Hi all, so, terrible tragedy in London, can’t drive my mx5 mark 1 due to the ulez so looking for another. Had great test drive in an RF today. Stunning car, but the roof doesn’t go right back, and I’m use that with mine, and like it. So looking at soft tops now ~ but on some models,
the rear bonnet looks larger or longer than other models and I prefer the smaller bonnet. Am I seeing things and it’s the angle of photo? I’ll post a couple ~ the grey has the longer bonnet, the blue the smaller and what I like. Do bonnet sizes vary with models? Thanks so much
The boot opening is different between the RF and the soft top due to the rear part of the “roof” on the RF.
Just to confirm, all current model MX-5s are classed an ND (model code), the RF denotes it a hard top version (retractable fastback), Sport Nav is a trim level, which can be had in either RF or soft top.
This has raised an interesting question which I never thought of before. Bonnet and boot are items of clothing. Is there some historical reason from years ago when cars first appeared on the road that the terms are used on a car? A bonnet is used on the head (analogy - the front/head of a car) and boots are used on the feet (analogy - rear of the car). Just wondering