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Mazda admits Australians aren't asking for an electric MX-5

An electric MX-5 could attract new buyers, but Mazda says existing Australian customers are still chasing an analogue successor.

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Mazda seems to have clearly understood what MX-5 Miata fans expect from the next generation: not a heavier and more complicated car, but a small, lightweight and as analog a roadster as possible. Speaking to CarExpert during the Australian launch of the CX-6e electric model, Mazda Australia director Vinesh Bhindi said that customers are not asking for an electric MX-5. “We don’t see many customers walking into the showroom and saying, ‘An electr…

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Mazda admits Australians aren't asking for an electric MX-5

An electric MX-5 could attract new buyers, but Mazda says existing Australian customers are still chasing an analogue successor.

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Already much has been discussed about the future of the Mazda MX-5 and one thing seems more and more certain: the next generation will have to be prepared for different scenarios. Including a future in which the combustion engine ceases to be an option in some markets. That is precisely what Masahiro Moro, executive director of the Mazda, explained [...] The post Mazda admits that MX-5 electric does not have great interest appeared first in Auto…

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Mazda acknowledges that MX-5 customers continue to ask for lightness and traditional sensations, although the rules may force it to introduce some kind of electrification.

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CarExpert broke the news on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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