The Mazda Spirit Racing MX-5 (Miata) was revealed at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January. Born in 1989, Mazda’s mercurial MX-5 Miata is the world’s best-selling roadster. Currently in its fourth ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - When it was introduced in the U.S. in 1989, the Mazda MX-5 Miata was a game changer. It pretty much revived the top-down roadster, which was very popular in the ‘50s and ‘60s ...

In 1989, the Mazda Miata changed the world. It revived the formula of classic British roadsters, a compact and lightweight way to get the wind in your hair, but with the reliability of a Japanese ...

Some car model names have complex and interesting origins, and carmakers often borrow from the language of the company's homeland. But although it's a Japanese brand, Mazda called the MX-5 the Miata ...

How long has it been since the Mazda MX-5 made its debut in 1989? “The Simpsons” had just launched. The President of the United States was George HW. Taylor Swift wouldn’t be born until that December.

Tsutomu “Tom” Matano, the former Mazda designer best known for bringing the Miata to life, has died at the age of 76. As chief designer for Mazda North American Operations in the 1980s, Matano was ...

A tiny two-seater just beat out trucks and SUVs in search traffic.

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U.K.-based Electrogenic unveils "drop-in" EV conversion kit for the first-generation Mazda Miata/MX-5. It has a 42 kWh battery good for a claimed 150 miles (241 km) of range. The new electric motor ...

Every day the automotive industry brings us closer to a world without sports cars, or coupes of any kind for that matter. Mazda is working diligently to prevent such an eventuality from coming to pass ...

Since 1989, the Mazda MX-5, known as the Miata, has garnered a loyal following that would make most megachurch preachers sin with envy. Other vehicles with decades under their wheel wells can also ...