The Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster Achieve Sports-Car Perfection
The Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster Achieve Sports-Car Perfection
It's easy to lament the state of the roadster. In the Fifties and Sixties, we had all sorts from English and Italian automakers. In the Nineties, the Mazda Miata kicked off a renaissance. Now there are only a handful, with more attrition expected in the very near future. Today's roadster buyer isn't exactly spoiled for choice. But thanks to these two, it's all right. The Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster are still around today, finer than they've ever been. The Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster Achieve Sports-Car Perfection
For a few years now, I've told everyone who will listen that the Miata and the Boxster are two of the finest performance cars at any cost. I would rather have one of these than just about any supercar on sale today, and most people think I'm kidding. The true believers know I'm not. The Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster Achieve Sports-Car Perfection
A few months ago I decided to organize a group test as an opportunity to better articulate my thoughts. This isn't a head-to-head thing, with a clear winner and loser. This is a celebration of two all-time great sports cars, built at a moment where consumers have rejected this sort of thing almost completely. The Mazda Miata and Porsche Boxster Achieve Sports-Car Perfection
Even seven years after its debut, the fourth-generation Miata—the ND, to those in the know—feels like a goddamn revelation. The car bucked industry trends by being smaller and lighter than its predecessor despite incredibly stringent safety requirements and consumer demands that typically lead to bloat. The fact that a relatively small company like Mazda was able to develop a bespoke sports car on its own, and get it so right, is a mighty achievement.
The typical refrain of the Road & Track staffer, upon getting out of an ND Miata, especially the current ND2 with its 7500-rpm inline-four, is "Why don't I own one?" Editor-at-large Travis Okulski bought one shortly after this test. There's just so much to love. The Miata has more body roll than most modern performance cars, but that provides ride comfort and feel. It's all very old school: you turn in, wait a moment for the car to take a set, and adjust your line with the throttle as the whole car pivots around its outside rear wheel.
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