The Mazda MX-5, its the winner of the 2016 World Car Awards. Now we say that awards of any nature and also in this case are merely a corporate drum beat to publicise the self importance of a bunch of self important motoring journalists who want to be judges during the awards season to show how self important their stupid opinions are. The problem with motoring awards is that many of the motoring journalists dispensing their unbiased judgements probably lost their unbiased opinion-making a long time ago. The truth is many, many motoring journalists have been wined and dined by the PR departments, offered exclusive first drives in exotic locations and flown by private jet class based on their reputation and or popularity. That means they sub consciously develop certain loyalties that render their so called judgements pretty much next to useless because they simply get used to this Gout inducing lifestyle. So what are the purposes of award shows? The truth is there is no purpose at all, it’s just another marketing outlet to garner that last minute bit of glory in the hope that people will buy. And you know what it works, whether the Mazda MX-5 deserves the title of the 2016 World Car of The Year Award really is down to personal opinion. I mean whats the value of a Mazda anyway? The MX-5 has a lot of value because despite having a tainted reputation in the UK as being a ‘hairdressers car’ it’s actually one of the best drivers car on the market. It’s an example that you don’t need to spend £300k on a luxury supercar. And we are not being biased when we say that because we have fallen out with the UK Mazda PR department because of a certain individual who has a duplicitous and bullying nature about her. However Mazda has a new, limited edition model, it’s called the MX5-RF and features a retractable roof, Mazda refer to it as a Fastback, we say the MX-5 RF looks a little bit strange in Fastback styling. The MX-5 RF goes on sale in the UK in March 2017, is available in six model specifications and is priced from £22k to £28k. The flagship Launch Edition will be limited to 500 models and will be powered by a 160ps 2.0-litre SKYACTIV-G engine. The Launch Edition is marked out by its unique twin-tone roof, BBS wheels, black door mirrors and black rear spoiler. Available with a choice of free-of-charge Soul Red or Machine Grey metallic paint, it also comes with a Safety Pack as standard, while the exclusive feel continues inside with Alcantara trim and Recaro seats. RF’s powered by the 1.5-litre 131ps engine will arrive in dealerships in May.