Much maligned as the black sheep of the Miata family, this generation proves that even a bad Miata is a great sports car.

For a time, Mazda wanted the Miata and a new RX-7 sharing the same platform. A global financial meltdown unfortunately ...

That's because the Mazda MX-5 Miata roadster was dissected and rebuilt as a member of the RX series, with the Speed Star project looking like a high-performance street and drag race-level buggy ...