Fuck this looks awesome

>>16020425
what car is this?

Looks like a fag car

Why can't the normal ND get a normal hardtop again?

>>16020446
mazda mx 5 rf

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>>16020446
(You)

>>16020425
I'm worried it's one of those that'll look great in pictures, but fugly as hell in person. Sorta like my ex.

>>16020425
Those buttresses are a tease ;_;

>>16020737
There wasn't enough room. There is a whole article on the Mazda website about designing the fixed roof.

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reminder that NC is best body style

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>>16020737
That would put it in competition with the much better 86 twins.

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>>16021151
>passenger volume
This is fucking dumb though, the BRZ has absolutely no room in the rear "seats". You have to be a torso to fit in those fuckers, why were they even put in the car?

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>>16020425
looks better now.

>>16021151
Hot damn these are some slow cars. How the fuck is this acceptable for 2016? In the 90s the cars were cheaper and were way faster than this

>>16021185
Keep benchracing bro, I fit 3x passengers in mine to my last track day, beat on it all day, drove all four of us home. Smallest person was 5'6", 5'8" 5'10" and 6'2"

>>16021207
>benchracing
u wot

I'm talking about the seats, not performance. I had to ride in my friend's BRZ sideways. Those seats have to right to exist. Rear seat delete is the best thing a BRZ/86 owner can do.

looks awful

horrible proportions

>>16021207
>5'6"
>5'8"
>5'10"

Either manlets, or kids.

>>16021235
>Average height of USA male: 5'9"
>Not assuming women came along
Ok

>>16021223
Cool story bro

>>16021256
>Women
>At a trackday
Riiiiiiiiiiiight

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Yes it does, OP. The headlights are a bit too squinty for me but otherwise Matsuda dun gud.

And it's just under 2,400 lbs (1,090 kg) - - nearly as light as a goddamn NA.

>>16020946
So you agree your ex is a beautiful looking girl.

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>>16021185
You sound upset?

I regularly carry 3 people in my car without issues. Try doing that in a miata

>>16021295
>And it's just under 2,400 lbs

For the RF version? I'd be surprised if that's true.

>>16021151
>better
>literally slower to 120 mph than the slowest car ever to get up to 120

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>>16021142
More like the worst

>>16021392
Fuck carrying other people

true drivers remove every seat but the driver's.

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>>16021416
racers don't need girlfriends

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>>16021151
Shitty driver

>>16021295
Everyone keeps putting fuckstupidly large headlights on small cars. I think they look right on it.

Gives me hope that Mazda will actually put those tiny headlights with the sexy DRLs on the RX-Vision

>>16021423
not if they have pictures like this

>>16021185
why do they always take pic with the front seat backed all the way ? that doesn't make sense

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>>16021455
racers need racer girlfriends

>>16021509
qt

I'd let her shout corner instructions at me as I attempt to run a perfect laptime at the burgerking ring

>>16021424
>Shitty driver
Shitty comment. The BRZ is twitchier than the miata, a shitty driver favors the latter not the former.

>>16021151
>>16021702
The source is just some bullshit little nobody "reviewer" while every other test has the MX-5 as faster around all but the shittiest tracks.

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/laguna-seca-post-1988
1:50.42 RX-8
1:50.68 MX-5 ND
1:50.74 S2000
1:51.30 BRZ

Dumbass.

>>16021423
tanya song

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>>16021400
Okay, it looks like the RF is ~2,450 lbs.

Considering my '95 NA is ~2,300 lbs, that's not bad considering all of the safety and pseudo-luxury bullshit that cars come with these days.

>>16020425
yes, it looks great. wish I had the money tho

>>16021934
I hate that fake blacked out part that's supposed to look like glass, though.

And given the part of the front that it attaches to, it doesn't look like it'll add any rigidity. If it did, it might be worth the weight increase.

>>16021151
Why is posting laptimes not a bannable offense yet?

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>>16021981
It just makes the top look one uniform color; nothing wrong with that.

I'm pretty sure it's about looks, not rigidity. It works too, everyone loves the way the RF looks and it's often discussed.

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>>16021988
Are you implying that lap times are not perfectly-correlated comparisons?

I mean, different drivers on different tires in different weather with varying levels of familiarity with the vehicle doesn't seem like it could add that much variability, right?

;P

>>16021392
gguuuuhhhhh i want this girl in my life

>>16020425
>Fuck this looks awesome
It looks squished up, like someone tried to jam it up their butt and failed.

>>16021998
>I'm pretty sure it's about looks, not rigidity

Right. 40% of NC sales were the power-retractable-hardtop.
With how sexy this is, if Mazda actually runs advertisements, it might be 60% of the sales or more this time around.

It's not made for enthusiasts, duh. It increases weight by 5% while probably not adding any rigidity, judging by the hinges and locking mechanisms.

It's just that that's sad. They could have nailed two birds with one stone by having it secured like a car door is. A 5% increase in weight would have been well worth a 20-30% increase in rigidity.

I don't like how it looks with the roof "down"

They should have just copied the PRHT NC imo (the one thing the NC got right)

>>16020446
it is.
only beta asians, and old men drive them.

>>16021981
>rigidity
I can guarantee it will add some.

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>>16021981
>it doesn't look like it'll add any rigidity
But the way it looks certainly adds ridgidity to my cock.

