HI I’m a newbie. I’ve just purchased an MX5 Mk2 and I’m trying to find out what model it is. It was 1st registered in 1999 in Japan and imported to the UK in 2001. My V5 shows it as Eunos Roadster. I’m told that t can’t be as the Eunos was a MK1.
The Vin No. is NB6C104813 in case anyone knows the car the Reg is T32 HTR. It’s red , automatic, and in very good nick. I’ve not got any photos and the car is in the gaage at the moment. I’ll get it back next Tuesday.
It’s just a JDM Roadster Mk 2 import not a JDM Eunos Roadster Nk 1 import, who ever told you that the Eunos Roadster is a Mk 1 only are correct.
I would just leave the paper work to be honest, sounds like it’s been like that for some time anyway, unless you want to go through the hassle of changing her over?
MM is correct, the V5 often doesn’t show the correct specific model of MX-5 / Eunos / Roadster in question, my own UK mk2 1.8iS comes up as a MX-5 in the model and in body style: SPORTS, whereas others I know of come up as MX5 1.8iS in model and CONVERTIBLE in body style on the V5. The special editions are often incorrect on V5 also, I’ve seen Icon’s as Arctics and Phoenix as Arizona’s, guess its just dealers / importers who put the wrong details in when registering the cars for the first time.
Irrespective they’re all wonderful little cars - enjoy !
It’s not really a problem, Is there any real difference between a JDM Roadster and a Eunos? When I order mechnical parts, if I ever need them, I don’t want to get the wrong bits for my car. E.g. my friends garage is fitting ne cam belt on monday will the Vin No. get him the right parts?
Generally there will be no problem if ordering pattern service parts,such as oil filters, brake pads. Some Mazda garages (Millcars Watford for instance) can order parts based on your VIN; and so, if a part is Roadster-specific, the correct part will be ordered (and my experience is that there is no price penalty for a Roadster-specific part, nor a delay in delivery; 4 working days from Japan. A parts manager with any common sense will recognise which parts,such as a cam belt, as being identical to a UK car. Over the years, the differences between a Japanese-market car and a UK market car increased, due to local changes in legislation. But most of these aren’t what you would call service related.
The “Roadster” badge on the rear panel is a bit of a giveaway!
No, that’s a bit of a lie as my car has been debadged since the respray last October but the chassis/VIN plate on the firewall in the engine compartment identifies the car as a Eunos NA6CE, not a Mazda MX-5.
For the Japanese market the Mk1 was badged as sold as the Eunos Roadster, in Europe it was the Mazda MX-5 and in North America it was the Mazda Miata. The Eunos brand was dropped for Mk2 models in Japan and they were badged and sold as the Mazda Roadster instead. In Europe the Mk2 was sold as the Mazda MX-5 and in North America as the Mazda Miata.
Your 1999 Mk2 JDM model was badged as a Mazda Roadster in Japan. The DVLA don’t seem to get the model designations right for JDM models and the V5C often looks wrong. On my V5C I would expect to see “Make: Eunos, Model: NA6CE, Body type Convertible” but instead it reads “Make: Mazda, Model: (blank), Body type: Coupe”.
Thanks, you have answered my question. Basically the Roadster is a Roadster in Japan and an MX5 in Europe, but a Miata in the US. I’m glad I’ve bought a EunRoaMX5Ata. I was beginning to think I’d been conned and had not really got an MX5. Can’t wait to get it back from the garage and actually drive it instead of asking questions about it.
Hi, Sounds like you speak from experience. Actually all of the problems I’ve had have been perishable one, i.e. rubber whch has detetiorated over the years. Low mileage does not mean very much when it comes to rubber.
I only ask because my other car is a Mazda Bongo