Talk:Mazda MX-5

message: The production figures show an excess of production of some 62,000 cars over its lifespan, this is quite a huge difference, where are these cars? some note should be made about this seamingly large over production?--GazMan7 (talk) 15:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Production figures 

message: New User box for Mazda Miata - MX5 enthusiasts!   Copy and paste for your user page...  Edit if you wish as well BTW SriMesh | talk 22:32, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mazda Miata User Box

message: A fourth generation is announced, a new face lift and all with pictures.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.196.34 (talk) 19:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New generation 

message: In New Zealand a 1990 special edition model, designation V-Spec, was available with BRG paint and tan leather upholstery.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.151.94 (talk) 09:11, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated List of Mazda MX-5 colors and special editions. --maf (talk-cont) 00:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: M2 special editions - there has been a lot of useful stuff added on M2 spec cars, but its a bit scrappy and needs a good tidy up, but it's not something I'm wholly familier with. It also needs a lot of citations! Pahazzard (talk) 13:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special Editions 

message: I do know:
The 1998 - 2000 production year Japanese Domestic Market 1.8 litre Roadster models used an engine designated BP-5A - not BP-4W.
Known differences from the BP-4W motor are:
Higher engine red-line and cutout (7500rpm in manual transmission vs 7000rpm for BP-4W fitted models)
Different intake camshaft (higher lift and slightly longer duration).
Deletion of EGR system.
ECU is also BP-5A model number.
The exhaust system also differs significantly from North American models which used a cast manifold (with pre-cat in some states).  The manifold is a 4:2:1 style tubular header, with final 2:1 "Y" joint converging about 500mm in front of the catalytic converter.
I don't know:
If the BP-5A engine was only used for Japanese Domestic Market Roadsters.
Engine performance specifications.  They will be different.
Other (likely) differences to valve springs, or other possible differences to withstand higher rpm limit.
I suggest that if other information isn't able to be found, then at least BP-5A is added to "engines" box.  I'll wait a few days for comments before editing the page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.180.87.174 (talk) 05:12, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Engine in NB - Japanese Domestic Market 

message: Many of the specifications and performance figures have no sources, at least in the third gen. part. They need to be removed or references found.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenlightracer (talk • contribs) 23:40, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stat Sources 

message: *Support - Please merge this these quickly, and in the future just delete suchlike articles on "special editions" without wasting time on conversations.  ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃  (talk) 02:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I too fully support a merge of the 10th anniversary Miata and have changed the header to reflect it.  ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃  (talk) 19:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  20th anniversary now redirected to here as content identical and nothing to actually merge. <B>Warren</B> (talk) 12:39, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I will sleep better now. Thanks.  ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃  (talk) 00:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Mazda MX-5 20th Anniversary Model]]/[[Mazda MX-5 10th Anniversary Model]] 

message: The article refers to the LS model, but does not specify it anywhere.
Sorry I can't help - I'm looking for information about this car, not providing it!
87.113.223.200 (talk) 12:44, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  LS version is not specified 

message: Um ... to my knowledge, there is no such thing as a 1998 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Not my fault. Didn't do it. Is there a reason no one has "fixed" this article?? JimScott (talk) 20:34, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to be careful about what we mean when we say 1998. To Americans, a 1998 car means roughly October 1997 to October 1998 (the actual months can move around a bit but August-October is common). To most of the rest of the world, a 1998 car is typically October 1998 to October 1999 (again, the months often move around a bit). So, Americans can say they have a 1998 car, most of the rest of the world says they have a 1997 car and naive editors/readers think the Americans had the car a year later. Is this the source of confusion here? Even if it isn't, we should be explicitly saying calendar year 1998 and model year 1998 (or 1998 calendar year / 1998 model year) whenever we a talking about years, just to avoid this confusion. And to be extra clear, '1998 model' is often read as the 'model of car from 1998', which isn't always the same as what an American thinks of as the '1998 model year'. Stepho  talk  23:37, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  1998?! 

message: and myself have a disagreement over the date format. The article already has a consistent date format of "mmm d, yyyy" (and its shorter form of "mmm yyyy") that has been in use for quite some time. I don't see any inconsistent usage in the article that warrants a change. WP:DATERET says we are not supposed to change the date format without a good reason or consensus.  Stepho  talk  22:30, June 19, 2017 (UTC)
:I would have sworn that I saw some day-month-year dates in the body text. But it's been a long week, and my eyes were probably playing tricks on me. I do wonder if day-month-year isn't a better choice per WP:TIES being it's a Japanese car (TIES does also apply to date formats). But just so long as it's consistent I'm not preturbed. oknazevad (talk) 03:51, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, I feel tired like that too sometimes. WP:TIES would apply only if Japan used "mmm d, yyyy" or "d mmm yyyy" natively but they use the "yyyy-mm-dd" format common to many Asian countries. They do sometimes use the English formats but which one depends on which country they got their higher education in or which foreign market they are addressing.  Stepho  talk  13:40, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date format 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: I'm confused with the North American marketing of the ND generation, as several articles online state that Mazda has dropped the Miata name, but Mazda USA's website still uses it. Should we continue to use the Miata name on the ND article? - Areaseven (talk) 07:47, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like Mazda USA is have a bet both ways - harmonising the name with the rest of the world and also keeping the American traditional name of 'Miata'. Since the Mazda US website still calls it a Miata (technically 'MX-5 Miata', then the article should keep using the Miata name for the American sections. We can revisit the question in a couple of years if they change it back or drop the 'Miata' part completely.  Stepho  talk  08:29, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be helpful if the article explained why Mazda decided to use the 'Miata' name in NA in the first place. It isn't Japanese, and doesn't mean anything in English. --Ef80 (talk) 13:21, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still called Miata? 

message: There are no specified engine names/models for any versions of the car. Pages for different Mazda engines such as skyactiv, L-series, etc. do exist though. 2601:2C1:9000:5E3B:1C4:6E6F:684E:CAD9 (talk) 09:31, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is just a summary article. Look in Mazda MX-5 (NA), Mazda MX-5 (NB), Mazda MX-5 (NC), Mazda MX-5 (ND) for the details.  Stepho  talk  09:46, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Engine models/specs?