Sports roadsters that couldn't match Mazda's MX-5 - Stuff.co.nz
A quarter of a century after the first MX-5 appeared Mazda has launched hits latest iteration in New Zealand. It is 25 years since we were introduced to the original which combined all that was great about British sports cars with none of the things that were awful, like leaky hoods, lack of reliability and lousy build quality. * Brand new Mazda MX-5 hasn't changed a bit. * The Mazda "rock star" who loves the little MX-5 roadster. * New Mazda MX-5 stays in front. The MX-5 also combined the scale of an MGB with a design nod to the Lotus Elan and became the biggest selling sports car of all time. MG did try to make a late go of the roadster with the awful mess that was the MGR V8 which may have sounded nice, thanks to a discarded ex GM alloy V8 and had a nice wooden dash. Iffy plastic add-ons made it look muscular, but just as many say the best MX-5 was the very first without power steer, we say the best of the MGBs was the 1962 model, with wire wheels. MGF and TF. When the car was introduced to New Zealand, the MG owners' club, invited to the launch got sniffy and turned its collective nose up at the mid-engined roadster. Source: www.stuff.co.nz
