Much maligned as the black sheep of the Miata family, this generation proves that even a bad Miata is a great sports car.

The Miata has always been one of the best deals on the market. But which generation is the smartest investment?

Faster than a McLaren F1, it weighs as little as a first-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata. Sadly, only one road car survives. This is the story of Speed 12, the car that was too powerful for the road.

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also known simply as the Miata, is a two-seat convertible sports car that has been in production for more than 35 years. Mazda introduced the first-generation MX-5 in 1989 as a 1990 model ...

First Gen has 3,668MW of combined capacity from a fleet of 32 power plants running on clean and renewable energy resources. It has the country’s largest RE capacity at 1,651 MW from its solar ...

the MX-5 Miata became an affordable dream. Its layout and design dedicated to balance and precision, the first-generation MX-5 was given a powertrain focused on smooth, linear accelerator response ...