Mazda has formally launched the Spirit Racing Roadster 12R, a track-focused tackle its common MX-5 sports activities automobile.
First revealed this time final yr, the Spirit Racing Roadster 12R was launched over the weekend on the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon.
It comes from Mazda’s new Spirit Racing efficiency division, akin to Toyota’s Gazoo Racing and Hyundai’s N.
Developed as a limited-run particular version, simply 200 examples of the 12R shall be made. All shall be based mostly on the soft-top MX-5 and offered within the Japanese home market.
Headlining the record of adjustments for the 12R is a 10kW energy bump, courtesy of upgrades to the camshaft, pistons, manifold, and exhaust. All informed the 12R produces 145kW, making it some of the highly effective manufacturing MX-5s ever.
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Nonetheless, it nonetheless falls wanting the 150kW MX-5 SP, a turbocharged model of the second-generation (NB) mannequin offered in Australia greater than 20 years in the past.
All 12R examples shall be offered with a six-speed guide transmission.
Along with powertrain tweaks, the 12R positive factors a bespoke Bilstein suspension setup, light-weight Rays alloy wheels shod in Advan Neova AD09 efficiency tyres, and uprated Brembo brakes.
The record of motorsport-inspired upgrades extends to the inside of the 12R which options body-hugging Recaro seats and Alcantara trim on the steering wheel, dashboard and shifter. Pink accents are additionally scattered all through, within the type of re-coloured seatbelts, seat piping and sprint stitching.
Japanese consumers can count on to pay round 7 million yen for the 12R, which interprets to roughly AU$72,000.
Whereas we gained’t get the 12R Down Beneath, Mazda will produce a tamer Spirit Racing MX-5 for worldwide markets.
The usual Spirit Racing does with out the engine upgrades, Recaro seats and a few of the 12R-specific beauty enhancements. It’s anticipated to return in at round 5 million yen (AU$51,000).
Each variants put on a revised entrance splitter and aspect skirts, whereas the 12R encompasses a black stripe down the bonnet, and a crimson racing stripe on the entrance splitter and aspect mirrors.
A camouflaged model of the Spirit Racing Roadster was spied chopping laps in Germany again in July, and it’s understood Japanese deliveries of the ‘base’ variant will kick off from mid-2025.
A limited-run thirty fifth Anniversary version has joined the 2025 MX-5 vary in Australia, with 50 examples of the MX-5 GT-based convertible accessible within the native market. It’s completed in a novel Artisan Pink paint color, and options bespoke wheels, a beige soft-top, beige carpet and flooring mats, and tan Nappa leather-based upholstery.
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