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The 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata is officially here, and the updates previewed by the JDM model are thankfully being carried over into the U.S. spec car today. As we suspected, the update is thorough enough to perhaps call it the “ND3,” making it the third significant version of this generation.
If you’ve ever wondered what’s the price of freedom, wonder no more as Mazda has announced the 2024 MX-5 Miata will begin at $28,985.Costing $935 more than its predecessor, the MX-5 Miata is entering its twilight years with a surprising number of updates. The changes are easy to spot as the car has updated headlights with a new LED daytime running light signature.
While Mazda’s rotary engine re-entered production last year for the first time in over a decade, it sadly was not revived in an exciting sports car but rather serves as a range extender in the MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV. However, there remains hope that a new rotary sports car is on the horizon.While recently speaking at the Tokyo Auto Salon, Mazda president and chief executive Katsuhiro Moro revealed that the carmaker will establish a dedicated team of engineers to focus on rotary engine development on February 1.
The Toyota S-FR was one of the most promising concepts of the 2015 Tokyo Auto Salon, but the automaker’s initial plans for a production version never materialized. Fast forward to the 2024 edition of the show in Japan, students of the Saitama Automobile College build a convincing replica of the concept in roadster form, based on the Mazda MX-5 NC.The model appears to retain all the hardpoints of the body, including the windshield, mirrors, doors, hood, and retractable fabric roof, but everything else has been redesigned to resemble the Toyota concept.
Mazda has hinted at plans to let drivers who want to take their Miata to the track bypass the aftermarket. It unveiled a race-ready concept called RS at the 2024 edition of the Tokyo Auto Salon, and it gave the Japanese-market version of the Mazda3 hatchback the same treatment.
The Mazda RX-7 FD3S boasts an impressive rotary engine performance and lightweight construction, making it an ideal candidate as a time attack car, so Japan-based Tomiyoshi Racing got its hands on one, and its creation might just be one of the craziest builds in its category.
If you thought the latest Mazda 2 looked familiar then there’s a good reason because it’s essentially a re-badged Toyota Yaris, but now Mazda has tweaked its hybrid supermini with some more bespoke design and technology upgrades for 2024.
With the 2023 CX-60 D50e Azami, Mazda believes it has created a premium SUV that can rival established European rivals like the Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Genesis GV70. That’s a tall order considering that most consumers better know Mazda as a rival to more mainstream brands like Toyota, Nissan, and VW.