At this year’s Chicago Auto Show, Mazda took the wraps off the 2009 MX-5 “Miata” roadster, a simple refresh of last year’s model – not exactly notable. But as luck would have it, the first Miata made its world debut in the Windy City some 20 years ago.
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It was an immediate hit. Since that day back in 1989, three different generations of the popular roadster have rolled off Mazda’s assembly lines, and with total worldwide sales approaching 900,000 units the MX-5 has been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling 2-seat roadster of all time.
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The popularity of the Miata is largely due to the fact that Mazda has never changed the underlying idea behind the MX-5 — it’s still a lightweight, sporty, fun-to-drive sports car. To celebrate the MX-5’s 20th anniversary, Mazda decided to take visitors down memory lane by displaying a few of the most noteworthy “Miata” models and concepts in Chicago.
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~http://autoshow.autos.msn.com/autoshow/chicago2009/Slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=17881290
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