THIS is what Doug DeMuro got WRONG about the NC Miata... understandably.

My UK registered 2008 NC1 PRHT came with the tyre sealant bottle in the bag with the inflator

such an underrated channel

I been looking to buy one recently, but I don't know what trim options are the best. I found a 2010 grand touring for 5.5k and that's the one I'm looking at to buy the most; it's a black-on-black leather interior with a manual which is what really sold me on this specific one. If anyone could get back to me with their opinions, I'd be extremely grateful.

Yes mine did have the sealant bottle.

Official Mazda “wood” was available as an optional extra or dealer fit option. It looks very much like a Yamaha piano. And yes, of course they all came with tyre sealant and fitting to help get it into the tyre; the pump wouldn’t be much use without it!

omgggg sooooo good! your intro's, make me smile EVERY TIME! Also did not know about the climate control, thats super cool!

Good vid. You nailed it. It's all in the detail.

Damn miata is getting bigger and bigger

70mph at AutoX?! ..... yes, down south we call that Tuesday 🤣.

What a contrast to that "cappuccino" course, they really let the big dogs eat today! Nice driving, as usual! And yes, the intro...🔥

I know which one of you I'd rather be sitting next to at a dinner party...

Doug is the type of guy to get it wrong, understandably.

The silver lining is, a journalist will never know a car as well as the owner because they don't have enough time with it until it's onto the next one, and there may be cars that he just doesn't like but still has to put on a show for. This car is special to us but to him it's probably just another dot in the Doug chart.

I had an 08 PRHT GT. I loved that car! The NC is my favorite miata! If I would have had a NC2 (09+ NC) I probably would still have it. Don't get me wrong, the ND is a better car, but the smaller size, DI, and higher price, makes the NC a winner in my book. The NC2 pretty much have a bullet proof engine and trans and can be easily turbo charged.

Originally owner '13 Club here with a tire sealant bottle. It goes in the black pouch with the electric tire inflator. Somehow. Also... nice NC2!

Doug’s reviews are awful. Keep calling it out.

I own a 2012 NC with Recaro seats and BBS wheels. It has the tyre sealant and some plugs in lieu of a spare wheel. Definitely exists (Australia)

2.5 swap makes for cheap speed.

Great video. Doug is one of my favorite reviewers, and I remember seeing this video. I owned an NB. For 7 years, it was my daily driver. Drove a Ridgeline since 2013. I still have it.
When I retired, I longed for a Miata again. I never liked the ND styling and, for a while, was thinking Fiata, but I wanted a naturally aspirated engine. Hence, I began searching for an NC. The more I looked, the more I loved the styling; it had to be PRHT.
After a solid year of cruising C&B and other sites, I found one listed on the CarMax site: 2012 GT PRHT Liquid Silver Metallic, with 19990 miles. I paid $200 to have it shipped to my location because I honestly didn’t believe the ad.
I probably overpaid a little, but it was indeed a find. It looks like it just came off the showroom floor with no scratches or rock pit marks on the paint anywhere. The Interior is perfect, and it came with a Kenwood upgrade with Apple Carplay. It does not have the suspension package, but I’m old, and the ride is very comfortable. I will make some mods, but I couldn’t be happier.
Your channel is great. Cheers.

There are a few things I would add... the top trim on the NC2 and NC3 was the GT with Premium package (almost the same spec as the SE) got everything the Club got plus all the regular GT options and AKE. The Premium package with a manual came with Suspension package as standard equipment. These are the most desirable ones right now, and they are typically priced higher than ND1s. Velocity Red is the same red as the MSM. I am not aware of fake wood coming from Mazda, it was probably a dealer installed thing. The cubbies for the PRHT are taken up by the roof motor on the driver side and the Bose amp on the passenger side. Every NC I have owned (three of them) had the fix-a-flat bottle in it, and it was standard equipment. A lot of cars don't have it now because the stuff expires after 8-10 years. And if you really wanna talk about rare NCs, the Competition Yellow PRHT (Canada only) is your bet. I think there was around 100. Our SEs are rarer than a Club and better equipped.

