2022 Mazda MX-5 Review: Still Top Marks, But the Pressure’s On

Auto123 reviews the 2022 Mazda MX-5.

For 2022, everybody’s favourite everyman’s sports car – the MX-5 – returns to the fold much the same as previous, but with a few tricks up its sleeve to make this historically enjoyable and exploitable little car just that much more so.

The first challenge
Of course, what hasn’t changed is the size of the car, and when it comes time to clamber down into one of these, you’ve got to be a little creative. And supple. The cockpit, while bigger than it was back in ’89 when this product line started, is a snug, snug place to be and you do have to thread your legs into it.

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One feature my tester didn’t have were the optional Recaro sports seats. They are fantastically supportive and good-looking, to be sure, but their high side bolsters make sinking down in them tougher for the wider-hipped among us. Having sat in them before, I’d actually found myself sitting ON them, or at least on top of their bolsters, further reducing headroom. The stock sets in my tester are plenty supportive and in my book, that’s all that’s needed.

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