MotorMouths

You waste your money on a Mustang or a Ferrari. The fact is that if you want a sports car, the Mazda MX-5 is perfect. Nothing on the road will give you better value.

The Mazda MX-5 has an unbelievable sense of balance and control. You can drive it like a hooligan on an autocross, sliding the rear around wherever you want to.

With competitors falling by the wayside, the Miata is cornering the market by default, but in actuality should be conquering it strictly on its merits. In this case it does. The MX-5 Miata is one of the greatest cars ever produced.

The Mazda MX-5 remains a car to love, delivering what the English sports cars of the 1950s and ’60s promised but never quite managed: A delightful, capable, well-engineered driving experience in a vehicle that starts every time and runs seemingly forever,

The Mazda MX-5 Miata remains unbeatable for its accessible performance and personality. It’s the kind of car that will make anyone feel like a great driver and it rewards the over-confident with its utterly unflappable nature.

We can unequivocally say that the MX-5 is a triumph, and is a rightful heir to the Miata’s lineage. Rather than being a diluted, super-sized caricature of its former self, the MX-5 takes all of the old car’s weaknesses and buttresses them.

The Mazda MX-5 Miata is back-to-basics motoring at its best: Cheap to buy, cheap to run, and a lot of fun to drive. No other vehicle I can think of offers open-top sports-car thrills for such a cheap price.

The 2012 Mazda Miata maintains its position as one of the all-time great roadsters, mixing refinement and excitement in an affordable, compact package.

The Mazda MX-5 (it isn’t a Miata anymore) has grown up. What started as a simple revival of the classic British roadster has blossomed into a usable, everyday car.

If one isn’t much taller than 6 feet, the Miata PRHT broadens the appeal of the car for the typical daily commuter. On the road, the hardtop-equipped Miata was as much a joy as ever, with its tossable, playful character, ample power, and top-down appeal.

The Mazda Miata gives you more smiles per dollar than pretty much any other car on he market. It’s everything a British sports car should be, only with Japanese parentage.

While its price is part of the appeal, the MX-5’s fun-factor is hard to ignore. If there’s a better blend of performance and value in the automotive world, we’d have a hard time naming it.