Mazda Mx5miata 2017 Owner's Manual

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DRIVING MATTERS

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

DOES DRIVING MATTER?

Does a long, winding road or an empty freeway

on Sunday 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 makes driving better.

Like safety technology that inspires confidence.

Engine technology that makes our cars and SUVs

more fuel-efficient. Yet still responsive.

And 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. DRIVING MATTERS

IS OBSESSING OVER EVERY BOLT, EVERY WIRE AND EVERY STITCH OVERKILL? WE THINK NOT.

We built this Mazda 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 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.

Manual Transmission only.

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. Lively. And loaded with as much thrill as you want to give it. We built the Mazda MX-5 Miata because Driving Matters.

Light. Lean.

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

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

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 detail of the MX-5. Whether the top is up or folded neatly away, the 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. The body color pours from the outside into the

interior for a fluid milieu, helping you become one with the vehicle. 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 that this is no ordinary experience. Because having a presence on the road and being connected to everything around you makes driving better.

HEADLIGHT

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. 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?

What is it about the MX-5 Miata that makes you want to drive just a little bit longer? After evolving for 27 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 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.

with an integrated Traction Control System

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 substitute for safe driving practices. Factors including speed, road conditions and driver steering input can all affect whether DSC will be effective in preventing loss of control. Please see your Owner’s Manual for further details.

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

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