I understand the Dodge Hellcat. You sit down there and realize: Yeah, the engineers just asked themselves one day, "Isn't that too much horsepower?" and decided to test it.

And the MX-5?

A small Mazda, two seats, a naturally aspirated two-liter engine, rear-wheel drive, and about as much aggression as my morning coffee.

I know the argument: "It's light! It handles great! It's all about feel!"

Yeah, I get the concept. Mazda, from the very beginning, built the MX-5 around lightness, rear-wheel drive, and the idea of ​​"car and driver as one."

But I still look at it and think: SO WHAT? 😭

Where's that moment when you start the car and realize some minor disaster is about to unfold?

I grew up on stories about the RX-8, rotors, weird Japanese engineers, and cars that seemed to deliberately create problems for people.

And here it's "let's make a lightweight roadster that corners beautifully."

Very nice.

But where's the madness?

Maybe I'm just missing something.