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Mazda MX-5 - Pictures

By:Auto Express team

26 Jun 2006

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Body damage proved expensive to repair
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Lack of air-con is a bugbear when it's warm
Manual hood mechanism is stiff to operate
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Topless performerWe’ve had plenty of chances to test the roof’s resistance to rain over the past six months, but not a drop of water has entered the MX-5’s cabin. Now summer’s here, the Mazda is in its element,

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