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Mazda MX-5 Sets New World Record

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Mazda has set a new entry in the Guinness Book of World Records during the MAX-5 2013 event in Lelystad, Netherlands by forming the longest parade of driving Mazda vehicles ever, the Japanese automaker announced today.
No less than 683 Mazda MX-5 cars joined the procession on the roads around the RDW Test Centre at Lelystad, shattering the existing record of 459 Mazda vehicles set in Essen, Germany in 2010. According to the Japanese manufacturer, 1,450 participants contributed to the successful record attempt.

The parade was led by a third-generation racing MX-5 model with the Dutch TV presenter Allard Kalff behind the wheel and President and CEO of Mazda Motor Europe Jeff Guyton beside him, who also received the official certificate which was presented by Guinness World Records.

During the event same event, participants also had the opportunity of extensively testing Mazda's new i-ActiveSense technology around the RDW Test Center.

Introduced in 1989, the Mazda MX-5 is getting ready to debut as a fourth-generation model developed in cooperation with Alfa Romeo.
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