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2026 Mazda MX-5 RF: The Hardtop Question Comes Back Around

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A new review of the 2026 Mazda MX-5 RF revisits the case for the car's power-retractable fastback roof, weighing its added heft and price against the soft-top Miata's reputation for uncomplicated, breezy fun. The comparison drawn is a familiar one for Miata watchers: the standard car as effortless as a warm-weather wardrobe, the RF carrying a metal roof that changes that equation. The review takes up whether the RF still earns its keep as "the answer" among two-seat roadsters. No verdict beyond that framing has been detailed.

With reporting from The Drive.

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