By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

We love Miatas specifically for this reason: they make great track cars and are easy to obtain. Ride along with StreetFire member Meezer as he competes at Brands Hatch!

2010 Ma5da MX5 – Round 3 – Brands Hatch

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

With fall fast approaching, that means it’s time to once again start looking towards the auto show season and the concept cars that come with it. One of the concepts that’s already been revealed is the Mazda MX-5 superlight concept for the Frankfurt Show. As it’s name suggests, this car takes the standard MX-5 and strips away “excess” weight , doing away with things like a windshield or top. The resulting car is a unique creation that’s one my favorite concept cars in recent memory – the raw spirit of the MX-5 turned up to eleven. Hopefully it comes with a pair of leather driving gloves and some goggles.

By Mike Garrett

By Antonio Alvendia

Antonio Alvendia

We’ve had mega coverage of the Pacific Northwest’s incredible drift scene lately, so how ’bout a stroll down the path less traveled with some Olde World European classics? These are cars you won’t see hanging their tails out in a wall-scraping slide, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less fascinating. To find them, we had to hop onto one of Washington’s many state ferry boats and hitch a ride to Whidbey Island, about an hour north of Seattle and home of Simpson Design. Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens

By Katherine Helmetag

Atomicalex

Has it really been that long?!? 2009 marks twenty years of the roadster goodness known in the US as Miata. Mazda’s booth had concepts and spec racers from each generation of the MX-5 platform.