Soft-top convertibles are fun, but they’re hardly ideal in the colder months, and the MX-5 is no different.
Anyone who has driven a rag-top roadster in the winter will know the very real struggle of suffering frosty fingers and a nippy nose.
That’s why Mazda is now offering a new limited edition MX-5, specially tailored to make winter a little more bearable for these drop-top drivers.
Retailing at £20,995, the MX-5 Arctic uses the well-specced SE-L Nav with the 1.5-litre 129bhp petrol engine as a base before chucking in a load of winter-defying extras.
What makes the MX-5 Artic different?
Visually, the special edition MX-5 is distinguishable due to its blue reflex metallic paint exterior, spliced with contrasting bright silver highlights.
The windscreen surround, wing mirrors and headrest hoops are all painted silver, which is suitably wintery, but fancy paint isn’t going to keep you warm. Heated leather seats will though, and they come as standard with the Arctic MX-5; something you can’t say about the regular SE-L Nav model.
Other features included as standard are automatic headlights, rain-sensing wipers and rear parking sensors.
There will only be 400 MX-5 Arctics that will go in to production and each will come with a numbered limited edition badge on the dashboard. This marks the second MX-5 to wear the Arctic badge, which was last used on the second-generation roadster in 2005.
Snow is famously unkind to cars driven by their rear wheels, like the MX-5 and BMW Z4, and as this model remains a rear-wheel deal, there’s nothing to suggest that the MX-5 Arctic will handle the white stuff any better than the regular model.
Jeremy Thomson, managing director of Mazda Motors UK, said: “We are delighted to offer another special version of the award-winning MX-5 convertible; we’ve had a long history of producing distinctive limited edition MX-5s that allow customers to drive a sports car with stand-out looks and enhanced standard equipment.
“The new MX-5 Arctic’s exclusive looks and great value mean it’s sure to be a popular choice when it arrives in dealerships early next year.”
Yes, you read right, ‘early next year’. The MX-5 Arctic won’t go on sale until February 2017, just in time for the spring. Great timing, Mazda.
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