Stock Miata beats bunch of high-powered cars in wet 1/4-mile drag raceFiled under: Convertible, Performance, Videos, Chevrolet, Ford, Lamborghini, Lotus, Mazda, Porsche
When is a stock, 167-horsepower
Mazda MX-5 Miata quicker than a
Chevrolet Corvette,
Ford Mustang,
Lamborghini Gallardo,
Lotus Elise and a
Porsche 911? When it's raining. Sort of.
Mazda Canada arranged a unique drag race to show off the fact that the Miata's optional power retractable folding hardtop can go from top-down to top-up in just 12 seconds flat. In
this video, all six cars line up for a drag race, and it starts to rain (well, sort of - but you'll have to watch the video all the way to the end to see what we mean). The green flag is waved, and the timer starts as soon as the convertibles begin to put their tops up. But because the Miata's roof mechanism gets the car's roof back up a full 5.1 seconds quicker than the second-place car, the
Mazda gets a serious advantage off the line for the actual drag race.
It's a fun video. And while we've spoiled the results (come on, the video was
, you knew the Miata was going to win), be sure to see how it all unfolds,
below.
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