Mazda is probably wishing now that they had planned a more generous run of 30th Anniversary Edition Mazda MX-5 Miatas, because it took four hours for all 500 examples allocated to the U.S. to find homes, out of a global run of 3,000 cars.
What can only be described as an online stampede for the 30th Anniversary Edition took place shortly after Mazda started accepting orders following the car's debut at the Chicago Auto Show this week.
The bad news? They're all sold out. The slightly less bad news? There is a waiting list on Mazda's site that you can join in case someone backs out of their $500 refundable deposit. But these things work like waiting lists during the college application process, so don't get too emotionally invested in it.
How will you be able to spot the 30th Anniversary Miata on the street once they are delivered to buyers?
"An entirely new paint color, racing orange, was developed for the MX-5 Miata 30th Anniversary," Mazda says. "The inspiration for this color was the yellow MX-5 Miata Club Racer shown at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show. Yellow is good match for sports cars, but rather than simply reusing this color, this new orange evokes sunrise and anticipation to celebrate the future of MX-5."
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