Mazda MX-5 Miata News
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The 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata will be unveiled in less than a month.
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata To Debut On September 3, 2014: Video
The next MX-5 will go back to its roots.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata 25th Anniversary Edition Sells Out In 10 Minutes
Mazda’s 'NC' MX-5 Miata is set to be replaced by an all-new model next year, but the current one is still proving popular. A special anniversary model celebrating the nameplate’s 25 years on the market went on sale recently and all 100 cars earmarked for the U.S. were claimed in just 10...
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Mazda MX-5 To Enter Nürburgring 24 Hours As Part Of 25th Anniversary Celebrations
Mazda will be taking its MX-5 Miata to the Nürburgring next month for the annual 24-hour race that takes place on the arduous German race track. The move is part of Mazda’s 25th anniversary celebrations this year for the MX-5, and to mark the current-generation NC model’s departure...
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Huet Brothers Readying New Sports Car Based On 2016 Mazda MX-5
A couple of years ago we brought you details on a Dutch firm by the name of Huet Brothers that was working on new sports car that combined retro styling with modern mechanicals. Simply labeled the Huet Brothers Coupe, the new sports car was due to go on sale this year but now that release date has...
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2015 Mazda MX-5 Priced From $24,765, 25th Anniversary Edition From $33,000
Mazda has launched a pre-order program for its 2015 MX-5 Miata 25th Anniversary Edition, which made its debut last month at the 2014 New York Auto Show. As its name suggests, the new special edition celebrates the 25 years since the launch of the original ‘NA’ MX-5 back in 1989 but it...
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Mazda will launch a new generation of its MX-5 Miata next year but to see off the current version, as well as celebrate the nameplate’s 25th anniversary this year, the Japanese automaker has launched a new special edition. The car is based on the current, third-generation MX-5 and is called the MX-5 Miata 25th Anniversary Edition. It makes its world debut today at the 2014 New York Auto Show and will be going on sale this spring as a 2015 model. Only 100 examples are earmarked for the U.S. so spotting one in the wild won’t be easy. You’ll be able to recognize the car by its...
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2016 Mazda MX-5's SkyActiv Chassis Previewed In New York
It's been 25 years since the Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car was unveiled at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show, but Mazda has chosen to celebrate the model at this year's New York Auto Show. It has done so by bringing at least part of the next-generation vehicle along to tease enthusiasts. That part is...
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Next-Gen Mazda MX-5 To Sport Radical New Look: Report
This year marks the 25th year of Mazda's evergreen MX-5 sports car. It's been a huge success story for the Japanese automaker--over 900,000 units have been produced over the past 25 years, across three generations of car--a much longer shelf life than most vehicles in the industry. The car's 26th...
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Mazda May Show Next-Gen MX-5 Chassis At New York Auto Show
Yesterday we told you that Mazda would be celebrating the past 25 years of its MX-5 Miata sports car at the 2014 New York Auto Show next month, and that there would be 15 significant models on display spanning concepts, race cars and production cars. Now we’ve learned that we may just get a...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mazda Celebrating 25 Years Of The MX-5 Miata At The 2014 New York Auto Show
Mazda will display 15 significant MX-5 models at the 2014 New York Auto Show.
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Mazda MX-5 Driver Takes Porsches, BMWs, Hondas To Task: 15 Passes On First Lap
There are many things that make oval-track racing more conducive to huge audiences than road racing, not least of which is that the track is always visible to people in the stands, and so, too, are the passes. Fortunately the Internet exists, to let us see acts of greatness like this first lap from...
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Despite plans for a new Alfa Romeo convertible to be built by Mazda on the bones of its next-generation MX-5 Miata being finalized last year, Sergio Marchionne, the head of Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat Chrysler, reportedly wants a major rethink of the project. Automotive News (subscription required), citing insider sources, is reporting that Alfa Romeo will miss out on the Mazda-based convertible while another Fiat Chrysler brand, most likely Fiat or the Abarth performance brand, will receive it instead. Marchionne reportedly wants Alfa Romeos to be built in Italy exclusively, and he's...
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Jay Leno Looks Back At 25 Years Of The Mazda MX-5 Miata: Video
The Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car has just turned 25, and Mazda is gearing up for a whole year of celebrations that will culminate with the unveiling of a fourth-generation model, the ND, sometime in the near future. Car aficionado and an MX-5 owner himself Jay Leno decided to host his own...
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Mazda Celebrates 25 Years Of The MX-5 Miata: Video
On February 9, 1989, the world was introduced to the very first generation of Mazda’s MX-5 Miata convertible sports car at the Chicago Auto Show. That first MX-5, the NA, then went on to win rave reviews from many of the top magazines and would eventually spawn two successors. Now, a fourth...
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The Answer Really Is Always Miata: Video
As a Miata owner myself, I am biased, I admit. But that doesn't change the reality of the matter. The Miata is always the answer, no matter the question. Here, you can see Matt Farah on a Drive visit with an NC CJ Wilson race car and a Lexus V-8-powered NA street Miata built and owned by team...
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Spy Shots
Motor Authority's spy photographers have just scored new images of what could be the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata, the next-generation of the popular roadster and the basis of a new Alfa Romeo Spider. Wearing a current-generation MX-5 body, the mule has bodywork add-ons that suggest the future hard points...
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Mazda MX-5 GT Races Towards Production
Detractors of Mazda's evergreen MX-5 sports car often come back to one point: It just doesn't have enough power. Fans of the car would disagree, but we're sure nobody will complain at the news, via Auto Express, that Mazda's MX-5 GT concept is set for production. The car, developed by race...
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Those who spend their free time at a race track are always looking for a few things out of life. A way to improve their driving lines and skill, someone to help offset the cost of tires and fuel, and a machine that's well suited to a life spent apexing from one turn to the next. The easy answer for those on a budget is always the Mazda MX-5 Miata. There are, however, a few alternatives... and one of them just happens to start with the MX-5 as platform to build upon. Enter the Bauer Catfish. The team at Bauer have started with the already-out-there idea of shoving a V-8 engine into the...
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Record Gathering Of Mazda MX-5 Miatas Descend Upon Dutch City
Mazda set a new world record over the weekend for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. A total of 683 MX-5s joined a procession organized by the automaker in Lelystad, the Netherlands, forming the longest parade of driving Mazdas ever and shattering the...
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Mazda Aims To Set New World Record Using MX-5 Miata
Mazda is hoping to set a new world record for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. The Japanese automaker is in the process of organizing a gathering of as many as 800 MX-5s at a meet in Lelystad, the Netherlands, on June 15, 2013. The MX-5, of course, is...
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Diesel Engine Mulled For Next-Gen Mazda MX-5: Report
There are all manner of rumors concerning the next-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata, with reports claiming the car will feature a compact turbocharged engine, tip the scales at less than 2,200 pounds and perhaps even offer a dual-clutch transmission. What we do know is that the car will be based on a...
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Chris Harris Rants On The MX-5... Again: Video
Esteemed moto-journalist Chris Harris doesn’t like the Mazda MX-5 Miata. In an now-famous article, Harris shot down the MX-5 as a sports car, calling it “just a way of being exposed to the elements.” Worse, he penned that the MX-5 “drives with all the precision of a boneless...
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Future Mazda MX-5 Rumors: Coming 2015, 200-HP 1.3-Liter Turbo
Like us, you've probably been tracing the projected path of Mazda's next-generation MX-5 for years. Whether you thought the third-gen NC MX-5 was a step in the right direction or not, the fourth-gen car is shaping up to be very interesting indeed. We already know that the next MX-5 will be shared...
Nelson Ireson