The real differentiating feature of a soft top and an RF is your view when the top is down. To me, the RF is like an extended moon roof more than a convertible. Lonely_Fondant • ND2 RF GT • 2 yr. ago. The RF definitely feels like a convertible when you’re driving it with the top down. The Roadster Coupé’s folding hard roof takes up barely any more space than the MX-5’s soft-top, so there’s the same, 150-litre boot, roof up or down. It’s a superbly packaged mechanism For MX5 1998-2005 (NB). Black Vinyl Soft Top With Plastic Zip Rear Window. Cost effective soft top design - Includes classic style plastic zip rear window. Anti drip rain gutters have been incorporated into the soft top above the side windows as per the original Mk.3 (NC) soft top design. Hard Top Harness Extension MK3. $28.58 . BUY NOW. Hardtop striker plate Mk3 Mk3.5. MX5 City, Unit 19 Langthwaite Road South Kirkby, WF9 3AP. Phone: 01977 233555 There’s the six-speed automatic gearbox available on later models too, which can be mated to the 2.0-litre engine to do 0-62mph in 8.9 seconds. Later soft-tops are 1.8-litre only, with the folding hard top getting the 2.0-litre and automatic options. The availability of a folding hardtop version, badged RC, makes it an even more sensible buy. Now you’re ready for installation! Lay the top on the car, push/wiggle the large plastic flap bracket in between the frame rail and window frame and attach the quarter bracket to the stud, then thread on the nut. Attach the long strap (posterior to the three rivets on the frame rail) to the third stud on the rain rail on each side of the car. The NC model launched in 2005 with a larger 2.0-litre engine and in 2009 the NC series II followed with a revised front bumper design and more aggressive wheel arches. In 2012 the NC series III was introduced with minor styling and mechanical changes but most notably no soft-top – buyers preferred the electric folding hardtop. The MX-5 Roadster has a minuscule cargo capacity of 130L, while its RF sibling has 127L. Either way, once you stash a couple of soft bags or a small suitcase in it, you won’t be left with much wriggle room. Shown above are boot space details for the Mazda MX-5 2021. The 2.0 soft top, or the 2.0 hardtop. Softtop has 40k Hardtop has 60k Pretty much same price. My only real question (although any advice is appreciated) is how much slower is the hard top with the added weight. Autotrader state the 0-60s as 7.9 and 8.2 respectively. But I want to know real world. Hard-top buyers can expect to pay around $4,100 more than the soft-top equivalent and ditching the six-speed manual gearbox for a six-speed automatic will add about $2,000 (not available on the GT RS). Prospective owners have a choice of four standard paint colours: white, black, blue and “platinum quartz metallic”. QuuNdMH.