MX-5 REACHES FIGHTING WEIGHT

MAZDA are trimming weight in the pursuit of performance with their new MX-5 Superlight.Making its debut at September's Frankfurt Motor Show (15 to 27), the Superlight sees the world's best selling two-seater sports car, has been on a diet with the knock-on

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Aug 2009, 16:06 BST

Updated 12th Dec 2010, 01:27 BST

MAZDA are trimming weight in the pursuit of performance with their new MX-5 Superlight.

Making its debut at September's Frankfurt Motor Show (15 to 27), the Superlight sees the world's best selling two-seater sports car, has been on a diet with the knock-on effects being improved efficiency and performance.

Although details of the car are being kept under wraps, the Superlight was designed at Mazda's studio in Oberursel, Germany, and is a pure show car, combining a radical exterior design—with no windscreen—and sporty chassis settings to create what Mazda describe as a "pure roadster."

Mazda Germany