Mazda MX-5 VS Abarth 124 Spider / Icon Wheels FACE-OFF – Auto Sportive
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Mazda MX-5 VS Abarth 124 Spider / Icon Wheels FACE-OFF – Auto Sportive
With the engine upgrade, the MX-5 2.0 achieves 180 hp, surpassing the 124 Abarth. Will she be the best?
Close relatives, despite distant continents: The Abarth 124 Spider and Mazda MX-5 have a lot in common, starting with the chassis. Rear drive, manual transmission, light weight; the silhouette is the same, the soft top mechanism is the same, the interiors are almost identical.
Change your style, change your temperament, change your heart. Turbo 1.4, in the case of the Italian, 2.0 in the case of the Japanese aspirated. There Abarth it was the most powerful and most expensive, but with a recent facelift, Mazda has matched – and surpassed – the Abarth in terms of power. On paper, which one would be the best?
In short
Mazda MX-5
| Potenza | 184 CV at 7000 weights / min |
| couple | 200 Nm to 4.000 I / min |
| the weight | 1090 kg |
| 0-100 km / h | 6,5 seconds |
| V-Max | 219 km / h |
| price | 32.000 euro |
Abarth 124 Spider
| Potenza | 170 CV at 5.000 weights / min |
| couple | 250 Nm to 2.500 I / min |
| the weight | 1135 kg |
| 0-100 km / h | 6,8 seconds |
| V-Max | 224 km / h |
| price | 36.000 euro |
dimensions
Il step of two spiders one and the same, 231 cm as well as width (174 cm) el 'Height (123 cm), but Mazda is much shorter, 16 cm less, only 392 cm. Instead, a difference of 10 liters trunk, in favor of the Italian: 130 liters versus 140 liters.
Mazda, with the sun 1090 kg In dry form, she wins the weight fight, beating the Italian by almost 50 kg.
Potenza
We said different hearts. Mazda has an engine four-cylinder naturally aspirated 1998 cc which distributes 184 h.p. at 7000 rpm and 205 Nm of torque at 4000 rpm... The Abarth, on the other hand, is powered by a smaller four-cylinder turbo from 1368 см which produces 170 CV at 5000 weights / min e 250 Nm of torque at 2500 rpm.
It's true that Mazda is more powerful, but the Abarth has more torque, especially at much lower revs, making its performance more accessible and its ride smoother and more supple. So two very different characters.
Il weight-to-power ratiofinally, it goes in favor of the Mx-5 (5,92 kg / hp versus 6,67 kg / hp for the Abarth), but the Italian has best torque / weight ratio: 4,54 kg per Nm of torque compared to 5,45 for the Japanese.
performance
We come to the litmus test: in the frame from 0 to 100 km / h lightest and strongest victories Mazdawith time 6,5 seconds (against i 6,8 Abarth)... However, the higher top speed touches the Italian, who with 224 km / h blows 5 km / h Mx-5. One even.
head consumption? 1.4 turbo Abarth 124 Spider It turned out to be less thirsty: on average 6,4 l / 100 km on the combined cycle versus 6,9 l / 100 km for the Mazda Mx-5.
