{"id":8357,"date":"2016-09-09T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/?p=8357"},"modified":"2018-09-13T13:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T21:08:02","slug":"2016-mazda-mx-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/2016-mazda-mx-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Loves the 2016 Mazda MX-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Mazda MX-5 has driven its way into the hearts and lead feet of car aficionados everywhere. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2016\/05\/16\/automotive-minute-2016-mazda-mx-5-miata-is-an.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Business Journal<\/a> says this bad boy \u201csquarely hits the nail on the head,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gDLKwTdurxg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Motor Trend couldn\u2019t get enough of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our reaction? Roughly summed up, it looks something like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image00.jpg\" alt=\"image00\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image00.jpg 751w, https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image00-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We love it, and we want you to love it too. So we\u2019re going to share what this little number\u2019s got going on under and above the hood, and let you know about the ace aftermarket parts we\u2019ve got for you to make it even better.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Under the hood<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s this sucker got under the hood,\u201d you ask? Here\u2019s the specs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>155 horsepower at 6,000 RPMs<\/li>\n<li>36 EPA-estimated highway miles-per-gallon (sexy and environmentally-friendly)<\/li>\n<li>The lovely SKYACTIV 10-G 2.0L DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder with VVT<\/li>\n<li>A curb weight of 2,332 to 2,381 lbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If all that doesn\u2019t have you running out to your nearest dealership, then there\u2019s nothing more we can do for you. The Smoking Tire liked it too; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ii5N86XNXEM&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">check out their take here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>On the outside<\/h2>\n<p>If the slick interior wasn\u2019t enough, this thing looks HOT on the outside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image01.png\" alt=\"image01\" width=\"600\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image01.png 636w, https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image01-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s got all the things you\u2019ve come to expect from a Mazda, and when you\u2019re in this thing, you\u2019ll look good no matter what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<h2>Say what? Aftermarket parts!<\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you really came for. You\u2019re a die-hard Mazda gearhead and you want to take this thing to the nines. <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/mazda-mx5-2016-front-swaybar.html\" target=\"_blank\">Front<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/mazda-mx5-2016-rear-swaybar.html\" target=\"_blank\">rear sway bars<\/a> keep your MX-5 holding tightly to the corners you\u2019re taking at speed. And a <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/2016-mazda-miata-mx5-cold-air-intake-system.html\" target=\"_blank\">cold air intake<\/a> reduces intake restrictions to get massive power improvements.<\/p>\n<p>While the exhaust on the MX-5 is oh-so-sweet, you can make it even better with a <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/2016-up-miata-header-back-exhaust.html\" target=\"_blank\">cat back exhaust<\/a>, releasing even more torque from this puppy. For the raceheads out there, we also have <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/2016-mazda-miata-short-shifter.html\" target=\"_blank\">short shifters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/mazda-mx5-2016-lowering-spring-set.html\" target=\"_blank\">lowering springs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in aftermarket parts for your beloved Mazda, <a href=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/mazda-miata-mx5\/2016-and-up-mx5\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out our line of aftermarket parts<\/a> to find out more! And don\u2019t forget to give the MX-5 some love on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corksport\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/corksport\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Derrick-Ambrose-01.png\" alt=\"Derrick Ambrose, CorkSport, Mazda\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Derrick-Ambrose-01.png 600w, https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Derrick-Ambrose-01-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Derrick-Ambrose-01-500x167.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love the 2016 Miata MX-5, and we want you to love it too. Here&#8217;s what this little number\u2019s got going on under and above the hood, and a few ace aftermarket parts we\u2019ve got for you to make it even better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[476,477,280,46,68,70,516,62,31,186,337,534],"class_list":["post-8357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miata-mx-5","tag-2016-miata","tag-2016-mx-5","tag-cat-back-exhaust","tag-corksport","tag-lowering-springs","tag-mazda-aftermarket-parts","tag-mazda-mx5","tag-mazda-performance","tag-mx-5","tag-mx5","tag-short-shifter","tag-sway-bars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corksport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}