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Video: 550kW RX-7 drifts NZ mountain road
‘Mad’ Mike Whiddett screeches along highest paved roadway in New Zealand…
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Want one? Well too bad - Mazda's keeping its cards close to its chest, so there's no word yet on when, or even if it'll make production. But surely you wouldn't stick a set of road legal semi-slicks, not full-on racing tyres, on your track-special concept unless...
Toyota 86, Subaru BRZ: it mightn't be the return artillery fire you were expecting in the battle to be king of the lightweight, RWD sportscars, but it's a warning nonetheless that Mazda will not sit still. The next MX-5 will be very interesting, indeed.
-TOM HARRISON
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Other mechanical enhancements include adjustable suspension, a set of sticky semi-slick track tyres and a new sports exhaust system that promises a better bark from the single, central pipe. The GT is also a whisker lighter than the standard car, thanks to a pair of grippy Recaros and carbon-fibre interior trimmings.
Visually, a carbon front splitter, side skirts and a spoiler differentiate the GT from standard MX-5s. Whether they actually provide a measurable aerodynamic benefit - as Mazda claims - will be tested by Goodwood's notoriously unforgiving walls.
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The GT, which uses the same 2.0-litre four-pot and six-speed manual as the standard car, packs 153kW, 34 more than its production spec sibling - and a cheeky 6kW more than the 147kW of the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ. There's no word yet on acceleration, top speed or torque - but as the road-going car can crack 100 in 7.6 seconds and run on to 212km/h with a measly 119kW, the GT should be entertainingly brisk.
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Mazda is clearly not happy with the new Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ taking the spotlight taken off its MX-5.
The Mazda MX-5 has never been about outright power, but that doesn't mean a fraction more than the standard 119kW would go amiss. Luckily, Mazda's been listening, and has responded with this - the track-focused MX-5 GT Concept.
Built to "test customer reaction to a high performance version of the iconic sportscar", the GT will make its debut at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed. It'll be running the infamous hillclimb course as part of the "First Glance" category, alongside the new Aston Martin Vanquish and Bentley Continental GT Speed. Well, it's good to aim high...
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