2016 Mazda MX-5 Live Shots, Technical Details

by Derek Kreindler

Published: September 4th, 2014

2016 mazda mx 5 live shots technical details

Mazda’s newest MX-5 appeared live at an event in California, and although Mazda was stingy with details, we managed to get a few.

As mentioned in an earlier post, the new car, dubbed ND, should weigh an incredible 2280 lbs. It will also be 154 inches in length, 4 inches shorter than the current car. The base wheels will be 16″ with 195/50 Yokohama Advans while the larger wheels will use 205/40/17 Bridgestone RE050’s, the same grippy, 140 treadwear rated tires as used on the Ford Fiesta ST. Rims will have 4 bolts, leading to speculation that they will be 4×100 and able to use old Miata rims.

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Fttp on Sep 05, 2014

205/40-17? Are you sure? Cause no good rubber comes in that size. I guess the tire manufacturers will have to get busy.

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- 3Deuce27 on Sep 16, 2014
  
  Reg; "Cause no good rubber comes in that size." Really! On one of our project cars we run Sumitomo HTR Z-11 on the street and Toyo Proxes R888 on the track. While there isn't a lot, there are plenty of good tires available for this size.
  
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Ure on Sep 28, 2014

Hmm, I love the styling. Maybe because it is a classy rebadge of the Pontiac Solstice/Opel GT/Saturn Sky and I like those. Classic and modern without any of that "WHY?" stuff of most moderns. Why copy a 10(?) year old out of production competitor though? Surely the excited guy in the mazda press release doesnt mid taking credit for the whole thing...

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