How’s this for a time warp? The ever-lovable Miata is two decades old this year, and to celebrate the occasion Mazda is inviting 200 hairdressers owners to the 24 hours of Le Mans. The company has set aside a spot for every single one of the tiny drop-tops, and the lucky drivers will get a [...]

I. Maserati added an all-new ZF automatic to the option list for the Gran Turismo S. The tranny was released in the flagship coupe at Geneva, the same venue Maser used to debut the car itself last year. The new six-cog ‘box should solve some gripes that the old manual-based paddle shift trans was too [...]

Mazda finally pulled its revised Miata out from hiding at the Chicago Auto Show. The company has stuck to the same old song and dance for the roadster – which doesn’t hurt our feelings. There’s a negligible bump in horsepower and the car’s redline gets a nudge to 7,200 rpm. The six-speed manual box also [...]

That lucky [censored] devil Peter Lyon over at Inside Line went to Japan and drove the 2010 Mazda Miata. Besides the pretty/good looking/cd lowering face lift, the other newness includes Bilsteins off the  MX-5 NR-A (a Japanese market racing spec Miata). This improves cornering and high speed stability (though Peter says it harshens the ride). I [...]

Never underestimate what a man, money and a garage can do. For example: a first-gen Mazda Miata powered by a Jaguar V12. This guy gets a permanent slot in the Fiend hall of fame. There’s a full year in rebuilding the V12 alone, not to mention the unbelievable amount of fabrication that went into this [...]

Its official in Japan. Mazda has launched the MX-5 Miata’s facelift, complete with a retractable hard top. The car remains largely unchanged from the model the company unwrapped in Paris, meaning the new front fascia, 2.0-liter 4-cylinder and subtle interior changes pretty much wrap up the deal. That’s no crying shame in our book, as [...]

Say you want a Morgan — the classic and gorgeous British sports car. But you don’t want to spend the crazy money, and for all the Morgan’s charms, you don’t know if you can handle a car made at least a little bit of wood. While Morgans are great to drive, they still go like [...]

Wow. Damn. Dude. OK, so there’s a LeMons team out in here in California called “Eyesore Racing.” We call ‘em “The Pimps” because of their unprecentedly awesome last car, the Eyesore Pimping CRX. Well, we can forget all that pimp shit as these boys have simply changed the game. You are looking at the Ghettorcharged [...]

After an avalanche of leaked images, we finally get a good solid look at the Miata’s new style. While the gaping front fascia gives the car a doofy Nagare look up front, the redesigned 17 inch wheels give the little roadster a nice shot of testosterone. The tweaks to the car’s exterior are the easiest to [...]

Well, well, well — what do we have here? Looks like a Miata with an extended snout. We all saw the ghostly renderings of the 2010 Miata that Mazda had to supply the EU Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market with. And according to a Spanish site called km77.com and my old chums at Jalopnik, this here is [...]