Makes MazdaMX-5 Miata

Mazda MX-5 Miata MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 30 MPG combined in 2016 and 2019–2023. Its weakest year peaked at 22 MPG (1994 and 1997).

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517.2 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version. Put it next to its 1990 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Mazda MX-5 Miata has EPA ratings for 36 model years, 1990–2026, every one of them among two-seater cars. EPA has listed it under two names: the MX-5 Miata in 1990–2005 and the MX-5 in 2006–2026.

Its best version had the highest combined rating among two-seater cars in 1999, 2007 and 2019–2025, and it placed in its class top five in 32 model years. In 2020 it shared first place among 40 two-seater cars with the Fiat 124 Spider. Averaged over 2019–2023, the best version of the MX-5 Miata placed first of 25 among two-seater cars rated at least three years in that span, and it was in the top five in six other five-year spans.

Among 19 two-seater cars, 2026

The MX-5 Miata placed first. It had the highest rating in the class.

The MX-5 Miata, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed among two-seater cars.

1989–93third of 24

1994–98fourth of 11

1999–03third of 17

2004–08second of 23

2009–13fourth of 22

2014–18fourth of 25

2019–23first of 25

Where the engine list turned over

1994
New: 1.8-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 24 → 22 MPG.

All 36 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2024–2026	MX-5	29	26 / 35	29	2
2019–2023	MX-5	30	26 / 35	29	2
2017–2018	MX-5	29	26 / 35	29	2
2016	MX-5	30	27 / 36	30	2
2011–2015	MX-5	24	22 / 27	23	3
2006–2010	MX-5	24	22 / 28	23	3
2004–2005	MX-5 Miata	23	20 / 26	20	4
2001–2003	MX-5 Miata	23	20 / 26	22	3
1999–2000	MX-5 Miata	24	22 / 27	22	3
1997	MX-5 Miata	22	20 / 26	22	2
1996	MX-5 Miata	23	21 / 26	22	2
1995	MX-5 Miata	23	21 / 27	22	2
1994	MX-5 Miata	22	20 / 26	21	2
1992–1993	MX-5 Miata	24	21 / 27	23	2
1990–1991	MX-5 Miata	24	22 / 28	23	2

Version names in the EPA list: MX-5, MX-5 Miata.

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