I started out years ago with an NC1. Sold it, regretted it. I now have 2 NC2. One soft top with removable hard top, over prht, both grand touring. Those both have LSD and the upgraded suspension. From factory. Both have lots of mods, but we won't get into that.

tire sealant - YES it's still in my 2008 NC Niseko Miata (just went to the garage to check), in my Miata it's inside the pouch with the compressor, the bottle is white and the sealant is...now hard (I remember it used to be a liquid 10y ago)😁

The door cupholders were actually designed as bottle holders.

Perhaps I'm hyper sensitive on the subject as an NC3 PRHT owner, but It looked fairly clear to me that Doug was highly influenced by what others have said about the NC. He basically said that it's a better car than you may think, even if it's not as good a car as the NA or NB. Whaaaaaa????

Your white NC with those wheels looks great and plays up the "bubbly" look of the car to make it look meaty and mean (I'm a former red sport NC owner.) Nice job on the car and the commentary!

You was correct, the GT86 was out during the 2015 model. Nit the GR86. The GR86 is the one that came out in like 2022 or 2023.

Many good points well made.

For background I've owned nothing but MX5s for the last 20 years. Many NAs and NBs, four NCs, and then NDs as company cars. Perhaps worth noting that I've never yet considered having an ND with my own money.

Further info to potentially consider for completeness .......

Pretty sure they stopped making NC at the end of 2014 because demand had dropped off Everest and down to the deepest part of the ocean. For instance, of the '14 built cars that were sold in '15 in Australia (all 25AEs) apparently I personally sold more of them than any other 10 dealers put together. I sold a whole 6 cars.

Mazdaspeed (SE/NB8C in Australia) was a hardly disguised exercise in using up parts that would otherwise be binned such as the non VVT engine. It was also deliberately loaded with every extra item of equipment and unnecessarily large and heavy Racing Hart wheels in an attempt to make the NC look not too much heavier than NB8B. It had the world's most useless IHI turbo (and an evilly designed oil return pipe) so Mazda could say "look - our new non-turbo car is nearly as fast as our old turbo one!". Dealers were asked to turn the boost down from 8psi to 6psi at pre-delivery inspection to preserve the rods. The marketers even said it had less turns from lock to lock to give the impression it had a quick rack. But all they actually did was to increase the turning circle! Thank goodness the fire stopped them building too many of them. I fixed mine by building the engine, adding a 2871, sorting the suspension and brakes and going back to 15x8s. This made it a decent car.

Who cares about the loss of two small storage spaces when the PRHT is just so useful (and so much better than the RF)?

Open ventilation mode with lots of fan speed seems to do a decent job of creating positive air pressure in the cabin thus reducing the amount of air (and snow - really!) coming back into the car behind your neck.

NC cupholders in the door are in a dangerous place for the driver to use, so I use the one in the centre console and have a 3" extension on the gear lever so my coffee cup doesn't get in the way. There's a short shifter kit under the lever so the movement is the same as standard and feels even more satisfying.. I'm actually considering buzzing the cupholder off the door panel because some of my guest drivers with longer legs complain it hits their knee.

Of the four NCs I've owned (all PRHTs), one was an extremely boring standard car, then a more interesting BBR200, then a very interesting BBR300 stage two turbo 25AE in Soul Red and now a stripped out 80% track car with just breathing and suspension mods with maybe only 170-180hp. The 300 was the best all-round car I've owned. The conversion was really well done - so good that the 2860 turbo was almost silent and it drove like a well-sorted 3.7L V6. And only used the same amount of fuel as the other NCs.

But I still have a massive soft spot for my supercharged '92 V-special in BRG with tan leather.

Please explain the overlap in generation years NB and NC both in 2005 and NC and ND both in 2015?? According to Wikipedia

Doug DeMoron*

I’m in the process of buying an ND right now and would like to say the NC imo in some ways is a better looking car. New sub here, enjoying your channel 👍

I ordered the wood dash insert when I ordered my 2013 GT. It was installed by the dealer before I picked it up.
Also the bottle of "tire goop" is contained in the zippered case with the compressor and hose to gt the goop in the tire. Also contains a WARNING sticker that is to be placed on the steering wheel, reminding the driver to get that tire properly repaired.

