The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition in Photos
Mazda finally gives Miata fans what they've been waiting for: a new color.
The year 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the brilliant Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car, and Mazda is celebrating with the reveal of a zesty special edition at the Chicago auto show. In fact, the original Miata made its global debut at the 1989 Chicago show, making the launch of this new version at this year's show even more poignant. Mazda says the car represents "30 years of endless gratitude" to the enthusiastic fans of the Miata and "commemorates all the milestones and important people" from the car's "special journey." You could say that the special edition is for fans that feel like they have been friends forever with the Miata.
Aptly named the MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary Edition, it features one of the only things that Miata fans across the world have been clamoring for since the introduction of the current ND generation: more color.
The new Racing Orange paint was developed specifically for the 30th Anniversary Miata, and Mazda says it "represents sunrise and anticipation" and "evokes the breaking dawn of an exciting new day."
The brakes are painted in the same hue, and there are Racing Orange accents on the doors, the dashboard, the air vents, the shifter, and the piping and stitching of the seats.
In addition to the Vitamin C color scheme, the 30th Anniversary gets a set of 17-inch Rays ZE40 forged aluminum wheels that were specially developed for the Miata and are based on the wheels found on the MX-5 Cup race car.
New Alcantara trim is applied to the door panels, dashboard, and Recaro seats in place of leather.
Also, each 30th Anniversary Miata will get a badge on the driver's side quarter panel ahead of the rear wheel that denotes the serial number of the car.
Mazda made no mechanical changes to the Miata for this special edition, and that's fine with us.
The Miata already is one of our favorite cars on sale, and it was made even better for the 2019 model year with the addition of a new, higher-revving engine.
The 30th Anniversary model is based on the sporty Club trim level (specifically, the Club with the BBS/Brembo/Recaro package), which adds performance features like Bilstein dampers and a limited-slip diff.
Curiously, the 30th Anniversary also gets Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality, something absent from standard 2019 Miatas.
The 30th Anniversary softtop starts at $35,915, with the hardtop RF carrying a $2600 premium at $38,515.
That makes the softtop just $960 more than a standard Club with the BBS/Brembo/Recaro package, while the RF is only $10 more than a regular Club with the package.
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