The MX-5 has been with us for over 25 years now. In this time the model has been re-styled and facelifted a few times. Here you will find a comparison and some technical data.

  NA NA-facelift NB NB-facelift
 
from/to:
1990-1994
1994-1998
1998-2001
2001-2005
engine:
1.6 (4-cil)
1.6 / 1.8 (4-cil)
1.6 / 1.8 (4-cil)
1.6 / 1.8 (4-cil)
engine placement
front
front
front
front
drive
rear
rear
rear
rear
power (hp):
116
90 / 131
110 / 140
110 / 146
weight (kG):
950
965 / 990
990 / 1000
1010 / 1075
ratio weight/hp (kG per hp):
8,19
10,72 / 7,56
9,00 / 7,14
9,18 / 7,36
top speed (km/hr):
195
175 / 197
191 / 205
191 / 208
0/100km  (sec.):
8,8
10,6 / 8,7
9,7 / 8,0
9,7 / 8,4

 

 

  NC NC-facelift ND
 
from/to:
2005-2009
2009-2015
2015-...
engine:
1.8 / 2.0 (4-cil)
1.8 / 2.0 (4-cil)
1.5 / 2.0 (4-cil)
engine placemnet
front
front
front
drive:
rear
rear
rear
power (pk):
126 / 160
126 / 160
130 / 165
weight (kG):
1055 / 1055
1005 / 1015
998 / 1058
ratio weight/hp (kG per hp):
8,37 / 6,59
7,98 / 6,34
7,68 / 6,41
top speed (km/hr):
196 / 210
194 / 213
200
0/100km (sec.):
9,4 / 7,9
9,9 / 7,6
... / ...