April 18, 2024

Limited Edition Mazda MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition Celebrates Motorsports Heritage


Commemorating the 23rd Anniversary of the Miata Cup by the Miata Club of the Philippines (MCP), Mazda Philippines is launching the special, limited-edition MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition. Limited to just 23 units, the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition celebrates Mazda’s rich motorsports heritage and the oldest, continually-held one-make race in the country.

Based on the new 2024 MX-5 2.0L MT Black Top Black Leather variant, the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition is dressed in bespoke racing livery designed by local artist Jaykee Evangelista, and inspired by classic motorsports liveries.



The MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition is offered in three distinct colorways:
  • 19 units in Aero Gray with White-painted front & rear bumpers and White, Black, and Aero Gray decal
  • 2 units in Snowflake White Pearl with Laguna Blue-painted front & rear bumpers, and White, Black, and Laguna Blue decals
  • 2 units in Deep Crystal Blue with White-painted front & rear bumpers and White, Sky Blue, and Deep Crystal Blue decals
Regardless of colorway, all MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition roadsters have Orange side mirror caps, color-matched to Orange Mazda decals on the sides. The full livery comes with a 1-year manufacturer’s warranty.

Further emphasizing it as a limited-edition model, each unit will come with an aluminum satin-finished commemorative badge with a unique serial number. Upon purchase, buyers will also be able to customize their car by selecting their preferred competition car door number.



The MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition was uniquely developed by Mazda Japan for the Philippine market specifically in honor of the 23rd Anniversary of the Miata Cup. As a track-oriented model, it removes some i-ACTIVSENSE® safety and driver assist features such as Adaptive LED Headlights, Smart Brake Support-Rear, Blind Spot Monitoring, and Rear Cross Traffic Alert with Rear Cross Brake Support.

However, in keeping with the MX-5’s ethos as a daily-use sports car, the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition is still equipped with modern niceties such as an 8.8-inch Mazda Connect infotainment screen with Dual USB Type-C ports, a 9-speaker Bose sound system, wireless Apple CarPlay, automatic climate control, and a reverse camera.

Further amplifying Mazda’s Jinba-Ittai—horse and rider as one—philosophy, the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition offers the same performance features found on the 2024 MX-5 2.0L MT Black Top Black Leather variant such as Bilstein Dampers, a front strut bar, and Kinematic Posture Control (KPC). New for 2024 are Dynamic Stability Control with Track Mode (DSC-Track) and Asymmetric Limited Slip Differential (A-LSD).



Powering the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition is the same naturally-aspirated 2.0-liter SKYACTIV-G engine with 184 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 205 Nm at 4,000 rpm. Exclusively routed through a close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission, it offers a 0 to 100 kph time of just 6.5 seconds and a top speed of 219 km/h.

Priced at P 2,230,000, the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition is the most affordable variant in the new 2024 MX-5 range. It is available to all customers with first deliveries to start by May 2024.

Commemorating the launch of the MX-5 Miata Cup 23rd Anniversary Edition, the Miata Club of the Philippines has also announced the ND Stock Series, a new racing class within the Miata Cup open to all stock fourth-generation MX-5 roadsters. All stock ND series MX-5s—both soft top and RF—are eligible to race in this class for as long as owners secure membership to the MCP.

1 comment:

  1. If you buy one, can you ask Mazda to remove all these?

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