Check out the original Mazda Miata take on the new Miata in a race
Screenshot via YouTube
We reviewed the car and were smitten. But that wasn't surprising. I owned a first-gen Miata for several years in Los Angeles.
A quarter-century after its introduction, the frisky little drop-top has been steadily improved. It's gotten bigger and faster. But how much faster?
Mazda decided to find out, pitting a first-generation MX-5 against the latest model and filming the excitement. A pair of endurance racers were recruited: Jade Paveley to pilot the 1990 Miata; and Owen Mildenhall to helm the new MX-5.
The earliest Miata managed only 116 horsepower. With a larger engine, the new MX-5 cranks out 155 horsepower. At a race track in Spain, Mazda's thinking was that such a power differential translates into 4 seconds, so that's how much of a head start Paveley got.
Would she be able to hold her lead?
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