Ah yes, the Mazda MX-5!
I know pretty much everything you’ll ever want to know about the little roadster because I read all the reviews going, watched every single YouTube video ever made, and placed it top of my list a year or so ago for when I was due to change cars.
And then it just disappeared – vanished – from the Motability website & has never been back on since.
Needing an auto, the 2.0 RF (metal folding top) version would have been ideal as you can’t get the soft top auto in the UK. The AP at the time was £1,995 and the BHP was just below MB’s limit… and that was after Mazda increased the engine power after an update which also saw a rear camera added & a few other little tweaks.
Never a week has gone by when I don’t check to see if the little RF roadster has made its way back on the scheme. Alas, as has been mentioned above, I don’t think it will be – mainly due to envy from Daily Mail readers & general condemnation from all sorts of angles.
Such a shame… but if you’re reading this Motability HQ – PLEASE do what you can to at least give us the option of choosing the little MX-5 again. Not all of us out there require a wheelchair (just yet)!