The Japanese mark prepares for an exit to the car market the 4th generation of MX-5 roadster.
2011 Mazda MX-5
The technical concept of Mazda MX 5 remains former: the motor in front, and a drive gear on rear wheels. However the weight of the car will keep within one ton. Outwardly future Mazda MX-5 inherits lines of Shinari concept. Thanks to direct injection and Start/Stop system the engine of a new Mazda MX-5 promises to become much more economic.
Also, thanks to small weight, the low centre of gravity and the ideal chassis between front and rear shafts the 2011 Mazda MX-5 became a roadster embodiment.
Mazda company plans to present roadster MX-5 of new generation on motor show to Tokyo.
New Mazda MX-5
As informed earlier, the roadster of Mazda MX-5 of following generation save a motor configuration and a rear wheel drive, thus a body of the car becomes more rigid, and the lump decreases approximately for 10% (the car will weigh hardly more tons).
Besides, the novelty begins to be equipped with the new engine of SkyActive family equipped with direct injection of fuel. Prospective power capacity of new Mazda MX-5 — not less than 150HP.
"Roadster Mazda MX-5 always should be an easy sports car. For the last decade this car on the dimensions became more and more hard, but time now came to turn process back, to return to sources", — declared Takao Kijima (the main project manager of all MX-5).
I will notice that the family of SkyActive technologies by Mazda, besides engines, also includes new transmissions, structure of a body which for 8% is easier and for 30% is more rigid, and completely the new chassis, whose weight for 14% is less, than present.
The roadster appears on a car market of the Great Britain. The car is improved according to requirements of the ecological standard of "Euro 5", as the version 370Z with a coupe body. 3,7-l V6 develops power in 324HP. On a choice two transmissions: a 6-step mechanical transmission with function SynchroRev Match or the newest 7-step automatic transmission. To buyers will offer all complete sets: base and GT.
Roadster Nissan 370Z
In the standard version 370Z Roadster it is equipped with 18-inch carbon wheels, the electric drive of armchairs, the button of "Start/Stop" of the engine. In version GT there are 19-inch wheels, furnish of salon to a natural skin or suede of black colour, cruise-control and audiosystem Bose.
Cost of a New Nissan 370Z Roadster
Cost Nissan 370Z Roadster makes in the Great Britain from 29,900 pounds sterling for the base version to 36,150 pounds for complete set GT. Among the additional equipment it is possible to allocate multipurpose navigating system Connect Premium with a hard disk in capacity 40Gb. The system has the colour touch screen, DVD and has USB-port for connection of MP3-players similar iPod. For music storage the additional hard disk in capacity 10Gb is provided.
In spite of the fact that release Lexus LF-A has been limited by only 500 copies, recently the given car is one of the most popular supercars. Though LF-A it's rather popular in a body «coupe», hearings about creation of roadster LF-A soar in air throughout already several months.
Lexus LF-A Roadster
Lexus still has officially declared, whether LF-A will be issued as a roadster, but on the Internet there were some images... About popularity of a coupe Lexus LF-A says also that fact, that all 165 Lexus LFA, intended for Japan, have been bought within 3 months from the moment of a car debut. If intended for the foreign markets 335 LF-A, will be bought up also quickly, Lexus becomes one of the most sold cars who have ever been made.
Japanese motor-car manufacturer Nissan has informed that car Fairlady Z Roadster has won Grand prix 2010 in competition Auto Color Award organised by the Japanese Association of a fashion (JAFCA).
Nissan Fairlady Z Roadster
Nissan Fairlady Z Roadster, noted by the high award, it is painted in is bright-claret colour Premium Deep Maroon. The car salon is executed in colour the red wine named Bordeaux. Motor-car manufacturers underline, that Nissan already in fifth time wins in Auto Color Award.
Fairlady Z Roadster also has won the award for the best ex-terrier, besides, magnificent new sedan Nissan Fuga (colour of a body: dark bronze, colour of salon: brown) for a month before also it has been noted by award Best Technology Award for the best technologies.
Fairlady Z Roadster (interior)
«Premium Deep Maroon is the colour embodying elegance and refinement Nissan Fairlady Z Roadster. Still first generation Fairlady Z has been presented in is dark-claret shades. The colour of an interior presented in similar shades, underlines magnificent leather furnish of salon and creates sensation of comfort and luxury», — have declared in company Nissan.
By a jury recognition, original colour which is used since time of first generation Fairlady Z. It's the best colour what the owner of the car only can receive.
For the first time Japanese company Mazda has shown photos of new concept car MX-5 Superlight. The first, that is evident in the model prepared for the 20 anniversary of release of first generation MX-5, — absence of a windshield. Besides the car has received the updated design of a forward part.
