2016 Mazda Mx 5 Miata Cup Race Car

The 2016 mazda mx 5 cup is a race ready version of the miata that comes with safety upgrades like a roll cage racing seat upgraded brakes and suspension and other tweaks to ready the car for.

2016 mazda mx 5 miata cup race car. However because of mazdas weight savings efforts with the nd miata the new cup car is shockingly even lighter than the original na spec car. The mx 5 cup version is developed by mazda north american operations and long road racingthe engine is a 20 l skyactiv g pe vps i4the ecu is provided by general engine management systems. 2016 mazda mx 5 miata mx5 cup nd race car. For the 2016 season mazda introduced the fourth generation mazda mx 5the car is built at the hiroshima mazda factory.

Only safety and driver enhancements were added. Compared with the last generation mx 5 cup car horsepower falls slightly to about 160 while torque is up at around 150 pound feet. Tom long was the test driver during the development phase. The final specifications will be announced in 2015 when mazda is ready to accept orders for the 2016 series.

At this years sema show in las vegas mazda announced that the new 2016 mazda mx 5 miata will be raced in a new global cup series in north america europe and asia. This is an original 2016 global mx 5 cup race car. Read for more on the 2016 mazda mx 5 cup track drive here. Mazda shows us how little it takes to transform the mx 5 into a shockingly fast race car.

The car has the stock nd1 motor and there were no performance improvements made to ensure that it is eligible for the global mx 5 cup nd1 series. All global mx 5 cup race cars will come equipped with the stock 2016 models 20 liter skyactiv g four cylinder engine although we still arent sure how much power this unit will produce. 2016 mazda mx 5 miata 1 year update. In a first for mazda the global mx 5 cup racecars will be sold ready to race from a single supplier.

Like the fourth leg of the olympic flame the torch is passed to the latest and all new mazda miata.