Given the ND-generation is hardly box-fresh, it comes as no surprise that some new editions and variants of the MX-5 have started to pop up. While the goal is maintaining sales momentum, which traditionally slows as specialist sports cars age, the real winners are buyers. In the case of the 2021 Mazda MX-5 range, a new MX-5 GT RS takes the title of the sport...

Starting at $36,090 plus on-road costs for the base-grade 1.5-litre (97kW/152Nm) Mazda MX-5, the new 2.0-litre (135kW/205Nm) GT RS model is priced at $47,020 plus ORCs for the cloth-top roadster and $51,100 plus ORCs for the metal-top RF model. For that sort of coin you could acquire a more powerful hot hatch that will probably cut faster hot laps at your lo...

The Mazda MX-5 is one of those cars. You know, the ones that everybody loves. It just is. There are no ifs or buts about it; it’s driving nirvana. Thankfully, the current ND series still has plenty of life in it, but that hasn’t stopped Mazda from giving it another update, even if it is of the minor variety. That said, the MX-5 does get a sportier flagship g...

Any new iteration of a Mazda MX-5 is a cause for attention and celebration, and in the case of the 2021 Mazda MX-5 GT RS that’s even more relevant. The way the automotive world is moving, there’s a very real chance that cars like the MX-5, as we know it, won’t exist for much longer.  As such, the GT RS is a shining example of the best that well-engineered ch...

Cars aren’t a passion for everyone, but there’s a handful of icons just about anyone will recognise. There’s the Volkswagen Beetle, the Ford Mustang, the Porsche 911, and then there’s the Mazda MX-5. Few nameplates have the same kind of universal recognition. Despite being more than 30 years old the MX-5 is alive and well, pure to its original form – a fun,...

Over their various lifecycles, cars, much like people, tend to get bigger, fatter and more ungainly. But just occasionally, a model will buck the trend as if it discovered the chalice of eternal youth. That’s why the ND-generation Mazda MX-5 is one of the most astonishingly good sportscars in recent memory. Instead of piling on the pounds and inches and foll...