Mazda Borrowing From Porsche Design
It seems like the latest enhancements on Mazda’s 2012 MX-5 take a page from another car maker’s playbook. At the 2011 SEMA show in Las Vegas, auto makers and parts suppliers from around the globe show off enhanced concepts. It’s one of the most popular, and unique, car events of the year.
Mazda, the Japanese auto maker known for bringing Los Angeles, Denver, and even Richmond, VA the Mazda MX-5 to dealer lots, is borrowing a Porsche design.
The MX-5 Spyder is a specialized MX-5 “Miata” (remember that name?) – sans the convertible roof, which is replaced by “a single panel grenadine-red soft-top made by Haartz Corporation.” The “fastback” design is another look that follows in Porsche’s Spyder footsteps.
Under its hood, Mazda includes a MZR 2.0-liter engine, which runs on BP’s isobutanol biofuel. It is produced similarly to ethanol, and is a separate concept Mazda is playing with to coincide with their “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom” slogan.
Whether or not Mazda will actually put this concept into production is unknown, as many SEMA show cars never make it to dealer lots. But we’ll keep checking back, and hoping.
Source: CNET
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