2004 Mazda MX5 Mazdaspeed from North America - Comments

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Handling is GREAT. I keep up with my friend's 2002 M3 in the curves (although he eats my lunch in the longer straights. The car performs similar to a 944 I once had. It is very predictable and inspires a lot of confidence. I can powerslide through the corners and throttle steer with relative ease. It also recovers well from pushing it too hard.

Did an mx-5 really keep up with an m3 or was this a dream!. My friend has a 1.8 sport and I have a 330bhp impreza sti and he has no chance of keeping up on the straights or around corners.

The review here is about an MX-5, not an Impreza, so remember, the question of whether or not an M3 can keep up with an Impreza should be placed in a review of the Impreza. Otherwise, I would add, I have always found the MX-5 to be a quaint car, with high performance promise, but with a reasonable price tag. To often small sports cars are big on small and big on price, but seldom do they blend so well.

There is a big difference between a Miata 1.8 sport... and a Mazdaspeed Miata... a huge difference, in fact. The Mazdaspeed car was redesigned practically from the ground up, and is MUCH faster than a standard Miata.

The MazdaSpeed MX-5 Miata IS a different animal than the conventional Miata. With a few reasonably priced tweaks, it is

a beast (I know--I have one). And for those who doubt its impressive handling capabilities, simply thumb through the pages of Automobile Magazine where you will discover that the only car to EVER beat it in their slalom was a Viper RT10.

Absolutely agree. I have found very few cars that behave themselves like this one and almost none that make driving fast as easy as the miata does. I just wrote a review on my 2004 Mazdaspeed as well, should be up tomorrow, check it out!

Owned my Mazdaspeed 4 years and it seems perfect. Once drove 14 hours in down pour rain and not a leak. What the Brits might have made before poor quality, unions, govt. put them out of business.