Red Mazda MX-5 Miata NA with pop-up headlights, three-quarter front view

Mazda MX-5 (NA)

1989–1997 · 1.6/1.8L NA · manual · pop-up headlights · ~950 kg
8.6 / 10
Involvement 8.5 / 10
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.

DougScore 51 / 100Weekend 28/50 · Daily 23/501993 NA Miata · dougdemuro.com

Market value

Median asking price, good condition · $5k (2000) → $18k (2026), trending up · illustrative data

$4k$18k200020162026$18k

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