The Mazda MX-5 should continue to get even lighter in future generations, with downsized three-cylinder engines likely to power them.
The current, fourth-generation MX-5 was smaller and lighter than the car it replaced. While MX-5 programme manager Nobuhiro Yamamoto has said the MX-5 is unlikely to get smaller in the future (a fifth-generation car won’t arrive before 2021), it should get lighter due to the increased affordability of lightweight materials such as carbonfibre.
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