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Mazda has toiled admirably to keep the latest MX-5 Miata true to the spirit of the original. But just how close did the team come?
To find out, the Japanese automaker brought two bookending examples of its iconic roadster down to a racetrack in Spain and put them in the hands of a couple of endurance racing drivers – Jade Paveley in the original, Owen Mildenhall in the new model.
Whichever crossed the finish line first at the end of one lap would win. And because 25 years of progress wouldn’t exactly make it a fair match, they gave the original a four-second head start. Watch the video above to see how it went down.
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