Mazda 'Hates Weight' So the Miata Will Stay Light and Manually Shifted

Next-Gen Mazda MX-5 Miata Will Be Even Lighter Than The ND And Still Offer A Manual Transmission

Mazda plans to stick with a naturally aspirated four-cylinder and a manual transmission like God intended.

Mazda 'Hates Weight' So the Miata Will Stay Light and Manually Shifted

From design on up, Mazda’s leadership believes in the core values of its popular pint-sized sports car, which will continue into the next generation.

Mazda Says Americans Wanted to Turn the Miata Into a 'Harley-Davidson'

Fortunately, Mazda has confirmed that the next-gen Miata will carry on as a lightweight, stick-shifted roadster.

The Next Mazda Miata Will Still Be Light, Naturally Aspirated, and Have a Manual

Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro, chief technical officer Ryuichi Umeshita, and design boss Masashi Nakayama discuss the future of the MX-5 Miata sports car.

Mazda MX-5 – next generation to get 2.5L Skyactiv-Z engine, still NA with manual gearbox, no electrification

While the ND Mazda MX-5 is soldiering on, still fresh from a facelift that was just launched in Malaysia, there’s no escaping the fact that the evergreen roadster is now 11 years old. It is thus ripe for a replacement, and there’s been speculation that the forthcoming fifth-generation model will be the first in the bloodline to feature some sort of electrification. Hiroshima has definitively quashed those rumours – according to Road and Track, t…

The Mazda MX-5 could be considered a historical myth of motor racing. The small sportsman with a purist conception has been on the international market for 35 years and has been successful throughout this period. The model has a great media and social pull for his own concept: gasoline engine without electric support, manual gearbox, low weight and rear propulsion. These are the basic ingredients, which must change sooner or later. Times are adv…