New updates bring a small bump in power and torque for the 1.5 MX-5, plus extra kit from the 2.0 The 1.5-litre Mazda MX-5 will receive a small bump in power and new kit, the brand has confirmed after it pulled the range-topping 2.0-litre from the UK market. The MX-5 will now put out 134bhp and 114b ft in 1.5-litre form, a mild increase of 4bhp and 3lb ft. Nonetheless, it remains far off the performance potential of the now-axed 2.0-litre, which put out 181bhp and 151lb ft. Mazda is keen to emphasise, however, that the 1.5-litre is the engine the current-generation MX-5 was designed around. In a statement supplied to…
Mazda MX-5 1.5-litre gets more power as 2.0-litre dropped in UK

