Mazda's rather wonderful MX-5 Superlight concept is set to make its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, where it will both be on static display, and running up the hill as part of the Supercar category.
The windscreen-less wonder from the 2009 Frankfurt motor show is not earmarked for production, however. Instead Mazda says it is a "showcase for the lightweight technology" that it is "introducing across its full range of production cars" (spoilsports).
Which is all very nice, but the 995kg aluminium-and-carbon-fibre-tastic MX-5 Superlight, with its 125bhp 1.8-litre MZR motor and five-speed gearbox, looks so good we're pretty sure it would find a few buyers.
So come on Mazda, make it!
In the absence of the Superlight on the Mazda price lists, MX-5 fans will have to make do with the new Miyako special edition - the first special based on the most recent facelift of the evergreen roadster.
The Miyako is available in 125bhp 1.8-litre soft-top from for £18,385 or £20,885 for the 158bhp 2.0i Roadster Coupe version, with its folding hard-top.
Named for the Japanese holiday island of Miyako-jima (the perfect location for open-top motoring, says Mazda), the new Miyako gets unique Medici premium perforated black leather trim with a red underlay and stitching, special badging, floor mats and climate control. The exterior includes front fog lamps, larger 17-inch alloy wheels, a front suspension strut brace, and FOC metallic paint (everybody say 'ooohhh!').
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