---
title: "Buy This Longtail Fastback Top and Make Your Mazda Miata Look Like a Le Mans Racer"
description: "You don't need McLaren money to have a lovely longtail sports car."
date: "2021-04-29"
modified: "2021-04-29"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/40388/buy-this-longtail-fastback-top-and-make-your-mazda-miata-look-like-a-le-mans-racer"
categories:
  - "Mazda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "Convertible"
  - "mazda"
  - "miata"
---

# Buy This Longtail Fastback Top and Make Your Mazda Miata Look Like a Le Mans Racer

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/04/PSX_20200825_173048.jpg>)
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Stick a fastback on a Mazda Miata, and you've got a car that could pass for a pint-sized [Dodge Viper](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31889/the-very-first-dodge-viper-ever-made-fetches-over-285k-at-auction>). Perhaps the only way to further improve such a handsome little sports car would be to turn the exotic touches up another notch, with something like a wide body, or even something like a Le Mans-style longtail. You don't need to know how to beat panels to pull off a longtail Miata, either, as there's now an available fastback conversion that includes some of those extra tail feathers.

This terrific little Miata top is made by [Renderos Racing](<https://www.instagram.com/renderosracing/>) for the second-generation (NB) Miata from a combo of fiberglass and polycarbonate, used in place of glass for the windows. The result is a roof skin weighing 38 pounds, or roughly the same as the folding soft-top mechanism—something we know y'all Miata owners with your every-ounce fixation care about.

![message-editor%2F1619711688700-rsw-2600h-1600-2.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1619711688700-rsw-2600h-1600-2.jpeg>)
*Renderos Racing Miata longtail fastback, *Rennwaffen**

At least one user of this top has combined their elongated fastback with custom rear fenders for a more complete, aerodynamically functional longtail, one that looks ready for the Mulsanne Straight. Going by the hashtags hinting at [a Honda K-series](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14960/watch-this-all-wheel-drive-honda-civic-with-a-turbo-k20-runs-sevens>) under the hood, it might even outrun a few cars in this year's Le Mans field in a straight line.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJFV80wniDn

As you should expect from handmade bodywork, these longtail roofs don't come cheap. Their retailer [Rennwaffen](<https://www.rennwaffen.com/gfp/longtail>) asks $1,900 apiece for the bare shell, minus the latches recommended for installation. It's not a bolt-on either, as it requires structural support like a roll bar or cage, so there'll be some DIY involved. Then again, if your Miata race car is [already so developed](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/39643/1990-mazda-miata-na-with-a-silverado-engine-and-twin-turbos-is-drag-race-ready>) that you're considering extreme aero mods like a longtail, that kind of elbow grease probably isn't beyond you.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJXgry4nGJW

*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)