Mazda MX-5: 25 years in pictures
The Mazda MX-5 is 25 and we’re looking back through the landmark production cars and concepts that helped make the MX-5 great.
The Mazda MX-5 is a modern motoring icon, a two-seater, open-topped sports car with an overriding focus on fun.
Through three generations and 25 years, the MX-5 has wormed its way into the hearts of millions, whether as an inexpensive route to rear-wheel-drive handling purity or as a simple, pretty roadster in the classic vein.
Now with its first 25 years up and a new fourth generation MX-5 arriving immenently, what better time to look back at the history of the MX-5, its concepts, special editions and landmark derivatives?
Click through the gallery for a history of the Mazda MX-5 in pictures...
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