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The world's number one roadster
Already the world's favourite roadster, the all-new Mazda MX-5 takes unmistakable design, irresistible dynamism and an affinity with the road into a new dimension.
Enjoy your senses. Chrome. Leather. Air. Asphalt!
The latest Mazda MX-5 represents a proud moment for Mazda. It fuses contemporary design trends with traditional values. Sat at the wheel, you feel a sense of synergy with your car. You're both ready for fun. And you look it, too.
Exterior Design
Looking ready for fun
Looking at the athletic, muscular form of the next generation, you get a feel for the power within. It's solid-looking, but built with fun in mind. If you lust after driving pleasure, then this is your car.
Our aerodynamic design helps heighten the sporty performance. Driving at speed, there's a feeling of pace and stability. This enhances the sense of oneness between you and your Mazda MX-5. Together, you can handle anything.
Detailed aluminium wheels, a more classic looking roof and countless sports car touches, everywhere there are design flourishes that increase your on-road enjoyment. Because when you look this good, you feel great inside.
Interior design
Deep down comfort
On the road you want clear, uncomplicated driving fun. Our interior reflects this. It's free from unnecessary distractions - leaving you to concentrate on what you enjoy most: the pleasures of roadster driving.
The cabin is snug and comfortable. Above the shoulderline, you share that Mazda MX-5 feel of top-down openness. Below it, your eyes linger on the clear, neat instrument panel. Or maybe the centre console, the backbone of the interior. Simple, strong and refined, these both embellish the sporty appearance.
Our trim packages add to the warm feeling inside. For something more sporty and hi-tech, there's black leather. And for a simple, effective feel, look no further than our monotone trim package.
Handles like a dream
Shift. Accelerate. Shift. Brake. Accelerate!
The torquey, lightweight Mazda MX-5 is always fun to drive. We pride ourselves on its lively performance. Powerful engines and our renowned short-stroke, snick-snick shift action transmissions feel - and sound - like a genuine sports car should.
Fun to drive
Hands on Mazda fun!
The way a transmission behaves is central to the personality of a lightweight sports car. Here, you feel like the gear box is an extension of your own persona. Whatever you want it to do, it will - and then some!
With its emphasis on linear control the Mazda MX-5 has a real fun-to-drive character. Five and six-speed manual transmissions work with minimum effort, giving maximum performance - and maximum driving pleasure, too.
There's a similarly responsive feel to the six-speed manual transmission. Ergonomically designed shift strokes are deliberately short and direct, giving you that natural feel that's there in all true sports car driving.
Lively performance
The power behind the performance
You don't need to thrash a Mazda MX-5 to get a rousing performance. With our MZR-series engines, it's guaranteed.
Listen to your Mazda MX-5. You can hear a reassuring growl, a lively deep-throated rumble that's found in all true sports cars.
We've moved the engine closer to the centre of gravity. Not only does this give you greater pedal manipulation, it also means increased driving control.
With both the 1.8 and 2.0-litre petrol engines, you get a torquey responsive drive. These were designed for on-road fun - something that's at the heart of everything we believe in.
Lightness
Why every gram counts
Simply driving fast doesn't guarantee enjoyment. It's the actions of driving, the dynamics of the whole experience that give you the most pleasure. And performance can be enhanced through lightness rather than sheer engine power.
Why is lightness so crucial? Because running, turning and stopping depend on it. When low weight combines with our optimised body rigidity and new high-strength light steel and aluminium, then the 'driver and car as one' dynamic, really comes into its own.
With the new Mazda MX-5 lightness was a main priority. We made every gram count. As you feel how great driving this new car is, you'll appreciate why.
Driving Made Easier
Close door. Open roof. Turn key. Push pedal. Go!
Driving a sports car should always feel thrilling. It should get the heart thumping - for all the right reasons. That's why we've done everything to make your drive as easy as possible. There's nothing to distract you. Leaving you to fully concentrate on how you and your Mazda MX-5 take on the road.
