2014 MAZDA MX-51.8L Petrol

The 2014 Mazda MX-5 presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 13 May 2025 at 38,255 miles passed with no defects recorded, and the four preceding annual examinations from January 2023 through June 2024 also returned clean passes. The single failure on 26 January 2023 at 35,450 miles listed no defects, with the vehicle passing the very next day, indicating an administrative or test-procedure anomaly rather than a mechanical fault. Recorded mileage sits at 38,255 against twelve years of age, an average of roughly 3,188 miles per year. The car covered only 1,432 miles between the January 2023 test and the June 2024 test, then 1,432 miles again to May 2025. Such low annual use points to light running or extended standing periods. The DVSA data is sparse and clean, with no advisories on suspension bushes, brake discs, coil springs, exhaust emissions, or structural corrosion across any entry, so no wear trend can be charted from the record itself. A buyer should still commission an in-person inspection focused on age-related degradation that MOT tests may miss on a low-use roadster. Prolonged standing commonly degrades tyre sidewalls, brake caliper seals, and suspension bush stiffness even when tread and operation appear passable. The MX-5's chassis and sills warrant close checks for latent corrosion, particularly where moisture traps around the rear arches and subframe mounts. The previous owner clearly kept the car to a minimal-mileage schedule and met the annual test requirement without accruing advisories. That pattern suggests careful storage rather than deferred consumable neglect, but the 2023 same-mileage fail-pass pair remains unexplained on the face of the record and deserves confirmation from the supplying garage.