The Mazda RF is a sleek and sporty car that offers a unique twist on the classic Miata design. With a top weight of only 2,450 pounds, it's like having a fat eight-year-old in your trunk - but in a good way! The RF looks stunning with the top up, making you want to keep it that way.

However, if you're someone who enjoys being topless and loves the thrill of ghost riding, this car is perfect for you. It only takes 13 seconds to drop the top, which can be opened or closed depending on your speed - ideal for short, leisurely drives at speeds up to six miles per hour.

While the Miata itself may not be the fastest car out there, the RF is all about handling and corners. Mazda has built the Miata entirely around the driver and their interaction with the vehicle, making it a joy to drive. The RF weighs in at 2,450 pounds, making it insanely tossable and fun - an exact opposite of my dad!

The front suspension features lightweight forged aluminum uprights and double wishbones designed specifically for the Miata. If you get the six-speed transmission, I highly recommend it, as it's ridiculously good. You'll also get Bilstein dampers, a front shock tower brace, and an LSD to take your driving experience to the next level.

The transmission is truly amazing, with a smooth shift that makes sitting in traffic like I am right now totally bearable. But it also makes bombing through the canyons exhilarating! The Miata also boasts something its competitors, like the Toyota 86 and BRZ, don't have - torque throughout the rev range.

The interior is cozy and classic, with a leather-wrapped steering wheel, shift knob, and e-brake handle that feels very toasty. You'll also appreciate the three-way heated seats, smart keyless entry with push-button start, a Bose nine-speaker stereo, and two USB ports. It's a lot of stuff, but it's not overwhelming.

The RF strikes a nice balance between driver focus and modern convenience features like blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic detection - very handy standard items, especially for those who struggle with blind spots, like my dad! These rear buttress guys make the blind spots pretty huge, so they do see ghosts sometimes, which can be annoying.

The RF Club trim comes with all that goodness and some pretty good-looking 17-inch gunmetal wheels for under $32k. If you want to pony up almost $4,000 more, Mazda will give you forged BBS wheels that look very nice on it, and Brembo front brakes painted red - what choice!

I love driving supercars, but honestly, most of the time when I'm driving them, I'm frustrated looking around for the next open stretch of road. The RF is different; it's an attainable level of performance where you can drive the piss out of it and look down to see speeds like 40 miles per hour.

The Miata perfectly fulfills Mazda's philosophy of "jinbai" - it means horse and rider as one, and it really does feel like this car is an extension of you. Even with all this new tech on board, the RF feels unmistakably Miata.

