Mazda MX-5 RF Miata Fastback FULL REVIEW test driven new ND hardtop 2018/2017 neu 

Thomas really had to collect his last hit points, fought through severe illness and presented this fun mobile to you. Now off to search regeneration / 100 health package.

Wow the metal roof, especially in side profile really changes the look, I think it looks great....Looked quite cold in Spain despite the lovely sunshine!! 😊

great review as always Thomas! the uk version has a 1.5 Litre RF and also the cloth seat version. Which one has a better rear visibility with roof up - rf or soft top?

I've been waiting for this for a really long time! Awesome!

Waited for this review but thnks thomas for delivering it,nic review!!!

Outstanding presentation and review by Thomas even when he was not feeling well that day from what I heard. Thank you

Absolutely beautiful car. Cant wait to buy it in 5 years when I can maybe afford it! :D

This guy's voice is so soothing for me. I need him to be a "book on tape" narrator as well. :)

great review thomas, thank you. i owned the previous version of this, the nc, powered hard top, manual, and after owning for 4 years from new, i can safely say its one of the best cars ive owned. if you are a driver, and love mountain roads and day trips, this is the car for you. its shortcomings are space and power, which did grate on me and was my reason for selling. if you can look past that, or get a hop up kit for more power, its just a joy to drive, slick manual 'box, you simply cant be angry driving this. its one of the best cars ive driven for the sheer enjoyment of driving.

Such a beautiful car.

Counting down the days to when we'll see one in our showroom! Love the MX-5 RF

Nice car, great review Thomas! as always, super camera work

Read the designer got the silhouette inspiration off a late 70's Ferrari 308 GTS. Car I'd most love to own. Another good one there Thomas!

Love your detailed commentary on car and knowledge of it. Great video.

He is like the Bob Ross of car reviews. And yes, that is a big compliment. So soothing yet informative and interesting. Thank you for your contribution to the world!

I have been waiting ages for anyone to do a proper review of this car - looks great and thomas gave a great detailed account of it as usual. I would like to test drive both this and the soft top back to back before choosing one or the other but the RF aesthetics are what brought the MX5 into consideration for me. thanks again for all the good reviews

Best review I've seen about this car, by far. You've covered every angle of the car, congrats!

Your reviews and very good and I appreciate the time you take to go into depth into each car.

This, along with your review of the soft top MX-5, is the best review of the the car I've seen. Great work Thomas!.

160 ps ist My car and i am so Happy. So Beautiful.6,5l/100km u cant say something bad. So much Comfort

The RF looks more harmonious than the "normal" convertible 👍👍 Complents to Maxda for the current MX-5 generation!!

Great review and very thorough. Thanks for the beautiful scenery as well.

awesome review... hd is so great for your videos... perhaps maybe you show the underpinnings of vehicles to also show the technical aspects of chassis.

If you put price in consideration this without the doubt the best small convertible right now. And it looks great.

Thanks for the nice video. This might be the first one I saw of actual driving experience of the rf and I love your comment about noise level comparison between the roadster and this one. One question: how does it sound in highway speed with the roof up? On the Nc it feels louder with the retractable hard top closed/up.

Very well done. Thank you for doing such a detailed job with your descriptions. It looks like a car that could be a lot of fun for those of us who love to drive but are not trained to control all the new big horsepower cars of today. Thanks.

Dude, you are one of the best reviewers, good job man, gonna start in mexico, greetings.

Great reviews, keep up the good work.

Good review, I hope you enjoyed your stay in my land. I drived by this road with all my cars starting with my first one, a 3rd hand Corsa A. I'm eager to drive it again when I have my MX-5 in a few weeks.

nice review. thanks guys

Excellent review as always Thomas and the MX5 is a cool little car! Been a subscriber for a while and really enjoy the videos! Just curious if we will se a video review of the Panamera 4 E-hybrid soon that was launched in South Africa recently? :)

Thanks great review very detailed and useful just what I needed!

Excellent review subbed.

Hi Thomas, enjoy the reviews love ur opinions.

with special mazda water... is there a review of that too? ;) great video as always Thomas!

Very thorough review with attention to detail. Thank you.

Nice review, thanks.

Thank you for a very comprehensive review. Is this colour soul red? It looks very different in the sun light. Love your previous review for the soft top version as well. Thumbs up 👍

Hi Thomas, great review, thanks. I didn't understand clearly the part where you explain the free space between your head and the top. How tall are you? Thanks in advance.

Thomas is the best car reviewer !!

Finally, thx autogefuhl still perfect!

Dear Thomas, thank you for such a lovely and elaborate review. it almost seemed like a test drive! do you think this car would comply with the heavy downpours in rainy season? or would the retractable roof be a problem for driving in extreme wet weather? and about bumps, is the ground clearance enough?

