Total MX-5 Magazine Winter 2019 Vorige editie

FEATURES

MOTORSPORT
Slide show
Philip Sandiford’s screen-less mk1 is built specifically to go sideways in the increasingly competitive Fueltopia series
Mk2 TURBO
Changed perspective
Liam Flaherty was once dismissive of the MX-5, but after he’d seen the light he built himself a very hot mk2 with 260bhp in praise of pit crew
CULT WORSHIP
Not everyone’s a fan of the cultish Pit Crew conversion, but when you see one as good as Brad Matthews’ prepare to be converted…
HAIRPIN RECORD
Going round the bend
Last July Mazda Germany set a record for the most hairpins tackled in 12 hours – 2900 of them, from behind the wheel of a mk1
ROAD TRIP
Westward-bound
Before motorways, the A30 took you west from London to Land’s End – we take the road less travelled in a mk4 1.5 RF reader’s ride
RUNNING IN THE FAMILY
¬Alex Sudds’ dad and granddads drive MX-5s, so inevitably he does, too – a mk2 Euphonic

PRACTICAL MX-5
HOW TO
Fit a cat-back exhaust
At some point your mk1’s exhaust is going to fail – here’s how you can fit a replacement
SPECIALIST
Cleverley Repaired Cars
When he’s not writing for us, Michael Cleverley has a thriving MX-5 specialist garage to run
OUR CARS
The Total MX-5 fleet
It may be winter but that won’t stop us driving our MX-5s: rust, on the other hand, that just might…
Q&A
Technical issues solved
From blocked washer jets to surging engines, our man Michael knows how to keep your MX-5 going

REGULAR
NEWS
How Britain, Japan and the USA celebrated the 30th anniversary of the birth of the MX-5
YOUR CARS
Your chance to show off your pride and joy in the pages of Total MX-5
MX-5 OWNERS CLUB
2019 was a great year for the MX-5OC and 2020 will be action-packed, too
INSIGHT
Tom Matano, the MX-5’s designer, talks to us about the genesis of the world’s favourite sports car
PHOTOBOOTH
Take your best shot! If it’s good enough then we’ll print it full-page