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Leaked: Mazda MX-5 Superlight

tryme submitted on 9/11/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:23:17 PM

12 user comments | Category: New Cars | Source: | SOURCE: www.4wheelsnews.com

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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Leaked: Mazda MX-5 Superlight

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didlydrumr

I'm lovin the missing driver

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Posted on 9/11/2009 4:48:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

WorldofLuxury

LOL at least someone seems to be enjoying the drive in that picture.

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Posted on 9/11/2009 10:52:24 PM | | Votes: 1   

investor27

The whole thing looks good except for that smiley face and the no windshield. Where we are you'll be eating bugs year round, and probably dangerously worst.

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Posted on 9/11/2009 4:56:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Joe_Limon

don't worry, with a 0-60 time of 8.9s and 126hp the bugs won't hit very hard ^^

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Posted on 9/11/2009 7:22:30 PM | | Votes: 5   

ThierryHenry14

haha... good point!

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Posted on 9/12/2009 10:16:40 AM | | Votes: 1   

grysko

Mazda took really great cars (MazdaSpeed 3 and the MX5) and turned them into a joke with that stupid smiley face front. The upper management who approved these goofy designs should be hung. BTW -- If you take the Speed3 into Photoshop and body color in the blacked out components/sheetmetal that make the face, it doesn't look half bad.

— grysko (View Profile)

Posted on 9/12/2009 12:43:30 PM | | Votes: 1   

MSP6

Just stuff the MZR engine under the hood..

— MSP6 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/11/2009 9:31:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

freshseth83

that picture says, "Look, Ma! No hands!"

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Posted on 9/12/2009 6:19:00 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

lewishamiltonpimp

So umm...that makes it actually slower than the current Miata. Brilliant concept!

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Posted on 9/12/2009 10:09:35 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

veyron1001

It looks like a shoe.

— veyron1001 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/12/2009 10:26:25 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

1UAW

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :):) look I can make cars to!!!!

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Posted on 9/12/2009 10:30:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Joe_Limon

The thing that is extra fail about this car is that at under 1000kg, and 126hp it still can't get 40mpg :P

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Posted on 9/13/2009 6:41:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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