Length is the distance between the front and the rear of the car. It is measured from the front bumper to the rear bumper It is no surprise that length has a huge impact on the inner spaciousness of the Mazda MX-5.A roadster, also known as a sports car, can be any length depending on the make and model, but they tend to be smaller and more compact than other types of cars.With it’s
wheelbase of 2310 mm,
the Mazda MX-5 has a length of 3915 mm. The longest car you can find amongst similar vehicles has BMW 507 Roadster (507 ), which is 465 mm more than the MX-5 1.5 SKYACTIV-G 132 -
4380 mm.For illustration, the difference in wheelbase between the Mazda and the BMW is 170 mm in favor of the BMW. On the other hand, the shortest in the " roadster" category is the Suzuki Cappuccino 0.7 Turbo , which is 3295 mm - that makes it 620 mm shorter than the Mazda in question.Wheelbase-wise, the Mazda outperforms the rival by 250 mm.
The difference in length between first generation (NA) from 1990 and last generation (MX-5 ND (1. Facelift)) from 2023 is 38.9cm mm.