2022 Mazda MX-5 RF

If you are looking for a truly enjoyable driving experience, look no further than the Mazda MX-5 Miata. This sports car is one of the most fun vehicles to drive. It offers you incredible handling, braking, and steering. The car responds to all of your commands at the wheel. It also has a nice interior and some great features. The Mazda Miata is available with a soft-top or retractable fastback (RF), we are going to focus on the 2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF below.

What’s New for 2022?

The Mazda Miata MX-5 is always improving. For 2022, this vehicle has a new technology to improve performance even more. This new technology is called Kinematic Posture Control (KPC), and it helps to manage the vehicle systems. Essentially, this system gives the inside wheel a little braking during high-G cornering. This allows the steering to be more responsive, and it suppresses body roll. There are also a few other new features for 2022 that you can learn more about in the in-depth model review below.

Performance and Engine Options

The MX-5 Miata is a sports car, so the performance is very important, and in this vehicle, the performance is top-notch.

• 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine – The engine in the Miata is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that gives you 181-horsepower and 151 pound-feet of torque. This provides plenty of power for this smaller vehicle, and this car offers you incredibly responsive steering to make it enjoyable to drive.

The Mazda MX-5 comes standard with a six-speed manual transmission. This manual transmission is the only transmission that can be found on this vehicle with the exception of the Grand Touring trim. In the Grand Touring, you can get the six-speed automatic transmission. This vehicle is also relatively fuel-efficient for a sports car, offering you about 26 city miles per gallon and 34 highway miles per gallon.

Overall, the Mazda Miata offers you incredible performance. This vehicle was extremely well-designed, taking every little part into consideration. When designing this vehicle, the automakers studied human behavior in driving to make this vehicle in tune with you and your needs. This sports car is also designed and engineered to have great power, balance, and steering; it has a nearly perfect 50/50 weight distribution so that it can offer you superior handling. Do you think you can handle the drive?

Exterior

The exterior of the Mazda Miata is a beautiful one. This vehicle was inspired by 1960s roadsters. It is a sports car convertible that offers you a great look and great function. You get features like LED headlights and taillights, daytime running lights, an adaptive front lighting system, and more. You can get high-performance tires to go with this vehicle to give you an even better performance. There is also an all-new exterior paint color for the 2022 model. This new paint color is called Platinum Quartz Metallic. This vehicle is eye-catching to look at, as well as extremely fun to drive.

Interior

The interior of the Mazda MX-5 has seating for two people. This vehicle can offer cloth upholstery, leather upholstery, or Recaro sport seats. This vehicle also offers heated seats for an even more luxurious experience. This vehicle has just one row of seating, but it is a comfortable vehicle, and the interior offers you a comfortable driving experience. You get 4.59 cubic feet of trunk space in this sports car.

The exact features you get with your Mazda MX-5 Miata depend on the trim level you choose. This vehicle can be found in four different model options. The base model is the Sport trim, and while that provides you with plenty of great features, that is only available with the soft top. The next step up is the Club trim, which adds some additional performance features like Bilstein dampers and a limited-slip differential. However, the Club model is standard with the soft top, as well. To get an RF model you need the upgraded Miata Club. Check out your RF model options below.

• Club with Brembo, BBS, and Recaro package – This Club trim with the additional package offers you an exciting performance. The Brembo front brake package includes red painted front and rear calipers, as well as dark gunmetal 17-inch forged BBS wheels. This is a more track-focused performance, and the additional features also include Recaro sport seats to help you enjoy that performance. These features come in addition to the features from the Club like LED daytime running lights, a shark fin antenna, a limited-slip differential, a Bose premium stereo, the i-Activsense safety suite of features, Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto.
• Grand Touring – New for 2022, you can add Terracotta Nappa Leather to your Grand Touring trim. This trim level also has features like an adaptive front lighting system, rain-sensing windshield wipers, dark silver 17-inch aluminum wheels, automatic climate control, and more. In this trim, you can get the automatic transmission if you so desire.

As you can see, there are some great model options when it comes to the Mazda Miata. Learn more about all the technology that can be found in this vehicle below.

Technology Features

Above, we talked about the interior of this sports car and the different trim levels that it offers you. Part of the interior is the technology that this vehicle has. Below, we are going to go into more detail about some of the main technology features that can be found in this vehicle.

• Touchscreen infotainment – Your MX-5 Miata gives you a standard 7-inch touchscreen with a Mazda Connect infotainment system that is intuitive and easy to use.
• Bluetooth – Bluetooth allows you to take phone calls while keeping your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. It helps you stay safer and even stay connected to your people while you are enjoying your drive.
• Apple CarPlay and Android Auto – You can connect your smartphone with your vehicle’s infotainment system using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. This gives you access to your phone contacts, apps, favorite music, and more, giving you enjoyment and entertainment.
• Bose sound system – If you are someone that loves to listen to music, podcasts, and even audiobooks while you drive, you will enjoy the Bose nine-speaker premium sound system. This system comes with headrest speakers and a subwoofer.
• USB ports – This vehicle offers you two USB ports to help you keep your devices connected and charged.

These are some of the main technology features found in the 2022 Mazda MX-5. This vehicle offers you a lot of great standard features like the touchscreen and smartphone connectivity that can make your riding experience even more enjoyable.

Safety

This sports car is fun and exciting to drive, but it is also not short on safety features to look out for you and other drivers on the road. Every model, even the base model of the 2022 MX-5 Miata gives you the i-Activsense safety suite standard. This suite of safety features includes rear cross traffic alert, lane departure warning, smart city brake support, and blind spot monitoring. Learn more about these safety features in greater detail below.

• Lane Departure Warning – The lane departure warning feature helps you to stay in your lane because it warns you if it detects your vehicle unintentionally drifting out of its lane.
• City Brake Support – This safety feature monitors in front of your vehicle, and if it detects something in your path that could cause a collision, it can apply the brakes for you. This can help you avoid a potential collision.
• Rear Cross Traffic Alert – With rear cross traffic alert, you can avoid a potential collision because this feature will alert you of vehicles crossing behind you when you are going in reverse.
• Blind Spot Monitoring – This safety feature helps to alert you of vehicles that are in your blind spot. Every vehicle has blind spots, but you can stay safer with this technology that lets you know when someone is there.

All four of those features are found standard in the base MX-5 Miata model, and you can find them in all versions of the Miata. There are some additional safety features that can be found on higher trim levels like the adaptive front lighting system, automatic headlights, traffic sign recognition, high-beam control, and rain-sensing windshield wipers.

As you can see, the Mazda MX-5 Miata is looking out for you in terms of safety, even as an impressive sports car.

For 2022, there are some new features and new options in the different trims of the Mazda MX-5 Miata. These features come with just a very minimal price increase from the previous model year, which makes the 2022 MX-5 a great investment. This is still one of the most fun sports cars to drive, and it has an affordable price tag. Reach out to us at Seacoast Mazda if you would like to learn more about this vehicle and test drive it for yourself.