Reviewers strongly agree on its handling and fun to drive, but split on performance and daily drivability.
Performancesplit
“it's still like 133 horsepower my s2000 is 200 horsepower so that's a hundred horsepower and there's no way to overcome that” ▶ 3:37 Zygrene “It builds and builds all the way to 7,000 RPM. It's a really good sounding engine.” ▶ 1:46 Hagerty “I can't believe you can just go 100 in this miata” ▶ 7:44 Tedward Handlingconsensus
“the steerings lovely tactile you know everything that's going on with the front end there's a lovely sense of communication” ▶ 2:15 Fifth Gear “this is a great great handling car it's it's much better handling than a stock S2000” ▶ 10:47 Zygrene “Because the weight hasn't changed, you can still enjoy it in the corners just as much as before but with all that extra power and torque.” ▶ 9:23 Hagerty Fun to drivestrong consensus
“every day you commute with this car, it is fun.” ▶ 2:50 Regular Car Reviews “well it's a riot” ▶ 2:15 Fifth Gear “The car is so so fun. I love the way Sean has set this up. It has so much feedback.” ▶ 10:38 Zygrene Daily drivabilitysplit
“the suspension is on the bumpier side... there was quite a bit of jerkiness jerky bounciness” ▶ 9:49 Zygrene “i'm gonna be straight up this car totally overkill you do not need 440 horsepower in an enemy miata” ▶ 9:48 Tedward “This road's bumpy but it's still comfortable.” ▶ 11:44 Hagerty Valuesplit
“on the used car market today you can pick them up for as low as £5,000” ▶ 2:50 Fifth Gear “I could have bought a S2000” ▶ 7:30 Zygrene “I'm so aware that so many of the RestoMods and the cars in general that I drive are out of reach for so many, me included really. But this, this feels attainable.” ▶ 1:27 Hagerty Where reviewers split · Performance3 say · liveable“It builds and builds all the way to 7,000 RPM. It's a really good sounding engine.”Hagerty ▶ 1 say · critical“it's still like 133 horsepower my s2000 is 200 horsepower so that's a hundred horsepower and there's no way to overcome that”Zygrene ▶ Where reviewers split · Daily drivability2 say · liveable“This road's bumpy but it's still comfortable.”Hagerty ▶ 2 say · critical“the suspension is on the bumpier side... there was quite a bit of jerkiness jerky bounciness”Zygrene ▶ Where reviewers split · Value4 say · liveable“on the used car market today you can pick them up for as low as £5,000”Fifth Gear ▶ 1 say · critical“I could have bought a S2000”Zygrene ▶ 
