
Mazda MX-5 (NA)
8.6 / 10
Involvement 8.5 / 10
0 · boulevard trophy10 · driver’s tool
Smiles per Dollar
Miles actually driven7.0
Bought to drive, not to flip7.5
Track-day sightingscontext · not scored7.5
Why 8.6: Pop-ups, 950 kg, and thirty-five years of being driven to death and loved for it. Collector money circles the clean ones; the rest keep autocrossing.
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · $5k (2000) → $18k (2026), trending up · illustrative data