26/07/2023
Went out last night shooting Kate Marie Walker’s newly purchased classic, a 1994 Mazda MX5. It was nice to have no rain to get out and shoot this cool little car.
The MX-5 was styled in California, once the heartland of British sports car sales. Mazda had formed a new design studio there in 1980 and there was to be a competition to find the right design. Mark Jordan’s Californian team proposed a front engine rear drive layout and the Tokyo based Mazda team came up with a front drive design – the American design won hands down.
The MX5 was known by various names around the world. In Japan it was not badged as a Mazda at all but was known as the Eunos Roadster, an early example of Japanese sub-branding. In the US the car was called the Mazda MX5 Miata and only in Europe was the single MX-5 name used – it’s a good way of distinguishing imports and telling where an MX-5 has come from.
If you want a shoot with you car, you know where I am…
