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2006 Mazda MX-5: Scratching the surface

2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata A pillar - Erin Riches

One area in which I can't give our long-term MX-5 a bye is interior plastics quality. The questionable pebble-grain stuff on the Miata's pillars and dash was easier to overlook when the cheaply outfitted Solstice was in the fleet. Now almost 19,000 miles on, reality is showing through in the form of ugly scratches on the driver-side A-pillar and glovebox.

2006 Mazda MX-5 glovebox - Erin Riches

Maybe an interior detail would help mask the blemishes, but there's no getting rid of them entirely.

Erin Riches, Senior Content Editor, 18,723 miles

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