Very nice review. I watched it 200 times! Last week I ordered a sport 2.0 RF in soul red. Same as in the video. I didn't get to try the recaro seats in the model I test drove (it had normal leather seats and they were pretty comfortable.) I really hope the seats aren't too stiff and restricting for a 178x64kg person.

Thomas as always I really enjoyed. I've just purchased the soft top, this is a great option so buyers of both should be glad to know they have nearly identical driving dynamics. I will give my feedback for a leatherette / cloth option in the GT trim when I go to collect it.

My dream car!

Excellent review, once again.

As always good review Thomas. But it would be perfect if you always improve the video editing quality

Very comprehensive video - thank you 😎👍

Great video!! Without considering different price points, what car would you consider between this RF and the TT 2.0 TFSI 230 bhp? I really like the RF, but I'm not too sure about practicality and boot space.

How's it going Thomas? Big fan of the channel!

IT LOOKS SO FUN!

Great review Thomas. On reflection it would be the soft top for me (if I could climb out of it!) Get well soon :)

Another outstanding review!

Hi Thomas, Mazda launched Mx-5 Z-Sport soft top and 2018 RF. Apparently they both have some subtle interior changes, new suspension and steering set-up plus possibly more refinements including more noise dampening for both(possibly). I tried getting the information from other reviews but nobody is as thorough as you:) I'd love to see these 2 cars reviewed and see what are your impressions. All the best

Thomas, do you own a car? If so, what kind of car is it?

Nice review.......just wondering if the cabin has lots of wind noise with and without the rooftop. Also with all those joints in the roof any chance of leaks inside the cabin? Notwithstanding, I like it a lot.

When Thomas was closing that roof I thought that it would bump on his head. :) From that angle, the interior head space looked tight. I had the feeling i knew the place that you guys filmed this, Let me guess Spain, Serra del Lladre? :D

Thomas I think it would look a lot better in the gray colored it debuted in. What do you think?

Good review, always

After problems with the soft top rubbing on the style bars behind the seats the instructions of how to raise and lower the roof when sat in the car have been removed from the handbook. The recommended way is to stop the car and get out before raising or lowering the roof. This means the RF is the only version where the roof can be operated from within the car.

with top up, how loud was it on the freeway? i drove an nc on the freeway and it was bad, enough to make me not get the car even though i love miatas. i'm 100% buying an rf if top up noise is manageable. nice review btw

If I may ask, Thomas, how tall are you? I'm 6'5" and worry I won't fit in the MX-5, whether the top is up or down. Thanks for the review!

LET'S GO!! :). Great review Thomas, you make it look easy! Seems like it would not kill Mazda to develop a 2.0 turbo diesel or a 2.2 turbo petrol for the Miata? A car this venerable is worth the dev cost IMHO. 7-speed DCT would be nice too in case a driver is so inclined. Love the painted interior tops of the doors!

I do like them but I didn't like how cozy the interior was when I sat in one! I think I'm going to get a MK2 MX5 As a track/drift car though :)

THIS is a car review. Patient, thorough, seductive. :D

My dad always told me "Son, never buy a car with an inset rear window. They just get dust in there and rain doesn't touch it so you have to wash dust off your window all the time and it's waaayy inconvenient" ...he's honestly told me that so many times, basically every time he saw a C3 Corvette during my childhood

Cool sound of the electric roof mechanism. I also like the central revmeter with the digital speed (I have just found out that it' s the dial for the gear shift, digital speed is missing :-( ) in one instrument. Where is the dial for the coolant temperature? The colourful upper part of the inside of the doors looks very beatiful. I like this feature in other cars like the Volkswagen up! as well. It' s a pity Mazda left out the horizontal adjustment of the steering wheel. With 1.86 m in length like Thomas I would have problems finding a comfortable seating position, too. A vertical and horizontal adjustment of the steering wheel should be mandatory by law in every car because it' s both a comfort and safety feature. In general I want to say that the MX5 is a " reasonable" sports car and convertible. Relatively short and light and with a maximum of 160 hp quite moderate. In comparison to the first generation Mazda MX5 however we can see how much longer and wider and heavier our cars have become when the horsepower figures have almost exploded. Yes, the consumption figures have stayed the same or even have dropped due to modern technology. (Whereby you can' t compare the old consumption figures with the NEFZ figures. Back then they really drove the cars on the road with 90 km/ h, 120 km/ h and in real city traffic). Imagine we combined modern motor technology with shorter and lighter cars, went down with the horsepower figures at the same time. How much more energy could we save! How much more could we contribute to saving our environment! We can start today. Make fuel economy and sustainability the number one priority when buying a car. Go down one or two segments. I want to say a little bit provokingly that a Ferrari driver can also be happy with an MX5. A Rolls Royce driver can be perfectly fine with a Skoda Superb. An S class driver doesn' t have to be ashamed driving a C class. Except for image reasons, of course. A Q7 driver will find almost the same space and comfort in a Seat Ateca. Maybe we will find out we will be more satisfied being moderate in choosing our cars and caring about our environment.

