Mazda MX-5 2017 Video Review

Malcolm Flynn was among the first to drive the new Mazda MX-5 RF at its Australian launch. His expert review includes a road test, specs, fuel consumption and verdict.

Hardcore MX-5 fans would have you believe that simply adding a heavy set of floor mats could spoil the purity of the light-weight roadster formula, and struggle to even imagine what catastrophe would ensue with the extra weight of an automatic folding hardtop.

However the last time Mazda introduced such an apparent travesty, it wound up outselling the soft top model 9:1, and eventually led to the previous NC model going folding-hardtop-only for the last three years of its life. 

Read the full Mazda MX-5 RF 2017 review.