# Mazda throwing support to 1st gen Miata owners **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831 "2017-08-11T11:30:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831/1 "2017-08-11T11:30:15Z")
> **[This Is Not A Drill: Mazda Is Officially Restoring Original Miatas](https://jalopnik.com/this-is-not-a-drill-mazda-is-officially-restoring-orig-1797541485)** > > Did you wake up feeling different this morning? Like your alarm buzzer’d been replaced by a chorus of singing angels? That wasn’t in your head, it was coming from Japan, where Mazda has announced it’s going to start officially restoring first-gen... ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_B](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paul_b/32/5452_2.png) [@Paul\_B](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paul_B)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831/2 "2017-08-11T14:36:07Z")
This makes me enjoy Mazda and the Miata so much more. ---
**Author:** ![Bakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bakes/32/7469_2.png) [@Bakes](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bakes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831/3 "2023-09-27T17:49:03Z")
I wonder if Nissan is still offering this, 3 yrs later? > **[Nissan NISMO launches factory restoration program for Skyline GT-R](https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/13/skyline-gt-r-factory-restoration/)** > > It will cost $433,000 but the car will be like or better than new. I wish Honda would reach back into the archives! ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831/4 "2023-09-27T22:58:57Z")
I wish they offered something like this for the Z32… and for much less money, lol ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831/5 "2023-09-28T00:07:57Z")
> [@Onyx\_Z32](#): > > I wish they offered something like this for the Z32… and for much less money, lol > **[What Happened To All The Datsun 240Zs Nissan Restored In The 1990s?](https://jalopnik.com/what-happened-to-all-the-datsun-240zs-nissan-restored-i-1583370936)** > > Back in 1997, anyone could walk into a Nissan dealership, slap down a few greenbacks and drive home in a brand-new 1970 or 1971 Datsun 240Z. And they didn't even need a wormhole to the early '70s, or an 88-mph Delorean, thanks to Nissan's Vintage Z... 1997-1970 = 27 years 1990+27 years = 2017 overdue man. Crazy to think when I first saw the restoration program in magazine, I was like, no way that car is soooooooooooooo OLD! But, that’s cool, my dad had one that was trampled buy a horse. So that statement would make the Z32 sooooooooooo OLD + 6 years. Fuck, I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mazda-throwing-support-to-1st-gen-miata-owners/274831/6 "2023-09-28T11:14:05Z")
I love that, but would fully expect the cost to be closer to the Skyline restorations. The closest thing I’ve seen so far are shops in CA taking modded examples and adding back on removed EGR and other emissions components. This is just to meet CA regulations so they’re drivable in the state. 😶