You hear manufacturers say it a lot but often the ‘perfect weight distribution’ ideal is just part of their marketing narration. With the fourth generation Mazda MX-5, due in South Africa later this year, the engineers have gone to great lengths to prove that the latest version is perfectly weighted 50:50.
When you’re dealing with modest power output, getting the gram count just right becomes even more critical and with the MX-5, they’ve done just that. Now we really can’t wait to chuck it down a mountain pass.
