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2010 Mazda MX-5 Renderings Leaked By EU Patent Office

Someone at the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market, the EU agency responsible for registering trademarks, screwed up and let lose a series of photos of the facelifted replacement for the current generation Mazda MX-5. These renderings clearly show a few important design tweaks for the 2010 Mazda MX-5. Similar to the Mazda Kazamai, the new front bumper includes more angular details, a strong contrast to those on the smooth and round current generation.

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Spy Photos

10:40 AM on Wed Aug 13 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,278 views, 36 comments

Latest by Reiji: I always though the Miata has gotten uglier over time. I can't stand the current model - just awful. more »

2009 mazda mx-5

Mazdaspeed MX-5 A No-Go

Autoblog reported this weekend Mazda's put the kibosh on rumors of a Mazdaspeed version of the MX-5. Speculation was rampant the turbo 2.3-liter Mazdaspeed3 engine would end up under the hood of the MX-5, but apparently the fuel pump design makes the swap from transverse to longitudinal mounting prohibitively expensive. So what's a forced-induction fan with an MX-5 to do? More »

10:20 AM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Andrew Stoy
2,488 views, 27 comments

Latest by petersterncan: @vwminispeedster: Sure it'll be faster... faster for those not afraid to let it rev that is. It'll sound more interesting too. more »

custom cars

Miata Owner Gets Bored, Swaps In Jaguar V12

If you think a V8 in a Miata is an ambitious swap, just check out this guy's project. Yes, that's a 5.3-liter Jaguar V12, and if that wasn't enough, its fuel-injection system has been replaced with a project-car hell-worthy six-carburetor intake! Just listen to that baby purr.

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4:00 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Mark Arnold
11,960 views, 101 comments

Latest by n/a: As a former Miata owner, and a former Jaguar owner, I salute you. I loved the Miata, and Loved/Hated the Jag. more »

offbeat news

For Sale: Clean Mazda Miata, Slight Water Damage

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Solstice Crushes the Miata on CarDomain

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engine

Workhorse Engine of the Day: Mazda B

We tend to think about rotaries when we think about Mazda engines, but it would really be stretching the definition of "workhorse" to include Mazda's Wankel in this series (perhaps we will do a Supercool Screamin' Engine of the Day series at some point, just so we can rant on about RX-3s, Cosmos, etc.). However, Mazda has made some strong and reliable piston engines as well (just to show they're not philosophically opposed to reciprocating mass), and today we honor one such engine: the Mazda B series. They started making Bs in 1987, they're still making them today, and they've powered a staggeringly long list of makes and models, from Miatas to Escorts to Sephias. [Wikipedia]

2:30 PM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,125 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: I have no personal experience with this engine, only its big brother, the FE DOHC, but thats my choise of more »

replicas

Vintage JDM Mod: Making a Miata Look Like a Toyota 2000GT

Mister Carscoop and Los Jalopniks were like ships passing in the Frankfurt fog. While we never did affect an intercontinental pow-wow, we did get this bit from his site. It's a Toyota 2000GT. No, it's a Mazda Miata wearing a 2000GT getup. With Halloween approaching fast, we're betting this kit from Japan's Hiroshi will fly off the shelves. Those who follow vintage Japanese iron know the 2000GT as Toyota's first world-class GT. Only 361 2000GTs were built between 1967 and 1970, in contrast with eleventy gajillion Miatas. Pent-up demand does funny things to people. [via Carscoop]

5:15 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Mike Spinelli
4,241 views, 23 comments

Latest by athodyd: @Major-General: Because Kitty Suzuki didn't drive no Miata. This is the first body kit I've seen that didn't immediately make more »

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Mazda Miata Photochop Madness


A precarious mix of unemployment, Mazda Miatas, and photoshop could produce many things. A man named Moe took these three conditions and created a borderline disturbing but also funny collection of homemade chops. He's got everything from an Army issue Miata to a Zoom Zoom Zamboni. Extensive televison viewing seems to have also played a role. Tom Selleck and Wonder Woman are in there, but sadly there is no Columbo Miata. – Mike Bumbeck More »

2:00 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
6,245 views, 13 comments

Latest by moesrealm: Thanks a lot of the link to my site, I am glad you enjoyed my Photochops. I made a more »

news

SUPER BEIGE LEATHER POTENTIAL! Mazda MX-5 Blaze to Debut in Japan

JDM geeks, get out your marble notebooks and jot down another set of parameters from which to spec up your domestic Miatas, er, MX-5s. Mazda's launching a new edition of the roadster in Japan, the "Blaze" MX-5, which aims to put a more upscale spin on ol' faithful. The package includes with BBS alloys (17"); two exclusive colors, Radiant Ebony Mica or Highland Green Mica (consult your local paint guy for a substitute); additional chrome parts and a two-tone leather interior cast in beige and black. It'll be available for both cloth-top and retractable hardtop models. The price? Millions and millions of yen. – Mike Spinelli More »

8:29 AM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Mike Spinelli
483 views, 3 comments

Latest by ledwig: Agreed. I think the new MX-5 is almost as ugly as the wheels on this one. more »

weird

For the Love of: The Miatamino

It's been a while since we came across a Camino quite this fascinating. Note the added length, the optional hardtop and the downforce-inducing rear wing. Without that wing, we'd imagine this bugger would spin right off the globe. More »

9:51 AM on Mon Sep 18 2006
By Mike Spinelli
350 views, 8 comments

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Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mazda MX-5 Miata Power Retractable Hardtop, Part 3

