2016 Mazda MX-5 2.0GT Automatic REVIEW – This Auto Ain’t No ‘Fun Sponge’
SINCE THE NEW MAZDA MX-5 HIT SHOWROOMS LAST YEAR, WE'VE SPENT MORE OF OUR TIME WITH MANUAL-EQUIPPED VARIANTS.
There’s good reason for that. Mazda Australia’s product planners forecast that the manual would account for 60 percent of sales across the full model range, 1.5 and 2.0 litre engines inclusive. Motorists generally may favour autos, but MX-5 buyers are a different breed.
But that still leaves 40 percent of MX-5 sales with a two-pedal transmission; and, as all stuffy car nerds know, automatics can be dull.
Then what about an auto MX-5? Are buyers shortchanging themselves by opting for the auto trans? We hopped behind the wheel of an auto-equipped MX-5 GT 2.0L to investigate.