Based on data from 17 vehicles, 654 fuel-ups and 151,243 miles of driving, the 1998 Mazda MX-5 gets a combined Avg MPG of 26.77 with a 0.43 MPG margin of error.

Any Engine Type L2 GAS (1) L4 GAS (3) Any Body Style Convertible (4)

Below you can see a distribution of the fuel-ups with 14 outliers (2.10%) removed.

Following shows the average MPG of each of the 17 vehicles in the system.

• MX5 Blue

  1998 Mazda MX-5 L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Jun 2025 • 19 Fuel-ups

  Property of EX4RKUN

• 28.8 Avg MPG

• Mazda MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5 Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Jul 2023 • 23 Fuel-ups

  Property of Maiwald

• 31.8 Avg MPG

• My MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Jan 2019 • 156 Fuel-ups

  Property of Emerick

• 29.9 Avg MPG

• Grace Green

  1998 Mazda MX-5 L2 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Oct 2017 • 173 Fuel-ups

  Property of rhtizzy

• 28.9 Avg MPG

• Miata

  1998 Mazda MX-5 Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Dec 2023 • 4 Fuel-ups

  Property of MidnightEdge

• 26.5 Avg MPG

• MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Apr 2021 • 3 Fuel-ups

  Property of mattstobo

• 27.8 Avg MPG

• Midlife Crisis

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Oct 2020 • 25 Fuel-ups

  Property of 8valver

• 27.2 Avg MPG

• Max

  1998 Mazda MX-5 L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Mar 2020 • 7 Fuel-ups

  Property of HXR_slowly

• 31.2 Avg MPG

• Razda (1.8 NB)

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Jan 2018 • 15 Fuel-ups

  Property of Combustive

• 23.6 Avg MPG

• MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5 Standard 5 Speed
  Added Sep 2017 • 163 Fuel-ups

  Property of jerzj

• 21.3 Avg MPG

• NB

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Feb 2025 • 10 Fuel-ups

  Property of zmozek

• 33.3 Avg MPG

• MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Feb 2018 • 11 Fuel-ups

  Property of danhearn94

• 22.3 Avg MPG

• My MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Dec 2015 • 36 Fuel-ups

  Property of George55

• 23.3 Avg MPG

• Racing Bronze

  1998 Mazda MX-5 L4 GAS Standard 5 Speed
  Added Oct 2015 • 10 Fuel-ups

  Property of SimunR

• 20.6 Avg MPG

• MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Sep 2016 • 6 Fuel-ups

  Property of marcovess

• 26.3 Avg MPG

• MX 5 NA

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Jan 2025 • 64 Fuel-ups

  Property of berstmuper

• 27.8 Avg MPG

• Phil's MK2 MX-5

  1998 Mazda MX-5
  Added Mar 2017 • 55 Fuel-ups

  Property of Phil2408

• 29.2 Avg MPG