Mazda MX-5 (1980–2025) — every.autos

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Background

The Mazda MX-5 is a lightweight two-seat sports car manufactured and marketed by Mazda. In Japan, it is marketed as the Mazda Roadster or, previously, as the Eunos Roadster. In the United States it is sold as the Mazda MX-5 Miata. The name miata derives from Old High German for "reward".

Text adapted from “Mazda MX-5” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Specification

Fuel: gasoline
Displacement: 2 L · 4 cyl
Fuel economy: 23–30 mpg combined — EPA 2006–2026

Still on UK roads

79,557

licensed vehicles · 2025

2014 ▼ 18% since 2014 2025

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Production years

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Sources

Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗NHTSA vPIC ↗ WIKIDATA · NHTSA · DVLA · EPA

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