Mazda Mx5miata 2016 Owner's Manual

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WOULD THE WORLD
BE A BETTER PLACE IF EVERYONE
DROVE A ROADSTER?

Does Driving Matter?

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Does a long, winding road or an empty freeway
on Christmas morning matter if the car you’re in
doesn’t take advantage of the moment?

Does safety, technology, efficiency or even beauty matter,
if a car doesn’t feel right in your hands?

If you build Mazdas, driving is what matters most.

That’s why everything we do has one purpose…
to make driving better.

Like creating safety technology that inspires confidence.

Engine technology that makes our cars and SUVs
more fuel-efficient, responsive.
And sticky in the turns.

With designs that capture motion,
even when the car isn’t moving.

What’s better than a great driving car?

A car company that won’t build anything less.

MAZDA

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Driving Matters

WAS CHANGING EVERY BOLT, EVERY WIRE AND EVERY STITCH OVERKILL? WE THINK NOT.

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We built this MX-5 Miata like we built the very first one.
We preserved our roots, but evolved the technology. We built a
roadster with beautiful proportions, heart-pounding excitement,
a rocking power-to-weight ratio and a connection to the road
unlike any other. The Mazda MX-5 Miata is built this way because
driving matters. It matters to you. And it matters to Mazda.

The MX-5 Miata commits to the asphalt with swift agility and
nimble smoothness, without hesitation. Without excessive
weight. It’s how we’ve always done it. It’s how it makes you feel
when you grip the steering wheel and take a curvy off-ramp
after a long day. We built the MX-5 Miata to behave precisely
how you, the driver, would want it to. Intuitive. Responsive.
And how it just simply makes you grin from ear to ear. The value
of driving dynamics is something you measure with your senses.

We built the MX-5 Miata for the s-curves. The corners. The cliff
side highway corkscrews. Taking them confidently and never
holding back. The MX-5 is an athletic 2,332 lbs.

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Light. Lean.
Lively. And loaded with as much thrill as you want to give it.
We built the Mazda MX-5 Miata because driving matters.

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Manual Transmission only.

Mazda3 s Grand Touring 4-Door model shown in Titanium Flash Mica (left) and Mazda3 s Grand Touring 5-Door model shown in Soul Red Metallic

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KODO: “Soul of Motion.” Energy in motion. Power in motion. It’s the inspiration
behind the design of every Mazda vehicle. Created to transform ordinary sheet
metal into something that embodies the vitality of a living being, KODO exudes
the power and elegance of a wild animal in the instant before it pounces on its prey.

Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring shown in Soul Red Metallic

Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring shown in Soul Red Metallic

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EXHILARATING. WITHOUT MOVING AN INCH.

The KODO: “Soul of Motion” design language is not just a curve
in the side panels or the shape of a headlamp. You’ll find it
captured in every essence of the MX-5. Whether the top is up
or folded neatly away, the new muscular stance conveys an
aggressive design while maintaining a fluid symmetry.

Beyond its exterior, the KODO motif resonates within the doors
of the MX-5 Miata. How you feel when the interior merges with

the outside landscape and you become one with the vehicle is
what driving is all about. From the structure, stitching and fabric
created for the seats, to the winged shape of the instrument
panel and every surrounding surface before you, the environment
conveys this is no ordinary experience. Because having a presence
on the road and being connected to everything around you at all
times matters.

HEADLIGHT

Seeing what’s ahead and giving you a better view of the road matters. Because we crafted
one of the world’s shortest and lowest noses on a sports car, fitting the headlamps into
this extremely short overhang meant reinventing the headlight. The position of each LED
bulb, the parabolic-type LED high beam and the turn signal layout produce better visibility
and more intensity, and yet weigh 15% less than previous models. We can’t see accepting
anything less than crisp, radiant light distribution.

Low Beam

Position Lamp

Turn SignalHigh Beam

IS THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS REALLY THE BEST ROUTE?

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What is it about the MX-5 Miata that makes you want to drive just a little
bit longer? After evolving for 26 years, you learn a few things about what
matters. Take it from longtime MX-5 Chief Program Manager, Nobuhiro
Yamamoto. Not only was he on the high-profile Mazda R&D team for the
1991 Le Mans win, he leads the team today in its obsessive need to achieve
absolute performance and sheer driving excitement. Of his winning
strategy, Yamamoto explains, “That means a light, compact body, front
midship engine and rear-wheel drive, 50:50 weight distribution, low yaw
moment of inertia, and low center of gravity.” Winning races, and the
hearts of fans the world over, appears to keep working.

Meticulous adjustments, such as lowering the engine for a lower center
of gravity and pushing the engine back, are all nuances that keep us
continually developing the MX-5 so it enhances balance and directional
control, and stays firmly anchored to the pavement.

And because we race everything we build, you can be assured there’s
a track-tuned suspension that delivers superb handling and directional
stability by combining a sophisticated double-wishbone layout up front
with an advanced multilink setup in the rear.

The Dynamic Stability Control

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with an integrated Traction Control System
optimizes both traction and handling in less-than-ideal road conditions
without interfering with your oneness with the road. For all those twists
and turns the road has in store, each and every MX-5 is precisely
engineered to create balance.

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Dynam ic Stability C ontrol (DSC ) is an electro nic system de signed to help t he driver mai ntain contro l under adver se conditio ns.

It is not a su bstitute for safe drivin g practices. Fac tors inc luding speed, road con dition s and driver steering inp ut can al l
affec t whether DSC wil l be effective in preventing loss o f control. Plea se see your owner’s manual for fur ther details .

Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring shown in Soul Red Metallic