Home | News | Road Tests Mazda MX-5: 20th Anniversary Edition for Japan Japan's Mazda Roadster 20th Anniversary Edition Home > News > Mazda 2nd August, 2009 To commemorate 20 years of Mazda Roadster (known overseas as the Mazda MX-5) sales, Mazda Motor Corporation has released a special edition version of its lightweight, two-seat, open-top sports car for the Japanese market. The Mazda Roadster 20th Anniversary went on sale on Friday at all Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealerships in Japan. Celebrating its 20th birthday this year, the Mazda Roadster has attracted a wide range of customers since its launch in 1989, and is currently sold in approximately 60 countries. The Roadster was certified as the world’s most produced two-seat, open-top sports cars by Guinness World Records when production reached 800,000 units. Total production of the Mazda Roadster now stands in excess of 860,000 units. The Roadster 20th Anniversary is based on the Roadster RS soft-top model with a six-speed manual transmission, and the VS Power Retractable Hard Top (RHT) hard-top model with a six-speed automatic transmission. Special equipment includes unique red and black RECARO bucket sport seats, exclusive ‘20th Anniversary’ badges, and clear front fog lights. Main features of the special edition Mazda Roadster 20th Anniversary Base models Mazda Roadster RS with manually-operated soft-top and six-speed manual transmission, and Mazda Roadster VS RHT with Mazda’s groundbreaking power retractable roof system and six-speed automatic transmission. Special equipment - RECARO bucket sport seats (Black Alcantara® *1 and red leather) - Exclusive ‘20th Anniversary’ badges (on each side) - Clear front fog lights and bezels *2 - 205/45R17 84W tires and 17-inch aluminium wheels *3 - Front strut tower bar (cowl connecting type) *3 - Fabric soft top with glass rear window (soft-top model only) - Heated seats with five temperature settings *4 - Soft padding (synthetic leather door armrests and centre console lid)*4 *1  Alcantara® is a registered trademark owned by Alcantara S.p.A. *2  Fog lamp bezels are black on the soft-top model and silver on the RHT model. *3  Special equipment on the RHT model only (standard equipment on the soft-top base model). *4  Special equipment on the soft-top model only (standard equipment on the RHT base model). Body colours All 20th Anniversary models come in Crystal White Pearl Mica, used for the first time on the Mazda Roadster. Hear Chris Goodsell Talk Motoring On Radio & Internet ..... more More Mazda News ..... here About | Car Clubs | Home | News | Road Ramblings | Road Tests | Subscribe | Top Drive ©   2009   All rights reserved.   Next Car Pty. Ltd.