1991 MAZDA MX-51.6L Other

The 1991 Mazda MX-5 presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 17 October 2025 at 133,757 miles returned a pass with no defects recorded, continuing a clean run across four consecutive annual examinations. Recorded mileage sits at 133,757 against 35 years of age, an average of roughly 3,822 miles per year. The DVSA data shows 126,050 miles at the 28 April 2022 test, 129,108 at 7 July 2023, 129,414 at 6 July 2024, and 133,757 at the 2025 test. The car covered only 364 miles between 2023 and 2024, then 4,343 miles in the following year. Such low, uneven annual use over a long period suggests the roadster spent extended spells stationary, a pattern that often masks degraded rubber components and trapped moisture corrosion rather than high-load mechanical fatigue. No advisories or failures appear in the supplied history, so the record itself gives no flag for suspension bushes, brake discs, or structural rust. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection beneath the sills, floor pan, and suspension mounting points, as an MX-5 of this era commonly develops chassis rail corrosion invisible to a standard MOT unless perforation occurs. The tester noted no binding calipers or exhaust emissions faults, yet standing time raises the risk of seized handbrake mechanisms and flat-spotted tyres from prolonged parking. Given the clean test lineage and low annual mileage, prior keepers appear to have maintained statutory compliance if not intensive use. Verify the 2025 pass reflects genuine road condition rather than a freshly prepared sale, and confirm fluid intervals on a car that has covered so few miles per year.