Very reasonable and a bargain compared to the UK.

I so want one over a ****urn SKy or a Pontiac Solpiss

^Maturity at it’s finest

You are so welcome Andre

Grow up man. Nobody needs comments like that made. I bet you can design & produce a better product chump

Definitely a reasonable adder…now all they’re going to have to do is build them enough quantity. For such a small premium, why would you want a manual soft top?

Good as the new MX5 undoubtably is i’m saving for this
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/secret_new_car.php?sid=94&page=1

Some people will still want the manual softtop. It’s way faster, which is good if you’re impatient or drive with the top down when it looks like it’s about to rain. It looks better to some. It allows for more ’storage’ room behind the seats. And it’s cheaper. It’s lighter too but not by much; only racers will notice I’m sure.

I don’t know which I’d pick. But it sure is great being able to choose.

I don’t like the look of the hard top with the roof up, if the top is up a lot it looks way better with the soft top. I love in CA and the top would be down most of the time so for security when parked I would get the hardtop

Both the Sky and Solstice are cheap, low grade, chintzy little cars. I test drove both and hands down, the Miata was a superior car. That engine in the Kappa is nasty… Over 3 grand and it sounds like its got dirt stuck in there. The Mazda was much more refined and its chassis was much more nimble and lively.

Hope the hardtop doesn’t ruin the character of the car.

Carlos — “I don’t know which I’d pick. But it sure is great being able to choose.”

It is nice to have a choice, I’ll agree.

My wife says the upcoming MX-5 retractable hardtop is her choice. Therefore, whatever any “reviewer” says means very little to me. That said, as a former very satisfied ‘94 Miata owner who loved to load a few bags in the trunk and hit the road with my favorite blond (my wife), I absolutely love the fact that the new MX-5 has an even larger trunk that does not suffer when the top is down. I would never buy a Sky or Solstice simply because I don’t want to be limited to just driving around the block every day. Those two have virtually no storage or trunk space…what a shame. It makes them useless for top-down travel which is one of the best reasons on earth to own a sporty convertible.

I have owned both a 2006 Pontiac Solstice and, presently, a 2007 Mazda MX-5 (Miata) retractable hardtop. The Miata wins hand-down. For example, sticker price on the 06 Solstice was about $26,000. The sticker for the 07 Miata was about $27,000. For an extra grand, the Miata boasts features that the Solstice did not have such as heated seats, 18 inch alloy aluminum wheels, and a power retractable hardtop.

For that extra grand, the huge advantages for the Miata are 1) a truly well-designed power retractable hardtop which looks great even when in the “up” position, 2) a lower belt-line befitting a roadster, allowing the driver to rest his arm on the top of the door and enjoy the open air, (the Solstice feels like you are sitting in a deep bathtub), and A TRUNK! The Solstice doesn’t have room to carry even a small picnic basket, much less luggage for a weekend trip.

Also, a nifty new mid-level/floor blower setting for the heater which, when used in conjunction with the heated seats and the well-designed wind deflector behind the passenger cabin, allows comfortable top-down motoring at fifty miles per hour in temperatures as low as fifty degrees.

The shifter on the Miata is superior, handling is as good or better than the Solstice, and torque is good clear through high rpm’s. The Solstice engine sounds like it might fly apart over five grand. Thankfully I sold the Solstice while the market was still hot and got my money back. The Miata is a far better value and a much better car.

Oh, yeah, one more thing. The more I drive this 2007 Miata, the more impressed I am by how the designers remained true to the spirit of the 1991 Miata I drove and loved for years. They nailed it.