In order to celebrate its 20th anniversary of the popular small roadster, Mazda decided to build the MX-5 Superlight and to present it at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The MX-5 Superlight is actually a dream of Mazda’s design director Peter Birtwhistle to make a radical version of the small sports car.
The new car does not have a windscreen or a roof but promises to offer an impressive driving pleasure. The interior follows the “less is more” idea and offers only what the driver really needs: a steering wheel, two sport buckets, an iPod docking station and that’s it…. Under to hood the vehicle carries a 1.8-liter petrol engine capable to deliver 126 hp and 167 Nm of torque. With these numbers, the car sprints to 100 km/h in just 8.9 seconds. We don’t know exactly what Mazda tried with this concept but one thing is for sure: it is not a competitor for the spectacular Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss…!
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