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The Mazda MX-5 is officially the world's most popular open-top sports car for good reason. It fuses modern design trends with traditional sports car values. Sat at the wheel, you feel a sense of synergy with your car. You're both ready for a great time. And you look the part, too.
The first vehicle to benefit from our progressive 'gram strategy', the Mazda MX-5 has been designed with lightness, agility and responsiveness in mind. Where we've been able to keep the weight down, we've done so. The result is a lightweight sports car, with perfect handling, a nimble chassis and performance to be proud of.
Everything from the cabin wind-control to the placement of the sports seats has been carefully researched and developed with one objective in mind: total driving pleasure.
The rear-wheel drive layout guarantees 50/50 weight distribution, which is perfect for sports car control and adds to the feeling of oneness you have with the car. After all, the mazda MX-5 is meant to look and feel like a classic, proper roadster - you'd expect nothing less from the UK's favourite sports car manufacturer.
The Mazda MX-5 is available with two engine sizes: the 1.8i (126ps) and 2.0i (160ps). Both come with standard 5-speed transmission while a 2.0i Sport is also available, mated to a 6-speed transmission.
The Mazda MX-5 reinvented the two-seater open top lightweight sports car when we introduced the roadster in 1989. Over 800,000 sales and multiple awards later, it's still the car most likely to bring a smile to your face. But don't take out word for it: try it out for yourself.
Imagine yourself behind the wheel, engine humming, gliding along one of Britain's notoriously twisty B-Roads. The smooth, comfortable drive and precise steering makes you feel like you and the car are one. The Japanese even have a term for this - Jinba Ittai - and it's this concept of oneness that sets aside the Mazda MX-5 as the most exciting open-top drive around.
With a classic look that turns heads, the Mazda MX-5 Soft Top is built to hug the road and deliver an authentic roadster feel. The aerodynamic design helps heighten the sporty performance. It really is a car that's fun to drive.
On the road you want clear, uncomplicated driving fun and the interior reflects this. It's free from unnecessary distractions - leaving you to concentrate on what you enjoy most: the pleasures of roadster driving.
The Mazda MX-5 is as flexible as it is beautiful, with a new Z-folding soft top for optimum ease of use and maximum practicality. It can be closed, latched and opened with minimum effort, thanks to our weight saving design and an easy-to-use single central lock.
Alternatively, try the detachable hard top, available as an accessory from your local Mazda dealer. Easy to use, it has been designed to perfectly match the contours of your Mazda MX-5 and provides a more coupe-like appearance.
This is all, of course, backed by safety features you'd expect from Mazda.
The Mazda MX-5 Soft Top proves that the genuine roadster thrill still exists, even in this era of oversized sports cars. Get your top down now and enjoy a proper ride.
Our design team has managed to provide incredible practicality to match the famous motoring pleasure associated with the Mazda MX-5.
The electric roof is as strong and light as possible, retracting completely with no intrusion into the luggage space in a breathtaking 12 seconds - the fastest in the world. Unlike any other car, the roof open-close mechanism stows the roof between the cabin and the boot. This ensures the full trunk capacity is always accessible and available.
At just 37kg heavier than the Mazda MX-5 Soft Top, the Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe impressively follows the 'gram strategy' for uncompromised agility and driving dynamics. And with climate control air conditioning as standard, you can be sure of absolute comfort whatever the season.
The roadster spirit lives on; long live the Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe!
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