Glenn Roberts of Fountain Hills, Ariz., with his 25th anniversary Mazda MX-5 Miata and Mac Hughes, district sales manager.
Glenn Roberts flew in from the Phoenix suburb of Fountain Hills, Ariz., to Richardson to buy a car recently. Really.
Roberts special-ordered a 2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata 25th anniversary model, one of only 100 available. He arrived by plane at Love Field in Dallas and was picked up shuttle from Town North Mazda in Richardson.
“He was pretty impressed with the vehicle and dealership,” said Alex Tsvang, Town North Mazda’s new car sales manager.
Tsvang said that in his 17 years he’s been with Mazda, it’s the furthest anyone has traveled to pick up a car.
The special edition car has different paint, leather and other details that make it distinct from the standard Miata, Tsvang said. It sells for about $33,000, about $3,000 more than a standard model.
Roberts started filling out paperwork to have the car shipped to Arizona, but was so impressed that he decided to drive it back, Tsvang said.
“He said, ‘Oh, man. I want to drive it now,”’ Tsvang said.