Yet the downsizing has not harmed cabin roominess, which actually seems to have improved from the last MX-5, even ... only on the GT, and while both of the upper trims include Mazda’s Connect ...

Mazda is already working on the next generation of the MX-5 Miata with plans to preserve the ... technical knowledge—he was part of the Ford GT program at Multimatic, oversaw a fleet of Audi ...

It was these models, though, that Mazda dissected during the MX-5’s development, and they are among the reasons why it emerged in 1989 as a small, sub-one-tonne, front-engined, rear-drive ...