Who won’t appreciate a car that is fun to drive and affordable at the same time? The 2020 Mazda Miata MX-5 is one such model that can boast of these two virtues in the first line of its promotion, but that’s not certainly saying enough about it.

A group of expert whom we met at the dealership showroom of San Luis Obispo Mazda, it is a car ideally crafted for the driving enthusiasts and also for those who appreciate a sporty ride. It is among those few affordable cars that can keep your heart racing, when the speedometer touches its higher realm.

When we asked the group of auto experts about what they found most appreciable in the 2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata, they shared with us some surprising facts, which was instigating enough to be tested out through a drive. We too found that what the experts told us about the 2020 Mazda Miata MX-5 was right. Though it doesn’t have any prodigious horsepower to boast about, nor a neck breaking speed record, it has all the right ways to make each drive an engaging one, that outright matches with its dazzling looks.

In other words, the visual appeal of the 2020 Mazda Miata MX-5 can be best described as an embodiment of what it has in its store both inside the cabin and under the hood. Above that, the 2020 Mazda Miata MX-5 smacks you of the true essence of the sports car category. Cornering a space made for only two seats, it stays lightweight, operates with simplicity to keep its price quite affordable.

Trim Packages

For the year 2020, Mazda queues up its MX-5 Miata model in Sport, Club, Grand Touring trims with more number of features in the same escalating order. Except the base model Mazda now has made blind-spot monitors as a standard equipment, while automatic emergency braking is standard on all models. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto too come standard on the Club and Grand Touring Miata models this year, while a manual-shifting transmission in the range topping Grand Touring models is now equipped with a handful of new driving dynamics like a sport suspension, limited-slip differential, Bilstein shocks, and tower braces for the front shock absorbers.

Power Source

Since the last year Mazda made a free-revving 2.0-liter inline-4 engine the sole option to power all the 2020 Miata models, but allows the buyers to make a choice from either a 6-speed manual or a  6-speed automatic transmission. As the trend goes, the newbie drivers tend to choose the automatic, while the seasoned drivers can’t hold back their temptation to maneuver the manual gearbox.

Bottom Line

All of the experts at the Mazda dealer near San Luis Obispo agreed, that the most appreciable factor in the 2020 lineup of Mazda Miata MX-5 is that, irrespective of the trim choice one makes, every Miata will dance to the tune of the one who sits behind the wheels, and all these sports car special fun is available at a non-sports car price tag.