Mazda did a heck of a job in creating a driving experience that's just plain fun. We got a ton of cool cars lined up for future episodes of this show, so make sure to hit that subscribe button so you don't miss any of them! If you like Miatas, check out this episode of Up to Speed! Follow me on Instagram and Twitter at JamesPumphrey, follow Donut on Instagram @donutmedia and on Twitter @donutunderscoremedia.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: eni got two questions for you what's the most raced car in america and what's the best selling roadster of all time trick question it's the same thing despite these two amazing accolades the miata has always been sort of a divisive car i think every auto enthusiast will at least acknowledge that the miata is technically good it lives in a class of its own and is really the only option if you want an affordable no-frills sports car but there are some people myself included who can't get over the stigma of a miata being a hairdresser's car it's great but can convertibles be cool well unlike seemingly every other car manufacturer in the world it seems that mazda is listening they gave us one with a hard top sort of this is the mx-5 rf and mazda let us borrow one for a whole month so what's it like to drive well i'm gonna tell you because that's my job this is the new car show it's your boy james pumphrey let's say you really like driving fun cars but you're not a huge fan of convertibles because they remind you of step moms and sorority girls plus they're way too loud they're easy to break into and some people for some reason have decided to live in places where winter happens officially rf stands for retractable fastback but it should stand for ridiculously friggin cool looking it's an eye-catching shape it really looks like a tiny jaguar f-type and it only weighs about a hundred pounds more than a soft-top miata a hundred pounds that's like having a fat eight-year-old in your trunk the rf looks so good with the top up you might never want to put it down it's the closest thing that mazda has ever given us to a miata coupe but if you like being topless and you know i do it only takes 13 seconds to drop that top into what is essentially a target you can put the top up or down if you're going up to six miles per hour which is perfect for ghost riding we already know that the miata is not a fast car per se but with the sky active four cylinder making 155 horsepower and 148 pound-feet of torque it's plenty quick you're just not gonna win any stop-like drag races but that's not what the miata is about the rf is all about the corners that's where it's fast mazda built the miata entirely around the driver and how they interact with the car the rf only weighs about 2 450 pounds that's like half of my dad it's insanely tossable and fun which is the exact opposite of my dad the front suspension uses lightweight forged aluminum uprights and double wishbones made specifically for the miata if you get the ridiculously good six-speed transmission i highly recommend you should it is so choice you'll also get bilstein dampers a front shock tower brace and an lsd if you don't know what any of those things are there are a bunch of really important pieces that make the rf really fun in true miata fashion the transmission is amazing the shifter is as smooth as bada it makes sitting in traffic like i am right now totally bearable but it also makes bombing through the canyons exhilarating the miata also has something that its competitors ie the toyota 86 brz doesn't have torque throughout the rev range the interior is cozy you know it's two-seat sports cards classic and refined if you take a road trip you guys are gonna be close friends you get a leather wrapped steering wheel shift knob and e-brake handle very toasty three-way heated seats smart keyless entry with push button start a bose nine speaker stereo including little speakies and your headrests bluetooth two usb ports it's a lot of stuff but it's not overwhelming you're not bombarded to the point of exhaustion the rf strikes a nice balance between driver focus and modern convenience blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic detection are very handy standard items because these rear buttress guys make the blind spots pretty huge especially for such a small car they do see ghosts though which is pretty annoying the rf club trim comes with all that stuff and some pretty good looking 17 inch gunmetal wheels for just under 32k if you want to pony up almost 4 000 more dollars mazda will give you forged bbs wheels that look very nice on it and brembo front brakes painted red so choice i love driving supercars but honestly most of the time when you're driving them you're frustrated looking around for the next open stretch of road in this car you can drive the piss out of it and look down and you're going like 40 miles an hour it has what you call an attainable level of performance you can do a lot before you get in trouble i mean this car is the embodiment of it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow the miata perfectly fulfills mazda's philosophy of jinbai itai which means horse and rider as one it sounds cliche but it really does feel like this car is an extension of you and even with all this new tech on board the rf feels unmistakably miata mazda did a heck of a job because driving the rf is an effing good time we got a ton of cool cars lined up for future episodes of this so make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don't miss any of them you like this hat go buy one shop.donut.media you like miatas check out this episode of up to speed you like other mazdas check out this episode of up to speed follow me on instagram and twitter at jamespumphrey follow donut on instagram donutmedia and on twitter at donut underscore media link in the descriptioni got two questions for you what's the most raced car in america and what's the best selling roadster of all time trick question it's the same thing despite these two amazing accolades the miata has always been sort of a divisive car i think every auto enthusiast will at least acknowledge that the miata is technically good it lives in a class of its own and is really the only option if you want an affordable no-frills sports car but there are some people myself included who can't get over the stigma of a miata being a hairdresser's car it's great but can convertibles be cool well unlike seemingly every other car manufacturer in the world it seems that mazda is listening they gave us one with a hard top sort of this is the mx-5 rf and mazda let us borrow one for a whole month so what's it like to drive well i'm gonna tell you because that's my job this is the new car show it's your boy james pumphrey let's say you really like driving fun cars but you're not a huge fan of convertibles because they remind you of step moms and sorority girls plus they're way too loud they're easy to break into and some people for some reason have decided to live in places where winter happens officially rf stands for retractable fastback but it should stand for ridiculously friggin cool looking it's an eye-catching shape it really looks like a tiny jaguar f-type and it only weighs about a hundred pounds more than a soft-top miata a hundred pounds that's like having a fat eight-year-old in your trunk the rf looks so good with the top up you might never want to put it down it's the closest thing that mazda has ever given us to a miata coupe but if you like being topless and you know i do it only takes 13 seconds to drop that top into what is essentially a target you can put the top up or down if you're going up to six miles per hour which is perfect for ghost riding we already know that the miata is not a fast car per se but with the sky active four cylinder making 155 horsepower and 148 pound-feet of torque it's plenty quick you're just not gonna win any stop-like drag races but that's not what the miata is about the rf is all about the corners that's where it's fast mazda built the miata entirely around the driver and how they interact with the car the rf only weighs about 2 450 pounds that's like half of my dad it's insanely tossable and fun which is the exact opposite of my dad the front suspension uses lightweight forged aluminum uprights and double wishbones made specifically for the miata if you get the ridiculously good six-speed transmission i highly recommend you should it is so choice you'll also get bilstein dampers a front shock tower brace and an lsd if you don't know what any of those things are there are a bunch of really important pieces that make the rf really fun in true miata fashion the transmission is amazing the shifter is as smooth as bada it makes sitting in traffic like i am right now totally bearable but it also makes bombing through the canyons exhilarating the miata also has something that its competitors ie the toyota 86 brz doesn't have torque throughout the rev range the interior is cozy you know it's two-seat sports cards classic and refined if you take a road trip you guys are gonna be close friends you get a leather wrapped steering wheel shift knob and e-brake handle very toasty three-way heated seats smart keyless entry with push button start a bose nine speaker stereo including little speakies and your headrests bluetooth two usb ports it's a lot of stuff but it's not overwhelming you're not bombarded to the point of exhaustion the rf strikes a nice balance between driver focus and modern convenience blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic detection are very handy standard items because these rear buttress guys make the blind spots pretty huge especially for such a small car they do see ghosts though which is pretty annoying the rf club trim comes with all that stuff and some pretty good looking 17 inch gunmetal wheels for just under 32k if you want to pony up almost 4 000 more dollars mazda will give you forged bbs wheels that look very nice on it and brembo front brakes painted red so choice i love driving supercars but honestly most of the time when you're driving them you're frustrated looking around for the next open stretch of road in this car you can drive the piss out of it and look down and you're going like 40 miles an hour it has what you call an attainable level of performance you can do a lot before you get in trouble i mean this car is the embodiment of it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow the miata perfectly fulfills mazda's philosophy of jinbai itai which means horse and rider as one it sounds cliche but it really does feel like this car is an extension of you and even with all this new tech on board the rf feels unmistakably miata mazda did a heck of a job because driving the rf is an effing good time we got a ton of cool cars lined up for future episodes of this so make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don't miss any of them you like this hat go buy one shop.donut.media you like miatas check out this episode of up to speed you like other mazdas check out this episode of up to speed follow me on instagram and twitter at jamespumphrey follow donut on instagram donutmedia and on twitter at donut underscore media link in the description