, because it's just a pretty looking car, especially the RF versions.

I still own and daily drive my 1993 I bought new.

NC2 is definitely the best miata.

the FWD version actually stayed as the mx6

Miata goes ZOOM ZOOM not BOOM BOOM and keeps away the DOOM DOOM.

“DO YOU WANT THAT?”

haha friend shaped

I can tell you one thing i dont like is these cars rust like crazy ive got a 91 and the rockers plus some of the wheel tub is almost out the door. tbh it kind of depresses me but what can you do about it. other then that it is a wonderful car. besides rust and being to small for how slow it can be

Use metric on screen at least so we don't have to do conversions 🙏

Id love to see a 10 ton miata lmao

Came for the Miata, stayed for the 944. 😎

0:49 it looks bigger

My minivan would kill all of my Miatas (except my 93 Monster Miata). As fun as it is having a V8 miata after you drive it some you realize how perfect the original is..... I didn't know that Aston Martin / door handle thing. You can use the side view mirror of a Miata on Suzuki's horrible lame ass attempt at making a Miata, the Suzuki X-90. I had a couple of those turds too

NA 4ever

Pros and cons of owning a miata: Pros: Its a miata Cons: Its a miata

We need a speed faster than 2x

i have a 94 1.8 and i knew all of these fact :/

1997 miata Montego blue with 100730miles and owner wont call me back mx5.

It looks like some boat.

MX-5 Miata is superior no question

1995

1999 miata is best miata

21,116 LBS? Are you nuts?

Two thousand pounds not 21 thousand lol!!

Fact #1: The Mazda Miata was built for women.