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Interesting article from Autobild translated into english:
New MX-5 against the original model
After 25 years of Mazda returns to the roots of the MX-5. Generation four is again so light and short as the original - and looks dazzling.
Each car has a story. Of course, the MX-5 . When Mazda decided over 25 years ago, an open two-seater to model a Lotus Elan to build or Triumph Spitfire, the great era of small was Roadster long since expired. No wonder, then, that the great men in Hiroshima just before the premiere at the Chicago Motor Show in February 1989 suddenly got cold feet."Nice car," the board members should have then whispered, "but please, who should buy?"So you can be fooled. In the first year over 75,000 customers bought the MX-5, with us, the annual quota was sold out within a few days.
Back to the basic virtues of roadster building
Meanwhile, about 940,000 MX-5 on the streets, the Roadster is the best-sellingsports car in the world. It has long been out of an original copy become a brand in the brand, Mazda coolest guy ... But how do you do the even cooler, as modernized to an icon without shame the original? BMW (Mini), VW (Beetle ) and Porsche (911 ) were in the same predicament and pumped over the years neat air in their classics, they made bigger and heavier. The team at Mazda's chief designer Ikua Maeda went another way. It remembered the Reinheitsgebot British roadster: small, light, agile.Thus, the fourth generation was not only ten inches shorter, but still speckte from over 100 kilos: suspension parts, hoods and front fenders are made of aluminum. With only 3.91 meters in length and a curb weight of less than 1000 kilograms of the MX-5 returns now so back to his roots. Although the New
optically not totally fremdelt, separate grandpa and grandson but worlds. Here the barren Original: narrow, purist, with pop-up headlights to match the spirit of the 80s and wheels in the wheelbarrow format. There the modern Styler - wide and muscular on the shoulders.
Optically switched the MX-5 discreetly on attack
Adult, serious. Yes, also male. The taillights remind us of the Jaguar F-Type , the proportions of the BMW Z4 .Front yaw small, glistening LED headlights , and a gaping mouth proclaims: I'll eat every curve even for breakfast. Fortunately, Maeda troupe has their Kodo expressive design poured so sensitive about the slim roadster body that does not make ridiculous the new MX-5. Finally, he had never needed in his career, with cheaper makeup or tangled lines to vie for attention. His strength has always been not to complicate the simple. Pure driving fun
, simple staging, seasoned with Japanese reliability. This recipe made the MX-5 for Star World. And it will remain so - just elevated to another level. The new MX-5 engine and gearbox back a little further to the rear, the center of gravity a bit further down. This initiative will reduce the yaw moment, means that the lad is likely to be more agile, give in even more direct. How authentic it really is the Joker, time will tell. We tap times: The car drives like a whirlwind. course he is - especially inside - not this rolling waiver of 89th Was also clear. Here he has lost a bit of his innocence. So a purist Nackedei as then you can no longer turn on today. If the MX-5 in September 2015 comes to us (yes, this will take a whole year), he brings with plenty of electronic aids. Lane Change Assist, Lane Departure Warning, High Beam Assistant, City Emergency Braking - just everything to be lulled into security. For this purpose, a modern entertainment system including touch screen on the cockpit and a rotatable multi-Commander in the center console.
For all rainfall protects the crisp concise Roof
He does not lose its credibility with it.Because you are sitting now even closer to the tarmac. And he still has this cheeky smooth top which you witha hand throw back and closes again in seconds (it will probably be again a version with folding hardtop).That to me is lifestyle - and not some bloodless bead in sheet metal. Even in terms of performance remains the fourth MX-5 on the carpet. Had our photo model in innocent white still 115 hp, so it is 25 years later, just 15 more.Then sits a 1.5-liter Skyactiv gasoline engine under the hood. Again 30 hp more, the two-liter direct-injection engine. That's also already. For the smile that carries you through the day, and no one needs. Scarifier machine leaves Mazda others. Naughty prices also. 25 years ago the cost Urmodell 35,500 Mark, hardly more than 24,500 euros should the new cost. Adjusted for inflation, the MX-5 is now more favorable today than it was then.Misleading story, right?
Conclusion
Respect, Mazda. The Japanese do not follow blunt the insane trend to always do everything bigger and heavier, but the instinct compact roadster. The need small, light and agile
to be - and not too expensive. Just as the new MX-fifth.
New MX-5 against the original model
After 25 years of Mazda returns to the roots of the MX-5. Generation four is again so light and short as the original - and looks dazzling.
Each car has a story. Of course, the MX-5 . When Mazda decided over 25 years ago, an open two-seater to model a Lotus Elan to build or Triumph Spitfire, the great era of small was Roadster long since expired. No wonder, then, that the great men in Hiroshima just before the premiere at the Chicago Motor Show in February 1989 suddenly got cold feet."Nice car," the board members should have then whispered, "but please, who should buy?"So you can be fooled. In the first year over 75,000 customers bought the MX-5, with us, the annual quota was sold out within a few days.
Back to the basic virtues of roadster building
Meanwhile, about 940,000 MX-5 on the streets, the Roadster is the best-sellingsports car in the world. It has long been out of an original copy become a brand in the brand, Mazda coolest guy ... But how do you do the even cooler, as modernized to an icon without shame the original? BMW (Mini), VW (Beetle ) and Porsche (911 ) were in the same predicament and pumped over the years neat air in their classics, they made bigger and heavier. The team at Mazda's chief designer Ikua Maeda went another way. It remembered the Reinheitsgebot British roadster: small, light, agile.Thus, the fourth generation was not only ten inches shorter, but still speckte from over 100 kilos: suspension parts, hoods and front fenders are made of aluminum. With only 3.91 meters in length and a curb weight of less than 1000 kilograms of the MX-5 returns now so back to his roots. Although the New
Optically switched the MX-5 discreetly on attack
Adult, serious. Yes, also male. The taillights remind us of the Jaguar F-Type , the proportions of the BMW Z4 .Front yaw small, glistening LED headlights , and a gaping mouth proclaims: I'll eat every curve even for breakfast. Fortunately, Maeda troupe has their Kodo expressive design poured so sensitive about the slim roadster body that does not make ridiculous the new MX-5. Finally, he had never needed in his career, with cheaper makeup or tangled lines to vie for attention. His strength has always been not to complicate the simple. Pure driving fun
For all rainfall protects the crisp concise Roof
He does not lose its credibility with it.Because you are sitting now even closer to the tarmac. And he still has this cheeky smooth top which you witha hand throw back and closes again in seconds (it will probably be again a version with folding hardtop).That to me is lifestyle - and not some bloodless bead in sheet metal. Even in terms of performance remains the fourth MX-5 on the carpet. Had our photo model in innocent white still 115 hp, so it is 25 years later, just 15 more.Then sits a 1.5-liter Skyactiv gasoline engine under the hood. Again 30 hp more, the two-liter direct-injection engine. That's also already. For the smile that carries you through the day, and no one needs. Scarifier machine leaves Mazda others. Naughty prices also. 25 years ago the cost Urmodell 35,500 Mark, hardly more than 24,500 euros should the new cost. Adjusted for inflation, the MX-5 is now more favorable today than it was then.Misleading story, right?
Conclusion
Respect, Mazda. The Japanese do not follow blunt the insane trend to always do everything bigger and heavier, but the instinct compact roadster. The need small, light and agile
but the rest of the car looks ordinary IMO 
( Btw the new model )
