Mazda MX-5 RF Production Begins In Japan

Production of the second Mazda MX-5 variant has begun in Japan, with the retractable hardtop MX-5 RF version rolling down the line at Mazda’s Unja Plant No. 1, near Hiroshima.

The Japanese domestic market will be the first to get the new hardtop MX-5 later this year, with Europe and North America next in line, deliveries slated to start early in 2017. Australia won’t be far behind, with a launch pencilled-in for the first quarter of 2017.