JOHN MURDOCH'S DRIVE TIME: We reveal Mazda's design changes to MX-5 sports car and new advice from safety group GEM

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In this instalment of John Murdoch's Drive Time, John r eveals that Mazda is making design changes to its Iconic MX-5 sports car and how motoring safety group GEM are advising how to avoid costly and dangerous motorway breakdowns.

You have to be careful when you are updating an Icon, so Mazda is making design changes to the MX-5 for the first time since the current model arrived back in 2015.The changes to the world's favourite sports car are subtle and include a new LED headlight design that now incorporates the daytime running lights, while the rear LED lights have also been redesigned.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Prices for the 2024 Mazda MX-5 range now start at £28,000 for the 1.5-litre Prime-Line Roadster.As before, 2.0-litre cars feature a front strut brace, limited slip differential and Bilstein dampers as standard.A new asymmetric