Next Mazda MX-5 to get 1.3-litre turbo

It’s likely that when the next-generation Mazda MX-5 starts selling in 2014, it will be equipped with a turbocharged version of the 1.3-litre, four cylinder SkyActiv petrol engine. The next Mazda MX-5 will come with the smaller direct-injection turbo unit rather than the current model’s normally aspirated
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Joe_Limon - 12/5/2011 12:01:16 PM

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1800lbs? And a direct injected turbo motor. That sounds like fun! I'm still skeptical of whether it will meet these goals. Didn't that fancy super light miata concept weigh 400lbs more then this?

dlin - 12/5/2011 6:53:22 PM

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With that feather wight it might be hard to keep the magical 50:50 distribution.

MorePower - 12/6/2011 2:56:33 AM

+2 Boost

The Miata is the one car where a non-forced inductioned Wankel engine could really work.