This is an MX-5 desert racer on 27in tyres: watch new American Tuned

What’s the perfect two-car garage? Writer and adventurer Emme Hall would argue a second-gen Mazdaspeed Miata and a matching Miata on big 27-inch knobbly tyres for off-roading.

Emme takes Rob on a trip through Yucca Valley’s backroads in the car she affectionately calls “Buddy", fitted with a shorter rear-differential, big skid plate, and just enough suspension travel to get into the good kind of trouble.

Is this the most fun you can have in a Japanese budget-friendly sports car?