>>16021988
Cause we're not SJWs.

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>>16020761
>>16020446
>>16020425

>>16022571
cuck me, the car

>driving convertibles as a male

>>16020425

>a convertable that doesnt look flat when the roof is down

I dont get it. Still looks like a prison with the roof down.

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>>16022637
assmad toyobaru cuckhold that has to hide his ugly face detected

>>16021151
see>>16022646

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>>16021934
Yeah, good luck adding a roll bar to that car.

If you ever want to take your miata to the track, the vert is obviously the better choice.

>>16022646
Enjoy your Mazda Del Sol

>>16022937
>mazda del sol is still faster

kek

stay triggered

the RF coupe isn't for the track, thats the spec miata, which is already a track car

much better than whatever both subaru or toyota have tried to do with the slowbaru

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>>16022954
You really think the RF will be faster with that additional weight? The 28k vert is barely faster than the 86 with crappy Prius tires. The RF would get passed by the refreshed BRZ and it's additional 10rwhp.

Oh yeah, and it's still cheaper. And it has a fixed top. And it's not a miata.

The RF is the ultimate meme car.

>>16021468
they aren't i saw one in person the thing has a good 3" of knee space which they compensate by having the odd angle of passenger seats. you can see this on the folded seat closest to the camera. driver would have to be under 5'8" or really cramped towards the wheel to really give much room to the rear passengers.

>>16022646

>a 2016 car with potenzas is 2 seconds faster than a track than a 2012 car with prius tires

wow

ill take my brz now

>>16023042
the RF isn't for the track. its for touring around with Toyubaru's gf around the coast

the spec miata is for the track, and that one is faster than any TRD or STI package

>>16023078
>the spec miata is for the track

its to park outside the hair salon you mean.

and thats still 5000 more expensive than a 86.

>>16023073
>damage control

>ill take my brz now
to a dealership, maybe they will take it into consideration when you try to buy a new miata

>>16023085

Even if we were going to ignore that a 2l MX5 with a differential and stickier tires is 3000 USD more expensive, I'll still take a BRZ.

Maybe spend 500 of those 3000 bucks on the same tires the tryhard mazda is having, and not drive a gay clowns car in the process.

anyone else never driven a miata

I feel like the hype is going to make it hard to live up to expectations

>>16023096
>being slower than a "gay" car
>somehow doesn't make you a huge faggot

lol

>>16023114

but, the 86 is faster though. like 25+mph faster.

the fact that the car is only like 1.3 seconds behind on streets of willow, with really skiddy tires, makes me think the 86 would be heaps better if you gave it the same tires as the mx5.

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>>16023046
That's why you put the person behind your copilot and not behind the driver.

>>16023078
Are you comparing a 50k miata to a 25k Brz?

Also, who the fuck spends 30k on new miata that you can't even take to the track?????

>>16023123
>is faster
it isn't

>25+mph faster.
lol cant turn

>the fact that the car is only like 1.3 seconds behind on streets of willow, with really skiddy tires, makes me think the 86 would be heaps better if you gave it the same tires as the mx5.
the mx5 makes 1/4 less hp

1/4 less hp yet its faster

stay triggered

>>16023134
people that want to enjoy a nice sunny day?

I know you toyobaru cucks are basement dwellers allergic to sun, but most people are not

>>16023148

top speed is 20mph lower than a BRZ, so do the math yourself.

my biggest problem with the mx5 is that it cant carry a set of track tires. so its kinda just doomed to be a flamboyant homosexuals summer ride unless you got a friend who is content with following you in a van to tracks.

>>16023134
why can't you take it to teh track

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>>16023183

>>16023183
>top speed

lolcan'tturn

>it cant carry a set of track tires
trailers exist, they let you carry 3 even 4 sets of tires

you would knew this if you actually went to the track

>>16023201

you're gonna hitch that to a MX5 and drive it to tracks.

good jesus.

>>16023206

BRZ is actually faster, and it even keeps up with tires that are meant to be skiddy.

deal with it in any infantile way you feel like.

>>16023218
>BRZ is actually faster,
citation needed

>>16023213
try going to the track at least one time in your life

>>16022625
GR3 and GR6.

>>16021142
The faggiest of them all

>>16021392
Notice nobody is sitting in the front seat now

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>>16023213
>not having a trailer for a mx5

>>16023224
t. assmad toyobaru fangirl

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>>16023237

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>>16023243

>>16023220

http://www.caranddriver.com/mazda/mx-5-miata

http://www.caranddriver.com/subaru/brz

PRICE AS TESTED:
$32,950
Top speed (drag limited): 129 mph

PRICE AS TESTED:
Premium, $26,350
Top speed: 140 mph

guess which is which

fun fact, 140 is a higher number than 129.

>>16023255
Only teenagers care about top speed

>>16023257

autist above claimed MX5 was faster

it is not.

>>16023255
>top speed

lol toyobaru is literally lolcantturn

>>16023259
see >>16022646
assrage some more

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>>16023259
You're both autists for arguing about it

>>16023109
It's the weight that's impossible to ignore, if you've never driven something under 2500 lbs it will impress you how much you've been compensating for weight that shouldn't have to be there.

>>16023265

turns better though it seems, if its only a second or so behind with prius tires, on a relatively long track at that.