Daily driving a soft-top convertible during a Nordic winter

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:37:49 +0300

I started writing this note on April 20th, a date when a “false spring” in Finland should already be mostly over and a comeback of winter is unlikely (not impossible, though).

When I decided to buy a Mazda MX-5, also known as a Miata, in 2025, one of my concerns was a soft top versus the Finnish winter. While I did my search on the internet, I usually either saw posts from people using their Miatas as a second car for occasional winter events or posts from people who live in climate zones where winter temperatures are much milder than in Finland. I didn’t find much about driving Miatas in -10°C to -20°C daily. Therefore, now that I’ve been driving a Miata during the 2025–2026 winter season, I want to share my experience of how it feels when an MX-5 is your daily driver.

Mx5 on Oleg Kozlov

Daily driving a soft-top convertible during a Nordic winter