Mazda MX-5

The Mazda MX-5, released as the Mazda MX-5 Miata /miˈɑːtə/ in North America and as the Eunos Roadster in Japan, is a lightweight two-seater roadster with a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. Manufactured by Mazda in Hiroshima, Japan, the model debuted in 1989 at the Chicago Auto Show. The MX-5 was conceived as a small roadster – with light weight and minimal mechanical complexity limited only by legal and safety requirements, while being technologically modern and reliable. The MX-5 is conceptually an evolution of small sports roadsters of the 1960s, such as the Triumph Spitfire, Datsun 2000, Alfa Romeo Spider, and particularly the Lotus Elan.

The second generation MX-5 (NB) was launched in 1998 (for the 1999 model year), the third generation (NC) model was launched in 2005 (for the 2006 model year), and a fourth generation (ND) was released in 2015 (for the 2016 model year). It continues to be the best-selling two-seat convertible sports car in history and by July 2014 over 940,000 MX-5s had been built and sold around the world. Production of the MX-5 fell by 2013 to below 14,000 units, due to the world finance crisis in 2008, and the pre-announcement in 2012 of the coming ND model.

Car Throttle

Car Throttle is a British media platform company for car enthusiasts.

Founded in 2009 as a car blog by Adnan Ebrahim, the company has grown to become one of the largest car communities online and allows users to create content alongside featured editorial articles.

History

Funding

In July 2012, Car Throttle raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from London early-stage VC firm Passion Capital. In 2013, the company raised a further $550,000 from investors including Passion Capital, James Bromley (MailOnline) and Peter Read which allowed it to make its first editorial, video and engineering hires. In January 2015, Car Throttle closed a $1.6 million round led by Redalpine with participation from Blake Chandlee (Facebook's first international employee). Car Throttle is currently based in White Bear Yard, a coworking space in Clerkenwell, London for startup companies.

Content

Car Throttle creates publishing tools to allow online car enthusiasts to share their opinions on cars and car culture. Described by TechCrunch as "Buzzfeed for cars", Car Throttle follows a similar model in producing content for its website aimed at distribution on social media platforms. Unlike Buzzfeed however, the website encourages and promotes user-generated content alongside editorial pieces, and has ambition to become "a platform, not simply a top-down publisher".

Toyota 86

The 86 is a series of sports cars jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru and solely manufactured by the latter. It features a boxer engine, front mid-engine, rear wheel drive drivetrain and 2+2 seating.

It is sold worldwide under three different brands with respective model names:

Name and heritage

The development code of this vehicle is 086A and its main production names 86 (pronounced "eight-six" or Hachi-Roku (ハチロク) in Japanese, but more commonly pronounced as "eighty-six") or GT86, reference historic Toyota front engined and rear-wheel drive sports coupés and hatchbacks, in the form of:

In Action

In Action may refer to:

Head 2 Head

Head 2 Head was a sports quiz show that aired on ABC TV in Australia between 18 February and 9 December 2006 and broadcast on Saturday evenings initially at 6 pm, then at 5 pm. The show was hosted by Ashley Bradnam and produced by Nick Price.

Quiz format

The show format was for two contestants to answers sports trivia questions over four "quarters".

In the first quarter, competitors would answer ten general questions, all of which were either multiple choice or "true or false". One point was awarded for a correct answer and there was no penalty for an incorrect answer.

In the second quarter, competitors would answer up to twenty questions on a specialty topic in a maximum period of two minutes. The topics would be chosen by the contestants several weeks prior to the show. As with the first quarter, one point was awarded for a correct answer and there was no penalty for an incorrect answer.

The third quarter lasts two minutes and is a more traditional quiz show "buzzer round", again with general sports questions. One point is awarded for a correct answer but one point is now lost for an incorrect answer.