We’ve seen almost every engine swap possible into Mazda’s iconic roadster – how about electric?

Modifying has been part of the Mazda MX-5 story almost since the very beginning: it was only 1991, remember, that the 787B famously won at La Sarthe, and the BBR Turbo Le Mans was created in celebration. Since then there have been supercharged MX-5s, rotary MX-5s, V6s, V8s – you name it, the MX-5 has probably been powered by it. 

… It’ll coast, almost glide along, it’ll very intelligently regen, or it’ll behave like a grown-up R/C car. For a car that’s famously never boasted much configurability at all, the little Mazda works brilliantly in all three. It’s an absolute hoot, more of an MX-5 more of the time – and we never did more than 70mph. …

Original article published 12 February 2025