The NC is ugly?! I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has commented, "what a beautiful car", or , "nice car". Ugly it is not. I chose the NC1, because I prefer the look to the ND. It just looks like a classic roadster. The ND looks like it's trying to be a mini Corvette. I recently installed the FM Stage-2 suspension kit. Now the handling is what it should have been from the factory. I've got the Copper Mica Red Touring soft-top. I love this car. It's the most enjoyable driving car, I have ever had.

De muro wears me out . I dont Watch him anymore .

Perhaps I'm hyper sensitive on the subject as an NC3 PRHT owner, but It looked fairly clear to me that Doug was highly influenced by what others have said about the NC. He basically said that it's a better car than you may think, even if it's not as good a car as the NA or NB. Whaaaaaa????

The silver lining is, a journalist will never know a car as well as the owner because they don't have enough time with it until it's onto the next one, and there may be cars that he just doesn't like but still has to put on a show for. This car is special to us but to him it's probably just another dot in the Doug chart.

I think Doug was talking up this car for cars and bids and I’m not sure objectively as a business promotion.

I’m in the process of buying an ND right now and would like to say the NC imo in some ways is a better looking car. New sub here, enjoying your channel 👍

I have a '12 prht GT with the automatic transmission (I have a bad knee that makes driving a manual difficult). A couple of people at work thought it was a Ferrari, and I always get compliments on it in traffic, so I don't think it qualifies as ugly.

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I have a 2012 Grand Touring PRHT. My car came with the tire "fix-a-flat" bottle. It was actually inside the case with the inflator and not sitting next to it like in Doug's video. They are all expired by now so I removed it and put some tire plugs and tools in its place.

all this club editions and Grand touring and whatever is only for the US market. In all markets like UK, Germany, Japan and all other markets they had completely different models and editions.

There are a few things I would add... the top trim on the NC2 and NC3 was the GT with Premium package (almost the same spec as the SE) got everything the Club got plus all the regular GT options and AKE. The Premium package with a manual came with Suspension package as standard equipment. These are the most desirable ones right now, and they are typically priced higher than ND1s. Velocity Red is the same red as the MSM. I am not aware of fake wood coming from Mazda, it was probably a dealer installed thing. The cubbies for the PRHT are taken up by the roof motor on the driver side and the Bose amp on the passenger side. Every NC I have owned (three of them) had the fix-a-flat bottle in it, and it was standard equipment. A lot of cars don't have it now because the stuff expires after 8-10 years. And if you really wanna talk about rare NCs, the Competition Yellow PRHT (Canada only) is your bet. I think there was around 100. Our SEs are rarer than a Club and better equipped.

the doug score is relative to cars in the segment, thats why he shows relative cars. he's not saying its a 5/10, hes saying that in the segment (where the highest is 55) its a 52, so practically a 52/55.

This video caught my interest and started viewing your other videos. The comment on the last year for the NC Miata is also interesting. My 2015 NC identifies 9/14 manufacture date on nameplate, and I purchased it 11/14. Not sure why it is considered 2015 model, I wonder? I purchased the NC Miata once the preview of the ND came out...."super ugly". The ND just totally departed from the classic look of the first-generation Miata. I just did not like the streamline of the ND. It just seems it needed to be stretched out a little longer to have a nicer streamline that matches the roof height. I may be part of the few that finds the NC as super roadster with the length, width and height as proportional and well balance. Just fun to drive. To date, you may consider my NC as a garage Queen with only 16K miles under her belt. It is a 2015 Silver Grand Touring Hard Top with bolt-on mods: cold air intake, Super Q cat back exhaust, stiffer front and rear sway bars, LED head lights and 235/40 R17 Potenza R-11 tires with no wheel mod needed. Additionally, I have custom black vinyl striping kit which says "ZOOM ZOOM" on the hood bulge. At the moment, this car is immaculate and has no ding or road rash on wheels. However, since watching your videos, I am planning to do radio, coolant tank and suspension coil over replacements. This NC is just pure fun and low maintenance. In my opinion, If Mazda stays with the current ND streamline, the NC will become a classic....perhaps a collector car.

tire sealant - YES it's still in my 2008 NC Niseko Miata (just went to the garage to check), in my Miata it's inside the pouch with the compressor, the bottle is white and the sealant is...now hard (I remember it used to be a liquid 10y ago)😁

Many good points well made.

My UK registered 2008 NC1 PRHT came with the tyre sealant bottle in the bag with the inflator

I agree with everything you said. I remember watching Doug's video back then and knew he was off on some things. When shopping for my mx-5, I saw a few "club" models come up. There were quite a few but were overpriced for what they offered. I don't get why someone wouldn't get the GT trim. I did later find out that not all GT NC3's had the suspension package but if it had xm, it was safe to say it had an LSD. To me, the 25th anniversary is my favorite mx-5 miata in soul red, but I think the special editions are your best bang for the buck because of the two tone roof. I have a dolphin grey 2013 and was only produced in 2011 as a special edition and 2013. I wanted the 2013 specifically for the 3rd refresh and the spicy mocha seats. Thanks for making this video! Hopefully Doug watches it lol.

I been looking to buy one recently, but I don't know what trim options are the best. I found a 2010 grand touring for 5.5k and that's the one I'm looking at to buy the most; it's a black-on-black leather interior with a manual which is what really sold me on this specific one. If anyone could get back to me with their opinions, I'd be extremely grateful.

I was waiting for this one to release, nice video on the quirks of the quirk video

The point that the NC was the ugly Miata was true until the facelift on the NC2 and NC3. The reason I bought my Miata was because of how beautiful and aggressive the front end was compared to earlier models. NC3 Miata is hands down the best looking Miata from factory. The mazdaspeed NB is a close second imo