A fair and uplifting review of the current MX-5
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Very good article, they almost though canāt quite bring themselves to say the 1.5 is the better engine choice, it is. 
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A good article, rather spoiled by the use of the non-word āgottenā early on. Yuk!
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Makes you think how itās better than everā, when the ND3 had, what, āimprovementsā to the steering it seems many a respected reviewer canāt tell even driving back-to-back with the ND2, but adds a beauty suite of every nanny under the sun. So whether someone buying a new ND3 right now gets a ābetter than everā car than someone who got a spec-for-spec ND2 in 2022 is certainly open to debate.
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If I was spending Ā£25k or more today, Iād want that over infotainment screen. But whether I went low mileage ND2 or nearly new ND3, I donāt think Iād be getting ten grands more value than my ND1.
Seeing as mine has the rear bushes done and is running sweet, I think Iāll just run mine to the moon.
Glad to MX-5ās still being talked about.
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Ah yes, the ever creeping Americanisms. 
Not just that - itās typifies the cliched and poorly edited articles in Evo these days. It was never very well written (barring some excellent pieces from the late Russell Bulgin ) but when I read such howlers as āpallet cleanser ā I despairā¦
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I tried to clean one once with a lemon sorbet. The results were disappointing if Iām honest.
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Well, Iāll leave the Peter Perfectās to scrutinize (loving that American spelling huh) every word on a car article, but to me, I like car articles not filled with āgemsā such as āgrinning from ear to earā; āa bit of a hooliganā; āsmiles per mileā; āfunā; āterrierā; āputs a smile on your faceā etc etc
I particularly like the line āwith no significant problems to report with regard to engines and transmissionsā 
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I donāt think the road testers drive a car from cold every day and neither do the factory endurance drivers putting on road miles. Hence the difficulties the public can have which testers overlook. The 1st to 2nd gearchange, common in traffic is rare when on the open road. The other gearchanges are excellent on a warm gearbox and the testers comments also include by inference the good choice of gear ratios.
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He donāt mention that theyāre now on the 5th version of the trans, nor prior failures. WIndow regs, rear bushes etc. Simple google stuff would throw that up.
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I think the fact that we still have printed magazines where journalists can write about a currently available affordable sports car is a thing to be celebrated.
Perhaps the writing is not of the same standard as that of someone born in the 1950ās who had the benefit of an education and environment where long form writing was the only effective way to tell a story.
Neither do we have the āperfectā sports car, what we do have is one that has been on sale continuously for nearly 36 years and in that time continued to be developed with the same intensity to āadd lightnessā which is unique. That there have been some bugs and failures through this is normal, for the number of cars sold these are far from significant.
I could tell the differences (steering/handling) in the ND3 (letās call it that, thereās a whole different discussion there..) immediately, as could my wife as a passenger (handling). I mean I only have 22 years and about 150,000 miles in MX-5ās.
Iām just happy that we have the Car to enjoy and a Club to support it without feeling the need to endlessly repeat the same negativities over many different forum threads.
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The article still mentions an automatic option. I thought that was not available for UK market now.
I donāt believe it is.
For what itās worth, we owned a late 2010 NC Miyako 2.0 with hard folding roof for nearly 10 years and sold it to buy a 2024 2.0 RF Homura. Absolutely loved the Miyako and thoroughly enjoyed three European road trips in it in 2019, 22 & 23. Decided to buy a new ND3 after selling my two Ducati
The ND3, besides having more tech (some of which I like, some of which is an irritation) feels much tauter on the road, the engine more responsive and the cabin with the roof up much less claustrophobic (even though it feels smaller) than the NC. We have enjoyed two trips to Northern Spain and one around Brittany in September 2025. Planning our next trip to the Pyrenees next year. Overall, very happy with the switch, absolutely no regrets.
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