Modern MG Roadster Is Only a Digital Dream Based on the Mazda MX-5

The Miata is arguably one of the most successful sportscars ever built, with about one million sold so far. Even though the original came out way back in 1989, many people still consider it to be a copy of the traditional British roadster. That’s only partially correct. In 1976, thirteen years before the first MX-5 rolled off the assembly line, Motor Trend journalist Bob Hall met with Kenichi Yamamoto and Gai Arai, head of Research a…