New Mazda MX-5 Z-Sport limited edition costs £25,595

It’s on sale from 1 March 2018

2018 Mazda MX-5 Z-SportThe latest Mazda MX-5 limited edition has been announced: the Z-Sport is capped to 300 cars, each costing £25,595, with sales beginning just in time for the new ’18-plate’ registration on 1 March 2018.

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Why is it special? Because this is the first chance Mk4 MX-5 fans have had to buy the new soft-top roadster with a contrast-colour convertible roof. The Machine Grey metallic paint is offset by a cherry red fabric roof, with black 17-inch BBS alloys added in for good measure.

Inside, there are free sand-coloured leather seats, and a set of Z-Sport floor mats and door kickplates. Rather neatly, Mazda’s sticking an individually-numbered Z-Sport plaque onto the dash of every car.

2018 Mazda MX-5 Z-Sport

All come with the higher-power 2.0-litre 160hp engine also used by the MX-5 Sport Nav the car’s derived from. This means they also all have a limited-slip differential, Bilstein dampers and a strut brace. Plus, of course, standard sat nav.

Jeremy Thomson, MD of Mazda Motors UK said: “The MX-5’s new cherry coloured roof was shown for the first time in public at the recent Tokyo Motor Show where it received a very positive reception.

“I’m delighted that we can bring it to UK MX-5 buyers as part of the exciting Z-Sport limited edition model.”

2018 Mazda MX-5 Z-Sport

And if the Z-Sport name is familiar, you’re clearly a hardcore MX-5 fan: it was first used in 2007, on the Mk3 MX-5. This was capped to 400 cars, each in Radiant Ebony Mica paint, with stone leather seats and 17-inch BBS alloys. This second-generation car follows the template closely, but is even more exclusive than 07 car.

“We’ve had a long tradition of producing distinctive limited edition MX-5s that allow customers to drive a sports car with stand-out looks and enhanced equipment,” added Thomson. “The new Z-Sport is one of the best yet.”

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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