De muro wears me out . I dont Watch him anymore .

Ah hem. My 2012 Touring has the suspension package with the limited slip diff and the Billsteins. So yeah, it was available for the Touring model rag top.

I think Doug was talking up this car for cars and bids and I’m not sure objectively as a business promotion.

This video caught my interest and started viewing your other videos. The comment on the last year for the NC Miata is also interesting. My 2015 NC identifies 9/14 manufacture date on nameplate, and I purchased it 11/14. Not sure why it is considered 2015 model, I wonder? I purchased the NC Miata once the preview of the ND came out...."super ugly". The ND just totally departed from the classic look of the first-generation Miata. I just did not like the streamline of the ND. It just seems it needed to be stretched out a little longer to have a nicer streamline that matches the roof height. I may be part of the few that finds the NC as super roadster with the length, width and height as proportional and well balance. Just fun to drive. To date, you may consider my NC as a garage Queen with only 16K miles under her belt. It is a 2015 Silver Grand Touring Hard Top with bolt-on mods: cold air intake, Super Q cat back exhaust, stiffer front and rear sway bars, LED head lights and 235/40 R17 Potenza R-11 tires with no wheel mod needed. Additionally, I have custom black vinyl striping kit which says "ZOOM ZOOM" on the hood bulge. At the moment, this car is immaculate and has no ding or road rash on wheels. However, since watching your videos, I am planning to do radio, coolant tank and suspension coil over replacements. This NC is just pure fun and low maintenance. In my opinion, If Mazda stays with the current ND streamline, the NC will become a classic....perhaps a collector car.

Surely the 25th Anniversary edition would be the most desirable? The window pillars had to be painted twice, red 1st and then close black. Tbe dash was hand painted. Why wasnt the 25th mentioned?

the NC PRHT is 1153Kg...oK so compared to the NA thats heavy but in the great scheme of things that is still light

Tyre sealant yep in both nc’s I have owned

I have an NC1 GT that I love to death. It now has lots of upgrades, including the Mazda wood dash.
They were very rare. It's not awful by any means. I like it. But it is quite dark. I had my tire inflation bottle also.
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One club specific bit that many are unaware of (and that I'm trying to find...if anyone has one...) is the cluster hood that tops the gauges.
The club got a shorter hood that gives a better sight line.

I have a 2012 retractable in black. People are always commenting on how nice it is. There is no other MX5 I would rather have than an NC.I find the new ones kind of ugly

fck the cubbies! :D Hello fellow 1 of 450! I was also originally looking at Club models until I found my SE. Question: are the 450 all a mix of white and red, or are there 450 white and 450 red? IIRC, yes, I got the bottle of tire goo

IMO the NC SE is the best looking Miata. Especially the yellow one the Canadians got.

I've always loved the styling of the NC Miata. When I got my 2020 ND2, I was honestly torn between getting an NC2 or NC3 or going for a brand new ND2. I miss my Miata every day.

crazy thing about the NC club is most the cars I find are auto's where most of the GT's are manual. You would think it would be the other way around. And yes Doug gets crazy stuff wrong with every video he makes yet people still take it as gospel. Mini's are my thing and good lord he murders all of those videos.

I have the fake wood😂 164k miles Grand Touring 2006. Nordic Green over Saddle interior.

Demuro is always wrong . He must be a self appointed but incompetent journalist in his spare time who knows nothing about cars, period. His opinions about cars he can throw in the waste. Completely useless. Perhaps he is just a clown.

LoL I watched his video before your video and I had called out all the same things too!! Lmao 🤣

2007 2.0 PRHT in UK, i have the emergency mobility kit, including the bottle. But it has an expiry date. Mine expired 10 years ago, but im keeping it, for the cars originality 😅