For the last decade or so, the Mazda MX-5 and Toyota GT86, later GR86, have been pretty much the only options if you’ve wanted a small, simple, affordable rear-wheel drive sports car (okay, there…
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Tsutomo ‘Tom’ Matano, the Japanese designer who led the styling of the original NA Mazda MX-5 as well as the RX-7, has died at the age of 77. Born in 1947 in Nagasaki, Matano…
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Following the sad news of the passing of Tom Matano, designer of the legendary NA Mazda MX-5, we’ve had the little roadster he helped create on our minds all day. A car that’s been…
Welcome to Random, a new series at Car Throttle where we bring you the stories nobody looks for, but turn out to be oddly interesting You know that figure about the Mazda MX-5 that…