10 Things You Need to Know About the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata

Long live the roadster

The 2016 Mazda MX-5 is hotly anticipated. It is not only the first complete redesign in nearly a decade, it represents a revival of the roadster concept in its purest form. Rumours are so often not realized so when we heard this ND (fourth-gen) model would be lighter and smaller, we were skeptical. We needn’t have been. The newest Mazda MX-5 Miata is not only smaller, lighter and faster – it might be the best ever.

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