Dumb Question....

I have a 2000 Mazda Miata. I see references to MK I, MK II and MX-5.

Can someone tell me what the differences are? And if they would know
what I have (i.e. can you tell by the year or is there other
differences).

I know its a dumb question, but I thought I'd take a chance and
ask....

Thanks

On 2005-02-03, cassie > wrote:

> I have a 2000 Mazda Miata. I see references to MK I, MK II and MX-5.

MX-5 is the model name of the car everywhere except the US
(Miata) and Japan (Eunos).

I've never seen references to MK I and MK II, but I'm guessing
they rever to the two body styles pre-1998 and post-1998. I
find those are more often called M1 and M2 (which I guess are
obvious) or NA and NB (which are the two model ID digits from
the VIN).

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In article >,
cassie > wrote:

> I see references to MK I, MK II and MX-5.

MX-5 is another name for Miata. Only North American MX-5s are badged as
Miatas. In most of the rest of the world, they're all MX-5. In Japan,
it's called the Eunos Roadster. Many used Japanese cars find their way
to Australia, the UK, and other places where they need left hand drive.

The original body style, with pop-up headlights, is sometimes known as
the M1. The official Mazda model designation is NA.

The newer style, like yours, is the NB model, sometimes known as the M2.

The terms Mk. I and Mk. II never caught on, and don't have any
standardized meaning.

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> it's called the Eunos Roadster. Many used Japanese cars find their way
> to Australia, the UK, and other places where they need left hand drive.

Japanese, UK, Hong Kong, Australasia and I think South Africa cars are
actually Right hand drive mate,
We drive on the left (the right way though)






"Lanny Chambers" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> cassie > wrote:
>
>> I see references to MK I, MK II and MX-5.
>
> MX-5 is another name for Miata. Only North American MX-5s are badged as
> Miatas. In most of the rest of the world, they're all MX-5. In Japan,
> it's called the Eunos Roadster. Many used Japanese cars find their way
> to Australia, the UK, and other places where they need left hand drive.
>
> The original body style, with pop-up headlights, is sometimes known as
> the M1. The official Mazda model designation is NA.
>
> The newer style, like yours, is the NB model, sometimes known as the M2.
>
> The terms Mk. I and Mk. II never caught on, and don't have any
> standardized meaning.
>
> --
> Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
> '94C
> the alignment page:
> http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

In article >, "gixer" >
wrote:

> > it's called the Eunos Roadster. Many used Japanese cars find their way
> > to Australia, the UK, and other places where they need left hand drive.
>
> Japanese, UK, Hong Kong, Australasia and I think South Africa cars are
> actually Right hand drive mate,

Oops, brain fade. You are, of course, correct. I should've said,
"...where they drive on the wrong side of the road." :-)

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

Thanks for your answers. Much appreciated. Guess maybe it wasn't
such a dumb question after all?

again, thanks



On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:43:13 -0500, cassie >
wrote:

>I have a 2000 Mazda Miata. I see references to MK I, MK II and MX-5.
>
>Can someone tell me what the differences are? And if they would know
>what I have (i.e. can you tell by the year or is there other
>differences).
>
>I know its a dumb question, but I thought I'd take a chance and
>ask....
>
>Thanks
>