Are you guys getting the new 180 hp 2.0 that we have in the US?

I bought a 2018 RF , love the car! ❤️

very scenic road. thanks

I own the Mk3 (my second MX-5) and have been waiting for the Mk4 powered roof version. I am worried by the blind spots created by the fastback. Is this noticeable?

What a lovely car, pity Mazda no longer sell the MX-5 in Malta :-(

Huh, so with the roof down it's louder than the soft top version, that's a surprise. I guess it's more quiet with the roof up at highway speeds though. My main concern with my soft top MX-5 NC is that above 100kph it's rather loud, so if I were to buy a new car again, I'd look into hard top options.

Compare MX-5 Softtop variant: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Yb35lOAO7IQ.html Compare Fiat 124 Spider: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q3KRLuJHGWU.html

Brilliant review Thomas. I wish you had spoken about practicality for couples... You did mention the trunk is really small but If I were to travel with my wife would it be too difficult? How bad is it as your only car? I think this is the main question that keeps people from buying a convertible. The feeling of driving a convertible through small roads with your partner by your side is unsurpassed... I've had a 2009 Porsche and it was incredible, but very soon I had to buy a second car... In the end, I sold the Porsche and kept the Mazda 3... Broke my heart to do that...

HI for everyone who waited a hardtop whole last year. Mazda the company who really cares about fans. that's giving a reason to believe in miracles.. in new coupe with rotary engine

What if the Rx-7 be based on Miata ?

nice review. How tall are you? It s OK for tall driver? I am 186cm.

Awesome japanese car and the engine sound's really good!

Dear Autogefuhl what is the feeling of this car when it is open? Same like the mx5 soft-top? You feel same (free open space, fresh air)as the soft top? Or it something like a window at the top? Rf with closed roof top close is "more" car (than the softtop) but I am not sure if you can feel the same when they are both OPEN. I am really confused with one of them to buy! I just want to feel the open space!

Hi Thomas! Do you mean that the ND version is better for driving with the roof open? I just thought this type of roof was better for the wind but now I have doubts. It is obvious that this car is purchased to go uncapped most of the time, for that reason the one that is less noisy will win. What do you think about it? Greetings from Spain.

May I ask what your height is? for head space issue.

Luv it !

Best MX-5 RF Review so far as you filmed a lot of the driving in a naturally way and I was astonished: I thought I am an old fashioned guy how likes naturally aspirated engines but obviously I'm more used to modern times as I thought: I didn't like the engine sound through all the video, it sounds too "angestrengt" (strained). Deswegen fällt für mich eindeutig die Wahl auf den Spider (der äußerlich auch viel schöner ist und mit dem besseren soft top (eine Lage mehr Stoff). Aber vor allem der Turbomotor klingt besser.

I know it doesn't belong the comment section of this video but I seriously can't find the discussion section of your channel on my mobile device, so my question is: taking your experience into account, what is the best compact class car at the moment?

How is the body roll compared to the soft top?

The only thing which looks stupid on this car it that radio antenna. Can you push it back at least?

Nice!

epic walk at 1:43 :)

I'm 183 cm tall, small size of MX5 has me worried. I think I need to go for the 86/BRZ. Those have more roomy cabins and telescoping steering column. RF looks awesome, but it's not for tall people.

Great review guys! The only thing I'd change is the speaker. His German accent is very thick and sometimes it's hard to understand his mumbling. I do know that it's challenging to do such an extensive review in a foreign language but maybe you could find a bilinguist. Otherwise thank you for the first complete RF review on RU-vid. I'm planning to buy one in 3-4 months.

I just traded my Mazda 3 for the MX5 RF, no regrets whatsoever even if the UX on the MX5 is far dated compared to the newer 2019 Mazda 3. This is a driver's car, just love it. Mine came with a reverse camera but no back up sensors, who cares anyway!

does the automatic has siftingpedles?

what about skoda fabia vs polo vs ford fiesta

Will this car have automatic transmision

Hi,man bekommt die Recarositze in Deutschland,aber nur im Handschalter.

15:55 Great place to stow your pistol for Texans, your weed for Coloradans, bear spray for Montanans, your prozac the therapist gave you for Californians, your moonpie and RC for Bammers, etc. :D

That mountain is scary I might do it. I think the Miata is my 1st pick for me out of all cars affordable and not really the fun and look, automatic thought im to busy texting and such jk finding music to play honestly. Dont search and drive.

Car comes whit Mazda Water?