The Mazda MX-5 is an atypical recipient of our rare and coveted five-star road test score, the only car to have been awarded top marks over the past 12 months. Not because it isn't worthy - far from it - but because it isn't new.
Normally an instrumented full test is part of the launch hubbub for a new car, and if it's exceptionally good and moves the game on in one way or another, it might have a chance of a perfect score.
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