The Reign Song: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring vs. 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata - Car and Driver (blog)
In southwest Washington state, Cobain’s mother wants $400,000 for the family home, which is surrounded by $100,000 bungalows in a neighborhood that locals once called Felony Flats. Because if you believe that culture and fashion echo in 20-year intervals, the 1990s are back at high volume. Twenty-six years after energizing the brand with a new, lightweight roadster, the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata signals a throwback to the original in nearly every aspect. The new MX-5 isn’t just shorter than its immediate predecessor, the 2006–2015 third gen. Despite powerful market and regulatory forces inflating cars in the opposite direction, the newest Miata measures 1. 3 inches shorter than the original. And a fanatical effort to cut mass has dropped more than 150 pounds from last year’s car. The first Miata weighed 2210 pounds (with optional hardtop) when we drove it in 1989. After a quarter-century of advancement that includes three additional airbags. and a mess of convenience features, Mazda claims a weight of just 2332 pounds for the new MX-5. The Miata, with its 116-hp, 1. 6-liter four-cylinder borrowed sans turbo from the 323 GTX proto-rally car, was the exception to an industry-wide power... A small and light roadster wasn’t an original thought, but it was a unique proposition in 1990. Source: www.caranddriver.com
