The Mazda CX-90 feels like a bona fide luxury SUV, but the company’s current upmarket push isn’t its first. At one time, Mazda was actually going to launch its own luxury sub-brand, and it would bring innovations like a supercharged Miller-cycle engine. With that engine, customers could look forward to roughly 50% more power than …
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Mazda’s performance arm, once known as Mazdaspeed, has evolved into Mazda Spirit Racing (MSR). Announced last year, it’s a sub-brand focused on applying lessons Mazda learned from motorsport directly to road cars. A number of production models, including an SUV, are in the works, but the first and arguably the most exciting of the bunch is the MSR MX-5 Miata. …
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The new MX-5 and GR86 will sit on the same platform but employ different engines. Photo courtesy of Toyota and Mazda Japan’s biggest selling car magazine Best Car reported earlier this year that there was significant potential that Toyota and Mazda were co-developing a next-generation sports car together. And the cars in question are the next-gen Mazda MX-5 and Toyota …
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As a former (NA) MX-5 owner myself, I was rather excited at the prospect of the RF. It sounded like all the MX-5 stuff I loved, but with less risk of someone slashing the hood, and maybe a more refined interior. The weather mostly sucked while we had the RF, so the roof stayed up a lot. Credit: Jonathan Gitlin …
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Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. 2026 marks the first model year for a new generation of the Mazda CX-5, but the redesigned crossover’s most noteworthy new offering is still in development. Unlike the current CX-5, which is available in both naturally aspirated and turbocharged variants, the new car will launch with only the …
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