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Mazda MX-5
ClimbingRank #34NA · 1989–1997 · 129bhp · RWD · NA · Manual
The cheapest way into classic ownership and beloved everywhere, but Mazda built an enormous number of them.
- Est. value now
- $14,500
- CAGR 2015–2025
- +11.2%
- Recent CAGR
- +6.0%
- Units built
- 430,000
Estimated value trajectory
+$9,500 since 2015Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: high.
How the score is built
Desirability76 × 0.30 = 22.8
Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity
Scarcity2 × 0.25 = 0.5
Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors
Momentum61 × 0.25 = 15.3
Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now
Trajectory82 × 0.20 = 16.4
Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in
Running-cost drag-2
Appreciation score53
Stage: Climbing
Still gaining meaningfully — 5%/yr or better over recent years.
Long-run growth +11.2% per year against +6.0% recently — decelerating by 5.3pp. Running-cost risk is rated 3/10, deducting 2 points from the score.