Based on data from 172 vehicles, 8,267 fuel-ups and 2,021,467 miles of driving, the 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata gets a combined Avg MPG of 26.38 with a 0.10 MPG margin of error.

Any Engine Type 1.8L L4 GAS (142) GAS (3) L4 GAS (25) Any Body Style Convertible (64) Any Submodel STO (7) M Edition (21) Base (114) Other (30)

Below you can see a distribution of the fuel-ups with 198 outliers (2.34%) removed.

Following shows the average MPG of each of the 172 vehicles in the system.

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• My MX-5 Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata M Edition 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Nov 2025 • 5 Fuel-ups

  Property of RiceIsNice

• 22.8 Avg MPG

• The Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Standard 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Apr 2016 • 132 Fuel-ups

  Property of ashowofhands

• 23.1 Avg MPG

• Other Red Car

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Jun 2022 • 59 Fuel-ups

  Property of 88fox05si

• 25.4 Avg MPG

• Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Aug 2016 • 54 Fuel-ups

  Property of rk1jo2ma9

• 27.8 Avg MPG

• Miata Daily/HPDE car

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata M Edition 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Jul 2020 • 101 Fuel-ups

  Property of gkubed

• 25.4 Avg MPG

• Miata (97)

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata M Edition 1.8L L4 GAS Standard 5 Speed
  Added Sep 2016 • 52 Fuel-ups

  Property of omglol

• 23.6 Avg MPG

• Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added May 2018 • 115 Fuel-ups

  Property of chaddix

• 29.0 Avg MPG

• My MX-5 Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Jun 2021 • 39 Fuel-ups

  Property of timmile

• 14.0 Avg MPG

• Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Aug 2021 • 114 Fuel-ups

  Property of swmyers

• 27.2 Avg MPG

• Red MX-5 NA

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Sep 2016 • 51 Fuel-ups

  Property of JaredH

• 28.6 Avg MPG

• My MX-5 Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata M Edition 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Sep 2025 • 7 Fuel-ups

  Property of Tloebig

• 19.4 Avg MPG

• Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Oct 2017 • 201 Fuel-ups

  Property of Larryhopper

• 23.9 Avg MPG

• NA Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata STO 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Jul 2022 • 48 Fuel-ups

  Property of richsholm

• 25.3 Avg MPG

• 1997 M Edition Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata M Edition 1.8L L4 GAS Standard 5 Speed Convertible
  Added Oct 2017 • 126 Fuel-ups

  Property of SeanDorsey

• 27.7 Avg MPG

• Miata 97R

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Aug 2013 • 73 Fuel-ups

  Property of elliot15

• 24.8 Avg MPG

• My MX-5 Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Nov 2019 • 47 Fuel-ups

  Property of dabramet

• 19.0 Avg MPG

• My MX-5 Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata M Edition 1.8L L4 GAS Standard 5 Speed
  Added May 2017 • 89 Fuel-ups

  Property of ctroutc

• 28.0 Avg MPG

• Project M

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Feb 2024 • 16 Fuel-ups

  Property of GhostJ

• 24.0 Avg MPG

• 97 Miata

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Manual 5 Speed
  Added Oct 2016 • 108 Fuel-ups

  Property of tualatinDemoss

• 24.7 Avg MPG

• P859 YBO

  1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1.8L L4 GAS Convertible
  Added May 2011 • 247 Fuel-ups

  Property of Cosic87

• 25.8 Avg MPG

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