Category: Convertibles 
Price Range: £15,000 to £19,695
Sweet engines, flick-switch gearchange, best-in-class handling, good value and cheap to run.
Slightly contrived styling, 1.6 a bit tardy.
Still one of the best, despite its age.
There is a wide choice of cars available in the roadster market, and it was the Mazda MX-5 which rekindled interest in wind-in-the-hair motoring a decade ago. It has defined the small affordable roadster since, but competition has caught up somewhat over the years. Because of this, there is an updated model due next spring. But the current model has become classic in its own lifetime, its handling is as good as ever and it's a practical buy, too.
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wrote on 12 09 2007
wrote on 27 02 2007