Thursday 28 May 2015

The Roadster Production Line

Assembling The New MX-5

The new MX-5 is currently being built at Mazda's main plant in the Ujina district of Hiroshima. Ujina is pretty much the home of the MX-5 as every model has been assembled there since 1989.

Production of the new generation began in March this year so I thought it'd be interesting to take a quick look behind the scenes and see how the car is being put together.


Here workers are piecing together the new SkyActiv engines



Driveshaft and rear hub assembly



Differential being fitted inside the casing



Workers checking the front subframe assembly



Freshly built chassis is raised into the painted bodyshell



The famous powerplant frame (PPF) is added, joining front to rear



Interior trim fitment



Completed cars are subject to final inspection



Further quality control inspections



Ready for a lucky new owner :)