The retro-inspired special-edition could be one ... that’s been available on and off since the first-generation NA MX-5 Miata ...

Hirai insisted the new convertible have an easy-to-use cloth top that could be dropped without leaving the driver’s seat. Mazda unveiled the fruit of these efforts, the NA Miata, in 1989.

Its design philosophy embraced the Japanese concept of Jinba ittai (“person and horse as one body”), effectively describing a quick, nimble two-seat ... NA’s production life. The Miata ...