2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata: The Greenest New Sports Car You Can Buy? - Green Car Reports
The 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata is the newest generation of the world's most popular sports car. The basics sound similar to the previous generations: The 2016 Miata is a small, two-seat convertible with a 2. 0-liter engine, paired to either a six-speed manual gearbox or (if you must) a six-speed automatic transmission, driving the rear wheels. But now the MX-5 Miata has joined the SkyActiv team, meaning Mazda's effort to wring every last drop of fuel economy out of highly efficient conventional gasoline engines--and to design the entire car around that powertrain, while minimizing... Mazda says it's a return to the smaller dimensions and seeming simplicity of the first Miata a quarter of a century ago. The EPA rates the new 2016 MX-5 at 30 mpg combined, though its city and highway numbers vary a bit depending on whether you opt for the six-speed automatic transmission or the six-speed manual gearbox (our preference). ALSO SEE: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata - full. Source: www.greencarreports.com
