Mazda MX-5 Miata

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The Miata took a formula that few thought would work – low weight, low power, precision steering, and a small-displacement engine – and turned it into the MX-5 Miata. To this day, the Miata remains a Japanese icon, and is now entering its fourth generation.

Throughout the years, the Miata was never an overly powerful car, as its strongest models were the 178-horsepower Mazdaspeed versions in 2004 and 2005. Instead, the Miata has been a shining example that you don’t have to have huge horsepower numbers to have fun.