Mazda MX-5 Miata News

The Mazda MX-5, also known as the Mazda Miata, first appeared as a 1990 model during its wintry debut at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show.

Cons: Limited cargo capacity, stiff and noisy ride, compromised rear visibility, pronounced torque steer, form-over-function interior.

It was a long winter for the auto industry. All through those dark months, the media chronicled the startling realities of bankruptcy for Chrysler and GM, as well as the nation's plunging car sales.

Twenty years ago, Porsche was tempted to build a roadster to compete with the new MX-5 Miata.

Can Obama supporter and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr get along with ardent Obama critic and Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens? Electric car startup V-Vehicle Co.

What do you get when you create a company backed by green venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins and former Texas oil magnate T. Boone Pickens? V-Vehicle Co., a mysterious new auto company that just emerged from stealth mode after four years in existence.

Wither natural gas? T. Boone Pickens was last heard strongly supporting using the abundant North American fossil fuel as a means of moving the U.S. away from foreign oil.

Hard top, Air Conditioning, Power Steering, Power Windows, Limited Slip Differential.

The 2009 Mini Cooper Convertible is fun to drive, efficiently packaged and cute.

Summer just wouldn't be summer without a Mazda Miata. For the past 20 years, getting my hands on a Miata is something I look forward to with anticipation.

Saturn is one of the companies GM dropped recently before going bankrupt altogether.

As the saying goes, if you can't beat them, you might as well join them. Following Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi's 180 degree turn on the embracement of hybrid technologies that came at the New York Auto Show in April, the company's Executive Vice President Philip Spender announced new details on Mazda's future hybrid plans during the Japanese ...

Reshaped headlights, a larger grille opening and fog lights that fit into large valance openings should give the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice a run for their money.

The sleek, delightful 2009 Mazda MX-5 Miata is making a serious impact on the Saturn Sky and its other competitor's sales rates.

The optimistic cliche is that tough times produce new opportunities. The current economic situation is indeed a rough one for all segments of industry, especially the automotive world.

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Not everyone likes large cars, but there are very few small premium vehicles in the United States.

Two yellow convertibles have joined the fleet at 120 E. Liberty just in time for summer! The Mini Cooper S convertible and Mazda MX-5 Miata are cabrios of the point-and-shoot variety: Just point them in the direction you want to go, and they shoot forward.

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Go ahead, admit it. Your husband/wife/significant other would look much spiffier behind the wheel of a convertible compared to how they look driving that tired old teal Ford Escort.