Two Decades for the Mazda Miata MX-5

It really doesnโ€™t feel like 20 years since the Miata was introduced by Mazda back in 1989. I remember the first time I saw one of them. I was on a family vacation to Canada riding bicycles on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and I saw one in a parking lot. It made me stop and go โ€œWow, thatโ€™s a Mazda?โ€ I was still in high school at the time and my only experiences with Mazda were older RX-7s and getting rides to school on snowy days in a 323GTX.

Now, 20 years have past and Mazda is offering a special anniversary edition of the MX-5 (called a Roadster) in Japan. The car is going to be offered with either a power retractable hardtop or a soft top, in special all white paint. The car is equipped with Bilsteins shocks, โ€œ20th Anniversaryโ€ badges, and heated red Recaro seats with suede inserts, which can be seen below. Some of the optional equipment available are the Bose Audiopilot system and multi-spoke BBS wheels.

My only hope is that North America gets the special edition MX-5 as well. Look at the following the 10th anniversary RX-7 received back in 1988, they are still one of the RX-7s to own for the 86-91 models if you are a die hard collector. If the 20th anniversary model MX-5 makes it here I am sure it will sell out.

Derrick

2 Replies to “Two Decades for the Mazda Miata MX-5”

  1. I want those seats! Tried to find more info on them after seeing a YouTube video about ice racing miatas and they had these seats.

  2. I have a 2008 MX5 Miata Mazda Speed Model. I have a tan leather interior but this seating and color in the image above is spectacular. Please advise if and where it’s available to a Canadian address.

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