Concept car Mazda Superlight
Weight Mazda MX-5 Superlight makes only 995 kg, that together with 1,8L engine, power of 126HP, allows a roadster to be dispersed with 0 to 100 km/h for 8,9 seconds. World premiere Mazda MX-5 Superlight has taken place on the international motor show in Frankfurt.
Company Mazda in Frankfurt has prepared the conceptual version of car MX-5 for a September motor show with a body "speedster".
Speedster Mazda MX-5
The novelty has received name Superlight and is a gift of the Japanese motor-car manufacturer to itself in honour of the 20 anniversary of model MX-5 which at present has dispersed worldwide in circulation in 860,000 copies.
Speedster Mazda MX-5 Superlight, developed in German design studio, will receive the extralight design, allowing to improve roadability and fuel efficiency, and also to achieve drop of blowouts of carbonic gas. On a technical stuffing of the car while it is informed nothing, however, as assumes magazine Car, under a novelty cowl it will appear 1,8 or the 2,0-litre motor, established on usual roadsters MX-5.
At present speedster is only exhibition sample and, most likely, it will not be started in a batch production. In honour of 20 anniversary MX-5 in the Japanese car market sales of special version of this model which differs from the standard car only an emblem with an inscription "20th Anniversary", the chromeplated fog lights, 17-inch wheel disks and sports seats Recaro also have begun.
Company Mazda in Frankfurt has represents the conceptual version of car MX-5 for a September motor show with a body "speedster".
Mazda MX-5 Superlight Concept
The novelty has received name Superlight and is a gift of the Japanese motor-car manufacturer to itself in honour of the 20 anniversary of model MX-5 which at present was sold worldwide by circulation in 860 thousand copies. About it it's spoken in official press release Mazda.
Speedster Mazda MX-5 Superlight, developed in German design studio, will receive the extralight design, allowing to improve controllability and fuel profitability, and also to achieve decrease in emissions of carbonic gas. On a technical stuffing of the car while it is informed nothing, however, as assumes magazine Car, under a novelty cowl it will appear 1,8 or the 2,0-litre motor completed in standard roadsters MX-5.
At present speedster is only experimental exhibition sample and, most likely, it will not be started in a batch production. In honour of 20 anniversary MX-5 in the Japanese car market sales of special updating of this model which differs from the standard car only an inscription "20th Anniversary", chromeplated to wells of antifog headlights, 17-inch wheel disks and sports seats Recaro also have begun.
Last year has brought weight of new open cars from a budgetary segment which are constructed almost under a carbon paper.
Cabriolet Mazda MX-5
Repeating idea Peugeot 307 CC, in a golf class appears Volkswagen EOS, Opel Astra TwinTop, and also twins-brothers Volvo C70 and Ford Focus. Still a little bit — and release of coupe-cabriolets Koreans and Chineses will be engaged...
Meanwhile, technologically advanced Japanese not so hurries up on the market of coupe-cabriolets — yet is not issued any open model on the basis of golf class cars. But independent models like Mazda МХ-5 which has reincarnated recently already in the third generation prosper and since 2002 appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the most popular roadster in the world: it is sold more than 800,000 cars...
Despite the Japanese origin, the main commodity market for МХ-5 was and there is England. Despite of damp and not the most solar climate, British have passed for the big fans of open cars, especially classical roadsters.
Actually, the idea of creation МХ-5 belongs to British. Company Lotus was engaged in working out of first generation МХ-5 designers, but in the end of 80-s' the energy crisis has not allowed to start the car in manufacture, and the prototype has been sold to Japanese.
Those years Mazda dominated among the Japanese manufacturers in Europe, family 626, predecessor Mazda6, some years became the most sold import car in Germany successively. And release of the roadster developed on the best European canons, but collected by laborious Japanese hands, has appeared very opportunely.
At МХ-5 as then, and now practically there are no competitors. The roadster of last generation is constructed on the truncated chassis legendary sports-coupe RX-8, and thanks to the modest motor is on sale for quite accessible sum of money. Naturally power of engine Mazda concedes to eminent contenders, but also at the price of Mazda much more low.
There were pictures of conceptual roadster Mazda MX-2, some kind of the reduced version of model MX-5.
Mazda MX2 (roadster)
Considering, that on dimensions MX-2 is less, than MX-5, engines at the future roadster will be too less (more truly more poorly). Volumes of motors will begin from 0,7 litres. And the high-efficiency 1,6-litre unit will give out 160 horsepowers. However, if to take into consideration absolutely small weight of the car this power can quite suffice for racing entertainments.
Hearings go, that the car should be published in 2012. So, most likely, we will very soon see a live conceptual dwarfish roadster from Mazda.
