Mazda: MX-5 News
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Should've gone with that other design from the autobild pic.
#100
The sizzle in the Steak
WOW.....this thing looks like it BARELY evolved.....BORING!
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Mazda MX-5 -- Source: Autoweek
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The third-generation MX-5 roadster will debut. U.S. sales begin in the spring, and European sales start in August. The rear-drive car is sold here as the MX-5 Miata. The redesigned two-passenger convertible is slightly larger than the current model. The interior is more spacious and features higher quality materials. The rear end is flatter and wider to accommodate a larger trunk.
The third-generation MX-5 roadster will debut. U.S. sales begin in the spring, and European sales start in August. The rear-drive car is sold here as the MX-5 Miata. The redesigned two-passenger convertible is slightly larger than the current model. The interior is more spacious and features higher quality materials. The rear end is flatter and wider to accommodate a larger trunk.
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Giddyup! Mazda unbridles its third-generation MX-5 Miata at Geneva - -- By NATALIE NEFF - - Source: Autoweek
Sixteen years and 700,000 units ago, Mazda launched its back-to-basics Miata onto a roadster-hungry public. And while the aging two-seater, last redesigned in 1998, still finds favor among legions of driving purists the world over, Mazda felt that it was about time to give the fun little sports car a much-needed makeover.
This third-generation car, which debuts in early March at the Geneva motor show, will draw power from a new 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder, up from a 1.8-liter engine in the Miata today. The bigger engine will turn out about 20 more horses as well, reaching upward of 160 hp. The torque climbs to about 140 lb-ft.
Shifting duty will fall to one of two six-speed units, either a manual or automatic with a shift-it-yourself-via-paddles option.
Physically the Miata has grown in just about every measurable dimension, with a 2.6-inch longer wheelbase, as well as a 3.0-inch wider front track and 2.1-inch wider rear track. Overall length and height have increased nominally, each by just 0.8 inch, but the Miata is now measurably wider, by 1.6 inches.
That extra width comes courtesy of a departure in styling for the little roadster, which for the first time abandons its characteristic Coke-bottle shape for a more RX-8-like design, complete with flatter flanks and bulbous front fenders. The additional space afforded by this move not only benefits passengers with more hip and shoulder room, but also allows for the addition of side-impact airbags.
Look for a more complete review of the new Miata closer to the car’s on-sale date, which Mazda says will be sometime later this year.
This third-generation car, which debuts in early March at the Geneva motor show, will draw power from a new 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder, up from a 1.8-liter engine in the Miata today. The bigger engine will turn out about 20 more horses as well, reaching upward of 160 hp. The torque climbs to about 140 lb-ft.
Shifting duty will fall to one of two six-speed units, either a manual or automatic with a shift-it-yourself-via-paddles option.
Physically the Miata has grown in just about every measurable dimension, with a 2.6-inch longer wheelbase, as well as a 3.0-inch wider front track and 2.1-inch wider rear track. Overall length and height have increased nominally, each by just 0.8 inch, but the Miata is now measurably wider, by 1.6 inches.
That extra width comes courtesy of a departure in styling for the little roadster, which for the first time abandons its characteristic Coke-bottle shape for a more RX-8-like design, complete with flatter flanks and bulbous front fenders. The additional space afforded by this move not only benefits passengers with more hip and shoulder room, but also allows for the addition of side-impact airbags.
Look for a more complete review of the new Miata closer to the car’s on-sale date, which Mazda says will be sometime later this year.
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Originally Posted by gavriil
The Sky will kill this Miata. Watch.
It will have 170/170 at the onset and in Detroit I spoke to one of the Sky engineers. He hinted at at 220+ hp version in the not too distant future.
#107
Those close up pics of the orange center console are disappointing. The plastic looks so cheap.
#112
The two-tone interior looks great in the far away pics, but when you get up close it's a little cheap-looking. Even so, I think they have the Solstice/Sky beat there.
Power is another story... Mazdaspeed?
Power is another story... Mazdaspeed?
#113
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Is it that much bigger?? Or are they using midgets as models?
#114
Originally Posted by cusdaddy
160/140 = meh... The Sky/Solstice have this outclassed now
I wouldn't be so sure, the Miata will be ~500lbs lighter than the Sky or Solstice.
#115
I just noticed the integrated cupholders in the doors. Nifty idea.
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I cant beleve thats it....but its like the difference from 97-98, realy nothing much to get excited about....if i was gonna get a miata, id just try and get a good deal on one now before the new one comes out...maby you could get a good deal on a mazdaspeed one. But i hate to say it, but id RATHER own a saturn then a mazda....what is this world coming too!!!!
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Originally Posted by heyitsme
I wouldn't be so sure, the Miata will be ~500lbs lighter than the Sky or Solstice.
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But i hate to say it, but id RATHER own a saturn then a mazda....what is this world coming too!!!!
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Originally Posted by cusdaddy
160/140 = meh... The Sky/Solstice have this outclassed now