Mazda has just announced that the new MX-5 (whose look has started growing more on us) has been put into series production at its Ujina Plant No.1 in Hiroshima.

This means first cars will hit showrooms in Japan somewhere around the start of June and the automaker reports that the model “will be progressively rolled out to overseas markets.”

Mazda also reminds us that the new MX-5 was designed and engineered under the “innovate in order to preserve” motto, which may sound contradictory, yet it’s resulted in a vehicle with undeniable qualities (this is obvious even without driving one, just going over the specs).

It’s a much more enticing car than its predecessor which was kind of getting a bit long in the tooth, even with progressively creepier smiles (facelifts) grafted on. And now that we think of it, we do actually see that they kept true to the declared motto and the finished product reflects this in spades.

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