Top-down ease
Totally hassle-free top-down driving
Our new Z-folding soft top comes in cloth and vinyl. It can be closed, latched and opened with minimum effort, thanks to our weight saving design and an easy-to-use single central lock. This lightness adds to the overall sense of oneness you feel with this car: the smooth opening and closing action quite almost natural.
For a more coupe-like appearance, there's also our detachable hard top. Available as an accessory from your local Mazda dealer, this is intuitively integrated into the car's contours. It benefits from each side lock having a safety lever, so the hooks can't operate until you decide to use them.
User-oriented spaces
Intuitive, intelligent spacing throughout
Sometimes, you want to judge reach out and grab something. No hassle, no awkward stretching and no distractions. With our user-oriented spacing, that's precisely what you can do.
We researched what objects sports car drivers carry most: and designed the Mazda MX-5 accordingly. Right throughout the car - dashboard, trim through to the lockable glove box - everything has been intuitively positioned and sized. While the boot, containing a puncture repair kit rather than a cumbersome spare wheel, has an impressive capacity of 150 litres of room.
Adjustable driver position
Every movement comes naturally
Your driving position is crucial to how you interact with your car. Get it wrong and driving can be painful; get it right, like we have, then driving becomes more than a pleasure. How you sit in a Mazda MX-5 will feel natural; how you drive will come naturally, too.
Operating the steering wheel, gears and pedals will all come instinctively to you. And heel-and-toe driving, with easy pedal to pedal movement, couldn't be easier. Especially now that not only can you adjust the driving position to suit you. And with more cabin space, you've increased room to manoeuvre. Sat in your Mazda MX-5, it feels like every movement, every action, is an extension of something you yourself would do.
No worries whatsoever
Put your mind at rest
Rest assured, in a Mazda MX-5 you're always in safe hands. A rigid body structure, pillar reinforcements and well-positioned airbags offer comprehensive protection against impact. And great visibility lines and advanced technology give you more time to avoid any collisions.
Plus you've increased driving command now that Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) is standard on 2.0-litre models. This always comes with a Traction Control System (TCS), heightening the control you have - precisely when you need it most.
Meanwhile an immobilizer is fitted as standard, while there is also the burglar-alarm*** and Remote Central Locking: all helping protect your car from theft. All round protection, all the time: for you and your car.
*** burglar-alarm is fitted as standard in the UK
Enjoy the ride
Left. Right. Left. Right. No worries...!
Open-top driving is all about feeling in touch with your surroundings and enjoying the sunshine and fresh air. By controlling the effect of the wind you can experience all this and more, while still feeling like you're inside a cool, comfortable cabin environment.
Open top comfort
Less turbulence, more comfort
At the wheel of your Mazda MX-5, you want to experience that 'wind in the hair' feeling at its best. So any turbulence or extreme heat or cold is definitely a nuisance.
That's why our designers worked so hard to refine our cabin's wind-control performance. A relatively high deck helps cut out the wind. So too does our newly designed 'mesh' aero board, which minimises the annoyance of air flowing from the back of the car.
Meanwhile our compact, well-louvred climate-control unit gives you ambient temperatures between 10*C and 30*C - with the option of automatic control available. This increases the amount of top-down driving time you have, whatever the weather. So overall you've less disturbance and increased comfort.
Audio
A moving experience
Top-up or top-down, you won't only always look great - you'll sound great too. Your audio system is tastefully integrated into the centre stack. And the switches and controls are, like all the others, pleasing to touch.
All systems contain an AM/FM radio and a CD player. Plus there's also the choice of a six-disc CD changer when you select our state-of-the-art BOSE® system (see below). Strategically placed speakers and an automatic sound leveliser compensate for differing wind noise levels. So you've increased sound quality, with your top-up or down.
A stunning BOSE® premium sound system is available for 2.0i sport models. Seven quality speakers, a high-power digital amplifier and AudioPilot noise compensation technology: it doesn't get much better than this. Especially for you drivers, since the sound-field is tuned towards your side - after all, this is a car designed first and foremost with driving in mind.
Picture it: you and your favourite car, moving in perfect concert, with your favourite music playing.