2007 Mazda MX-5 Miata PRHT Road Test by Edmunds' Inside Line

You might have thought, as we did, that the world's most perfect, tidy, eminently usable folding soft top didn't need to be replaced by a power-operated folding hardtop. Particularly in a simple, elemental car like the Mazda MX-5 Miata, the inevitable added weight and complexity could dull its reflexes and blur its focus.

Don't worry.

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[shard315]

Lol, the plastic hardtop breaks and collapses... Poor choice of words!

[coolerdude44]

@OneOfaKind949 i disagree, i think putting a heavy, overpowered engine into a car that's always been about perfect balance and simplicity would ruin the car. you obviously know nothing about the mx5.

[Antichu]

@JuggleAddict jajaja you probably born in the 50´s when everything was mechanical! but seriously, if I would preffer the hard top, is not because I´m too lazy, its because it makes the Miata looks cooler, with a cleaner line and closer to a 21th century car... besides it makes me feel safer than the soft top.

Granted, that automatic stuff has advanced technologically enough, to have a greater durability than the mechanical stuff... even if the repairs are more expensive or complex

[Pube83]

@JuggleAddict

Auto windows are bound to break? You sound like you're from the 50's for Christs sake!

This power hardtop would be the only reason I would actually consider owning a Miata.

[Annihilator1111]

the 2005-present Mazda MX-5 is assembled in

Hiroshima, Japan

[RQUARESMA7ful]

That retractable hard-top is such a genius idea.

[xxnissansilviaxx]

fucking great little car...wish honda wud give the s2000 another shot in a manner of this way...

[dieselheadjoey]

Nevermind just saw the vid

[dieselheadjoey]

.....I like the hard top even if they say its heavier mean there's aftermarket parts theres mazdaspeed I feel better in hardtops

[JuggleAddict]

I don't understand how people could find the automatic top more convenient . . . it's slower, and the soft top can be put down or up with one hand while sitting in the drivers seat. . . I would think the hardtop would be bad all around. You have to be some kinda lazy to like the hardtop : /

granted, I don't like automatic anything, I'm a firm believer that automatic windows and climate control are just things that are bound to break. . . .

[skyline44512]

@lovesvag69 You're not arguing with me, you're agreeing. I said the extra 70lbs makes it slower!

I have the soft top, because I didn't want 70lbs of dead weight, and I drive it with the top down most the time