The small roadster can blow out the 25 candles on the cake as they are the years that meets since its introduction in the Hall of Chicago in 1989. Reviving the ‘roadster’ 60s’ and the label sports car, fun and nothing exorbitant cost, the Mazda MX-5 has survived three generations in the market and there are rumors of a fourth in collaboration with Fiat.

He Chicago Auto Show from 1989 She gave birth to Mazda MX-5 or ‘Miata’ – (name in the United States before the third generation), a car seat and convertible took the ‘vintage’ aesthetic models of the 60s’ and presented with dimensions, mechanical and price that made it affordable to less affluent pockets. The cost U.S of the first units was about $ 13,800 Just over 10,000 euros, which represented an important asset for the arrival of their second generation It became in 2000 the best-selling two-seater sports around the world (531,890 euros).

his first generation It is sold with a gasoline four-cylinder power 116 hp although its low weight of 960 kg allowed him to accelerate 0 to 100 km / h in nine seconds. Its classic look with hidden headlamps have made him present a real collector’s item among lovers of the competition and preparations. It’s a car that offered and offers much play when I drive at high speeds. By 1993 it was offering another 1.8 petrol engine 133 CV.

The second generation the Mazda MX-5 arrived in 1998 and, in just two years, sales rose convertible -sumando those of the first generation- until 531,890 units and he entered the Guinness World Records as the best-selling two-seater sports around the planet Earth. His mechanics were two petrol engines of 1.6 and 1.8 liters and powers 110 and 140 hp, respectively.

The third and latest generation He hits the market in 2005 ending the Miata name in the United States and worldwide generalizing the MX-5, in addition to using refurbished petrol engines 1.8 and 2.0 from 126 and 160 hp, respectively. A year later, Mazda included variant ‘Roadster Coupé‘Electric- hard -Roof of operation and in 2013 totaled 920,000 sales Currently in Spain since 1989. It is sold with the same engines that the third generation started although the only choice between fabric roof or hard is 126 hp and its base price is just over 25,000 euros.

Everything points to the Mazda MX-5 will have a Fourth generation in 2015 fruit of a collaboration with Fiat, which presented under the brand Alfa Romeo Spider.