Why You Should Buy This Car: You are passionate about driving. You like embarrassing Solstice drivers. Power slides are your thing. You drift in your sleep. You understand that for the money, this is the best car on the road. More »

Feature

1:00 PM on Fri Sep 1 2006
By Mike Spinelli
2,683 views, 23 comments

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Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mazda MX-5 Miata Power Retractable Hardtop, Part 2

Exterior Design: ****
She's a beaut. First of all, massive kudos to Mazda's design team for having the balls to let a Japanese car look like a Japanese car. No one is aping Germany here. The front end is the best Schnoz to spring from the land of Tentacle-Rape Anime since Commander Bond was driving Toyota's 2000GT in grease paint. Equal parts cichlid and pissed off samurai, the front of the new MX-5 is one of the very best in the business. The Solstice and the Quattroporte are its only competition head on. The side's good, too, what with the coiled arches, long, gorgeous fenders and appropriately sporty wheels. The brake calipers, however, look cheap and I would love a crease or two across the trunk. The rear is a reverse mullet — all business out back. Mine was even covered in Mazda Mille and faux-Ferrari stickers. Shame about the embarrassing "Zoom Zoom" ones. The roof rocks in the up position, too. More »

Feature

1:00 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Mike Spinelli
4,533 views, 19 comments

Latest by crimsontiger6: I have an 93 model MX-5 and even the new model wasn't tempting me untill the retractable hardtop came out, more »

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Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mazda MX-5 Miata Power Retractable Hardtop, Part 1

Despite being a megaseller and perennial favorite of pen-toting pistonheads, the Mazda Miata is still considered a chick car. Make that was. The new MX-5 resembles a lightweight power lifter — tiny but bulgy, with flared wheel arches rising out of the hood and the trunk, aggressive swells around the headlights and dual pipes poking out of a chiseled, muscular derriere. Even with all that metallic beef, a strategically placed Honda Civic can easily obscure the MX-5. Despite 77 extra pounds of hardtop, this welterweight, in pre-production trim, is just 2,575 lbs. And what a fabulous hardtop it is. More »

Feature

1:30 PM on Wed Aug 30 2006
By Mike Spinelli
4,987 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: Why does the part 2 link send me to the chevy hhr ss article part 2? I see what you more »

news

Think Global, Drive Local: Westfield's Recycled Mazda Kit Car

Got a rust-bucket Mazda MX-5, but you really want a Caterham? If you're in the UK, check out Westfield's MX5. The company took the running gear from a used last-gen Mazda and added its own kit body and components to create a kind of, well, Mazderham. But there's a twist to the story. Considering the UK's new "End of Life Vehicle regulations" (an environmental law that requires manufactures to pitch in to recycle old, valueless cars) the company is actually promoting environmental sensitivity. Kit-car building on old platforms, they say, is a form of recycling. We're not sure it'll wash over at Greenpeace, but it sounds like a good enough idea to us. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Jul 25 2006
By Mike Spinelli
2,535 views, 12 comments

Latest by Al Navarro: I've heard that the bike engines have a shorter shelf life. more »

news

Mazda to Get Hard: MX-5 with Retractable Top Will Drop at British Show

This wee missive just came down from the Mazda press office:
Mazda Motor Corporation will use the 2006 British International Motor Show for its global reveal of the new Mazda MX-5, now equipped with a power retractable hard top roof.
Word is the new version — to be known in the states as the Mazda MX-5 (Miata) Power Retractable Hard Top, or MMMPRHT — will cost $2,000 to $3,000 over the base MX-5's price tag and have little available trunk space. No word yet on the weight liability.
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8:10 AM on Tue Jun 20 2006
By Mike Spinelli
276 views, 6 comments

Latest by Mike Spinelli: C'mon, b33g33, keep up with the lame acronym jokes! more »

gossip

Does Mazda Have a 256hp MX-5 in the Works?

UK car mag Autocar says tongues are wagging about a new Mazdaspeed (MPS in Europe) MX-5 roadster that could have more than 250 horsepower. It's not known whether Maz will shoehorn in the 2.3-liter turbo mill that gives the Mazdaspeed3 its motivation, or whether it'll work from its existing 2.0-liter template. It'd be good news for Miataphiles, who'd likely be quite willing to put down their hair dryers long enough to test out that newly stiffened chassis, as propelled by a serious powerplant. (Oh, c'mon, we kid because we love.) More »

11:29 AM on Wed May 10 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,102 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: *Solstice! Curse you Gawker Media for your lack of an edit button! lol more »

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Undisputed Attitude: Miata Spots Apparently Not on NZ TV

Reader Peter hipped us to these MX-5 ads that supposedly didn't make it past somebody's Standards & Practices board. The first one's our favorite, but both made us giggle out loud. For anyone who grew up on Herbie flicks, this'll rank as good stuff. More »

10:54 PM on Mon May 1 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
100 views, 5 comments

Latest by RocketScientist: speaking of the streetKa cat ad... they could have a special 'Casino' version of that 2nd one. Squish. more »

news

Mazda Recalls '01-02 Miatas

Mazda's recalling 2001 and 2002 Miatas due to a cold-start emissions problem that could put the cars above federally-mandated smog standards. About 32,000 vehicles in the US are affected by the recall, the fix for which requires a new CPU program that should lower non-methane organic gas emissions by 26%. More »

5:07 PM on Thu Dec 8 2005
By Davey G. Johnson
222 views, 1 comment

Latest by Ayrton Senna: Yeah, the guys at Miata.net have been flipping out over this recall all week. Many of them have standalone ECU's more »

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