The sporty Mazda MX-5 has received a minor facelift for 2024, and supply is claimed to be strong enough to match or beat last year's sales result.
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"Last year we went through a little bit of supply constraint in the first half of the year, and then we kind of caught up towards the end," Alastair Doak, national marketing manager for Mazda Australia, told CarExpert.
"Whenever you do a change, or even for an update like this, or a new model, there's kind of a down and up.
"We've got good supply currently. I think from a volume point of view we'll at least match last year … if not better this year."
During 2023 Mazda sold a total of 653 MX-5s – far from a record-breaking sales figure for the nameplate in Australia, though it was up 31.9 per cent year-on-year.
In the first six months of this year 299 examples of the MX-5 have been sold, which is up 23.6 per cent compared to the same period last year.
As it currently stands, new customers placing a new MX-5 order are looking at wait time of roughly one-to-two months, irrespective of whether they opt for the soft top Roadster or hard top RF.
According to a Mazda Australia spokesperson, it's expected around 60 per cent of MX-5 buyers opt for the RF, with the more traditional Roadster accounting for 40 per cent of sales,
Around 65 per cent of buyers are also expected to opt for the six-speed manual transmission, whereas the remaining 35 per cent will opt for the six-speed automatic transmission.
Below is a percentage breakdown of expected sales for the 2024 Mazda MX-5 trim levels:
As previously reported, a total of nine variants are offered across the Roadster and RF body styles.
Pricing starts from $41,520 before on-roads for the MX-5 Roadster manual, and extends to $56,140 before on-roads for the MX-5 RF GT RS manual.
Headlining this particular update, outside minor exterior design tweaks, is a new 8.8-inch Mazda Connect infotainment system. The MX-5 is the first Mazda model in Australia to introduce connected services.
All manual-equipped models now receive a newly developed asymmetric limited-slip differential which is claimed to make the convertible more agile and less prone to oversteer on deceleration.
There's also a new DSC-TRACK stability control reserved for top-spec Roadster GT RS and RF GT RS variants which is claimed to allow the car to enter controlled oversteer in turns. It doesn't limit power like regular stability control and instead only manipulates the brakes.
Other minor changes with the update includes a revised air intake which makes more noise, updated accelerator response, as well as a slightly lighter steering rack.
Current before on-road costs pricing for the 2024 Mazda MX-5 is also follows:
MX-5 Roadster
MX-5 RF
Prices exclude on-road costs.
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Content originally sourced from: CarExpert.com.au
