2025 Mazda MX-5 price and specs: 35th Anniversary limited edition added, RF line-up trimmed

• 2025 Mazda MX-5 pricing and specifications
• Special-edition 35th Anniversary Edition added, limited to 50 examples
• Trim updates for entry-level G20 Roadster, RF now limited to GT variants
• Priced from $43,020 before on-road costs

A limited number of 2025 Mazda MX-5 35th Anniversary special editions have been announced for Australia, along with a revised line-up.

Mazda Australia has confirmed 50 examples of the MX-5 35th Anniversary will arrive from January 2025, with order books for the limited-run convertible now open.

Based on the Roadster GT manual variant, the 35th Anniversary – naturally unveiled five years after the MX-5 30th Anniversary edition announced in 2019 – features the brand’s new Artisan Red metallic paint finish first seen in the CX-90 flagship SUV and Mazda 6 20th Anniversary Edition.

It is matched with a beige soft top instead of the black fabric on standard MX-5 convertibles, unique 17-inch alloy wheels, and a 30th Anniversary badge.

Inside, the special edition adds tan nappa leather upholstery – usually reserved for the RF Black Roof variant – with a 35th Anniversary emblem on the headrests, beige carpet, and 35th Anniversary-badged beige floor mats.

The 35th Anniversary also receives the DSC-Track stability control mode, which launched with the recently-launched facelifted ‘ND3’ model but was limited to the track-focused GT RS variant.

DSC-Track reduces the frequency of the traction and stability controls to allow the vehicle to drift more than usual during track driving, with the vehicle only intervening “in a hazardous spin that the driver is unable to control”.

Across the wider MX-5 line-up, the entry-level G20 Roadster is fitted with new cloth and suede upholstery “for better driving support”, leather-accented ‘Maztex’ centre console and armrests, and door trims matched to the vehicle’s exterior colour.

The G20 Roadster remains limited to a six-speed manual transmission.

Mazda Australia has removed the entry-level G20 RF from the MX-5 line-up, with the RF (Retractable Fastback) now limited to GT and GT RS variants and seeing the cost-of-entry into an RF rise by almost $8000.

Prices for carryover MX-5 variants have increased $1060 for the G20 RF GT Black Roof, $1080 for all G20 GT and G20 GT RS variants, and $1500 for the entry-level G20 Roadster manual.

The updated 2025 Mazda MX-5 range will arrive in Australia in January, including the 35th Anniversary Edition.

• 2024/2025 (ND): 35th Anniversary
• 2020 (ND): 100th Anniversary (of Mazda)
• 2019 (ND): 30th Anniversary
• 2017/2018 (ND): Limited Edition
• 2014 (NC): 25th Anniversary
• 2011 (NC): Special Edition
• 2007 (NC): Limited Edition
• 2005 (NC): Limited Edition
• 2002 (NB): SP (locally-fitted turbocharger)
• 2002 (NB): Titanium
• 2000 (NB): Heritage Series
• 1999 (NB): 10th Anniversary
• 1996/1997 (NA): Limited Edition
• 1993 (NA): Limited Edition
• 1992 (NA): Malibu Gold
• 1990/1991 (NA): Limited Edition

• G20 Roadster manual: $43,020 (up $1500)
• G20 Roadster GT manual: $49,720 (up $1080)
• G20 Roadster GT automatic: $51,220 (up $1080)
• G20 Roadster 35th Anniversary manual: $52,020 (new, limited to 50 examples)
• G20 Roadster GT RS manual: $52,720 (up $1080)
• G20 RF GT manual: $54,220 (up $1080)
• G20 RF GT automatic: $55,720 (up $1080)
• G20 RF GT Black Roof automatic: $56,720 (up $1060)
• G20 RF GT RS manual: $57,220 (up $1080)

Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.

• Black cloth and suede upholstery (new for Roadster, already standard for RF)
  Black cloth soft-top (Roadster) or body-coloured retractable hardtop roof (RF)
• Kinetic Posture Control
• 17-inch black metallic alloy wheels with 205/45 tyres
• Asymmetrical limited-slip rear differential (manual only)
• LED headlights and daytime running lights
• 8.8-inch Mazda Connect infotainment touchscreen 
• Wireless/wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• Built-in satellite navigation 
• DAB+ digital radio
• Mazda Connected Services
• Six-speaker sound system
• Climate control air conditioning
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
• Gloss black power-adjustable side mirrors
• Rear parking sensors
• Reversing camera
• Autonomous emergency braking (forward and reverse) with front pedestrian detection
• Lane departure warning
• Cruise control (non-adaptive)
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Traffic sign recognition
• Tyre pressure monitoring
• Driver attention alert

• 17-inch bright silver and black alloy wheels
• Adaptive LED headlights
• Black leather upholstery
• Heated front seats
• Nine-speaker, 203-watt Bose audio system
• Keyless entry
• Body-coloured power-adjustable side mirrors with heating

• Artisan Red exterior colour
• Beige soft top
• Unique 17-inch alloy wheels
• 35th Anniversary badge
• Tan nappa leather upholstery with ‘35th Anniversary’ headrest
• Beige carpet
• Beige carpet floor mats with ‘35th Anniversary’ emblem
• DSC-Track drive mode

• Black-painted roof panel
• Tan nappa leather upholstery

• 17-inch forged BBS alloy wheels
• Bilstein dampers (suspension)
• Brembo front brake calipers
• Under-bonnet front strut tower brace bar
• Gloss black mirror caps 
• DSC-Track drive mode
• Black leather only

• Artisan Red – 35th Anniversary only
• Snowflake White – no-cost
• Deep Crystal Blue – no-cost
• Jet Black – no-cost
• Aero Grey – no-cost
• Soul Red Crystal – $595
• Machine Grey – $595
• Zircon Sand – $595

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