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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Full disclosure: I write for thetruthaboutcars.com, and while I had no say in the process (the readers nominate and vote on the cars. And I was too lazy busy to help narrow down the list), I did write two of the blurbs — Mazda MX-5 Miata and Honda Fit. Two most excellent cars, I might [...]
Thanks to the slippery fingers over at EU’s Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (kinda like a copy right office), we’ve gotten a good look at Mazda’s planned update for their iconic roadster. The good news is all of the good-looking parts of the current body style remain, including the pronounced fender flares and [...]
The Japanese automaker has set a self-imposed deadline of 2015 to have a completely revised, more fuel efficient line-up. So far Mazda has focused on ditching extra poundage in order to glean more miles per out of their fleet, but over the next few years direct injection and start-stop technology will work its way into [...]
So says Autoblog. According to Mazda’s PR man Jeremy Barnes, the 2.3-liter direct injected turbo that kicks mucho booty in various states of tune under the hoods of the CX-7, Mazdaspeed 3 and Mazdaspeed 6 simply will not fit in the diminutive Miata. Well, the engine will fit, but unless they cut a hole in [...]
