Mazda mx 5 nd2. Known as nd the fourth generation mx 5 miata is up for a mid cycle refresh. The mazda mx 5 is a lightweight two passenger roadster sports car manufactured and marketed by mazda with a front mid engine rear wheel drive layoutthe convertible is marketed as the mazda roadster matsuda rodosuta or eunos roadster yunosu rodosuta in japan and as the mazda mx 5 miata m i t e in north. Its a core philosophy with mazdas perennial darling the mx 5 miata the little sports car that could. That was the argument for the 15 dave coleman engineering manager for mazda.
We asked our own andy hollis championship winning autocrosser and miata connoisseur for some technical analysis of the new miatas spec sheet. Dubbed nd2 the facelifted mazda roadster benefits from an overhauled 20 liter skyactiv g that develops 181 horsepower. On august 6 jacob brown product communications specialist at mazda north american operations issued the following statement. When i reviewed the 155hp 2016 mazda miata i loved the chassis and handling but made one specific comment.
Driving impressions from the 2019 mazda mx 5 miata nd2 launch event are still embargoed but theres more than one way to skin a cat. Including the engine which lead mazda engineers to choose a 15 liter 130 hp four cylinder for its sports car. With a spirited 181 hp engine redlining at 7500 rpm the mx 5 miata was made to move youmind body and spirit. The legend only grows.
The mx 5 would be perfect with 180hp and 7500rpm. This is a fully functional handheld ecu programming tool that offers open source map editing on board data logging and on screen data viewing and graphing. Ten years after the first generation na broke onto the world stage at the 1989 chicago motor show the second generation nb mazda mx 5 was unveiled at the 1997 tokyo motor show. Miata mid cycle refresh dubbed nd2 bestows much more potent 181 horsepower naturally aspirated engine to mazdas little roadster.
The 2020 mazda mx 5 miata.