The NA Miata is becoming rare in Japan, but this $60,000 restoration (sans car) shows how seriously Mazda takes it.

Fortunately, Mazda has confirmed that the next-gen Miata will carry on as a lightweight, stick-shifted roadster.

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The off-white leather upholstery is without blemish ... American headquarters when he penned the timelessly cheery first-generation Miata. That car debuted in Chicago in February 1989, perhaps ...