Miata RF - Simply the Best. 

It's the best looking car no matter what price, I have one just like that, all eyes are on it, all the time!

i owned a 2020 BMW M2 Competition for 3.5 years, sold it recently. Owned a 2022 MX-5 for a year and a half - the answer for which fun car I keep was pretty clear. I have a GLC300 for the boring / utility stuff. Make the move, swap it out!

This car lowered with spacers, looks like an exotic car, one of the sexiest things ever created in history, people think its a Ferrari sometimes. I own 2 AMG coupes, a benz, a camaro, a low rider, but nothing gets any where near the compliments this does. Plus its the most fun car to drive on public roads that u can buy brand new right now, only thing that comes close are old cars like the first m3, cosworth 190E, air cooled 911.

I went for the soft top because of the Targa style on this. Don't know why they couldn't do the same as with the previous generation and have the hard top disappear

I still think that Mazda has the best red The videos don’t do it justice it’s even more breathtaking in person

Finest car I have ever driven. FUN, FUN, FUN!

I'm an old fart and almost got me a new motorcycle for fun but after watching this video I'm getting me a Miata convertible instead

So would you choose the RF or the soft top overall?

Bmw m2 is my dream car but I’m also a fan of the mx5. I cant believe you said you would choose the mx5 over m2

I just got mines 2021 jet, black RF grand touring automatic fun car

Do you think that top is reliable? What would you do if it breaks half way during transit? I wonder if maybe the softop would be the better way. Cheers!

Have you researched the new 2024 Miata? More upgrades: better handling; better braking, better lighting; better infotainment (larger screen). I think that’s it! I just purchased a 2023 RF GT manual in Soul Red, just like this one. So I’m wondering if it’s worth trading after a few mo months for these upgrades? I’ll need to see after a test drive but my initial feeling is these will be minor differences but who knows. Mine is very good but handling could be better the braking and lighting are safety issues. Worth trading ?

That camera work tho (5:27) 👀

Hello when can we get turbo for newer model Miata and also where is good source for wheels and coil over and spacer

I too have had the top is stuck open. My guess is most RF owners have. Mine was on i-95 in stop and go heavy traffic. Slowed to a stop. Hit to top. Traffic moved, tried to creep as it pulled away and went too fast... Boom, I'm braking in the middle of the highway with a top half open as traffic started speeding up and I am trying to basically go back to a stop. Smart Top fix took me about a month to find in my first ND. In my second I drove home from the dealership and installed a Smart Top after about 10 miles of ownership. Problem solved. It should come that way. I also agree on the sun visor comment. Besides those two small issues, it is just an awesome fun car.

I sold my 2018 club edition and my biggest mistakes ever. Now, I'm looking for 2023 GT with Recaro seats with Brembo package. I have owned, drove, and sold NSX, GTR, M4, and 370z nismo but MX is the best fun car to drive in town.

The RF does have slightly better aesthetics than the soft top, especially with the top up, but I'll rarely drive it with the top up. This will be a fair weather pleasure vehicle for me, so if I'm in it the top will be down. Also, the RF operation is WAY too slow and absurdly speed restricted. Most powered convertibles operate up to 30+ MPH. Also, the visibility is awful and it just doesn't offer the same open air feeling as the soft top which is an important feature of the Miata. Those factors completely rule out the RF for me. Not to mention the significant cost/weight savings with the soft top. I will be purchasing a ND3 GT soft top before its production run ends. I truly believe ND2/ND3 Miatas will be highly sought after collectables in 20+ years.

Nice review. Can you comment on noise levels at various speeds with top up and down?

Like the way it looks top up but top down its just weird

Which is more fun as a daily driver.... This or the Fiat 500 Abarth????

I’m 6’1” and my head was touching the roof on the RF model. So ended up paying way too much for a 2022 Cayman GTS

SmartTop available on GWR and other MX-5 vendors is the fix for dropping and raising the RF top. One touch up/down operation and can configure it to work up to I believe 15 mph. Should have come from the factory like this... but it's an easy mod and definitely one of the best functional ones out there.

Wish it was a true hard top like a corvette. The center top just unlatch and remove it. Less weight with no motor mechanism to do all the waste of stuff moving.

Great review. Thanks!

Nice video everything is dead on.I own a new 2023 soft top and might trade it in for a 2024 as it should be the last year for this configuration and they might be hybrids moving forward. I'm tempted to get the RF but when I test drove one I just couldn't get pas the blind spot not to mention wind buffeting but dam is it sexy especially in the red.I'm curious if you drove this car for a week can you get past the blind spot.I live in Vancouver and only drive my car on sunny days but if I had the RF I would drive it more often.

Worth waiting for the NE?

The perfect timed ending tho

You may want the new 2024 or is used good enough! ?

it might be ok airflow but it's sure not the open air feeling of a ragtop. Just decided against SL500 because the top mechanism consists of ELEVEN hydraulic cylinders/pump! (prone to failure) I'm sure Mazdas is much simpler but I'd bet they are more trouble down the road vs ragtop.

Thanks for the review…I just bought a 2018 rf GT..Soul Red…love it!

Beautiful car and excellent build quality. But Mazda hamstrings the car with a weak engine. No torque at all. New Prisus has 220 hp. 20 yr old S2000 has 240. Type r has 300hp 2L. Mazda just refuses to make this a real sports car.

Apparently 6mph for the speed when doing the roof is to stop long hair being blown into the mechanical movement getting trapped.

very clean

When it's cold, 65 degrees, 😅 over here we drive with the roof down in the snow 😊

The right colour, yes I would buy one. I would love to see a fastback version, like the old Triumph GT6 mklll

I’m not sure what to get after watching this I’m planning to buy one off a family friend within a month but I’m also debating buying a motorcycle instead I make around 1300-1400 a month and he is gonna sell it for 20,000 I plan to take a loan out the bank to pay for it but I just don’t think I can truly afford it but if the car is worth it I’m willing to pay for it but a bike is so much cheaper in the end I just am not sure any opinions?

It’s beautiful

$37k for a small car in 2023. And it keeps going up each year. HELL NO

I’d Rather have a z4

Could yo compare it with the GR86? wich is more fun for the road? :)

I'm gonna wait for the 2024 model. If they can get it to 200 hp, it will be pretty close to perfection.

The exact model featured in above video is NOT the most beautiful model to come off the production line. Why?...because it has that ugly shark fin antenna and the "kiddie" reflectors over all 4 wheel arches- ugghhhh! Also, the black spoiler does not suit it ("maybe" in matching soul red crystal). In Europe you can get the vehicle without these ugly features. Anyway, the drop drop is far nicer cruising down the coast on a nice sunny day with the wind in the hair....and looks better too. Peace Out.

Stop complaining it’s a sport car

That animation ain't shit, my mirror reflects me putting the soft top down.

Coming from a dude that drives a pickup truck and a semi how big can the blind spot be in such a small vehicle

The chair can’t lean back. That’s not comfortable, nor is there enough bj room 😂 Deal breaker… needs a spoiler too.

That car is plain ugly. That targa top makes the car even smaller and truncated looking.