• Roof operation takes just 12 seconds
  • Boot volume of 150 litres is unaffected by roof stowage
  • Additional weight vs. MX-5 soft top only 37 kg
  • Roadster Coupe 10 mm higher, otherwise identical in size to soft top
  • Front end and doors the same as the original model
  • Roadster Coupe has boldly contoured rear fenders
  • Front edge of the rear deck (behind the seats) is 40 mm higher
  • Air guide added to the aero board for low wind turbulence with the top down
  • The powered hard top also cuts cabin noise on the highway and reduces unwanted traffic noise seeping into the cabin during city driving
  • Local body reinforcements at the top and sides of the rear deck opening
  • Aluminium, four cylinder engine with front midship engine placement
  • MZR 2.0-litre petrol has 118kW and mates to a 6MT or 6AT
  • DSC and traction control system (TCS) standard for Roadster Coupe and soft top models
  • Innovative side airbags with two chambers that protect both head and thorax
  • Produced at the Mazda assembly plant Ujina 1 in Japan
  • New power retractable hard top version joins the Mazda MX-5 soft top, the world's best selling roadster with more than 770,000 produced
  • Market launch beginning September 2006