Mazda MX-5 RF GT 2019 review: snapshot

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EXPERT RATING
8.0

Likes

Driving fun
All the fruit
Zippy engine

Dislikes

Extra weight of roof
Can't drop lid on the run
No CarPlay
Stephen Corby
Contributing Journalist
2 Oct 2018
1 min read

If you like your MX-5 with the lot, this is the car for you, at $45,960, which gets you not only the fizzing new version of the 2.0-litre engine (RF is not available with the 1.5), making 135kW/205Nm, pushed to the rear wheels through either a fantastic six-speed manual gearbox or a six-speed auto that's nowhere near as much fun.

What you also get is the full suite of safety systems, so everything on entry level plus 'Driver Attention Alert', lane-departure warning and reverse parking sensors, and 'Smart City Brake Support' in reverse. You also getĀ  17-inchĀ  alloys, adaptive LED headlights and DRLs, black or tan leather seats, a Bose premium stereo with nine speakers and keyless entry.

And, as on all new versions, your steering wheel is now telescopically adjustable for your comfort.Ā Ā 

Read the full 2019 Mazda MX-5 review

Mazda MX-5 2019: RF GT (black Roof) (5YR)

Engine Type Inline 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency 6.9L/100km (combined)
Seating 2
Price From $40,150 - $47,190
Safety Rating
Stephen Corby
Contributing Journalist
Stephen Corby stumbled into writing about cars after being knocked off the motorcycle he’d been writing about by a mob of angry and malicious kangaroos. Or that’s what he says, anyway. Back in the early 1990s, Stephen was working at The Canberra Times, writing about everything from politics to exciting Canberra night life, but for fun he wrote about motorcycles. After crashing a bike he’d borrowed, he made up a colourful series of excuses, which got the attention of the motoring editor, who went on to encourage him to write about cars instead. The rest, as they say, is his story. Reviewing and occasionally poo-pooing cars has taken him around the world and into such unexpected jobs as editing TopGear Australia magazine and then the very venerable Wheels magazine, albeit briefly. When that mag moved to Melbourne and Stephen refused to leave Sydney he became a freelancer, and has stayed that way ever since, which allows him to contribute, happily, to CarsGuide.
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