2009 marks the Mazda Miata’s 20th Anniversary and, to celebrate, Mazda has announced that they will be releasing a special 20th Anniversary edition of it in Japan.

Entitled in Japan as the 20th Anniversary Special Edition Roadster, this car will start at around $30,000 (or ¥2,860,000). Spec wise the car will be based on the Roadster RS and feature a retractable soft-top, and a 6-speed manual or automatic transmission.

Additionally, the car will be outfitted with a bunch of 20th Anniversary badges, 17-inch wheels and Recaro bucket seats.

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To me, the above car looks pretty ugly, but there must be a market for it as Fiat has recently announced that they will be launching a special edition 500 Abarth Competizione.

Despite it’s small size, don’t expect the price tag to be small as it will cost around $35,000, a $4,000 premium over that of the regular model. Reports say that this special-edition will feature a black roof, 17-inch alloy rims painted black, Abarth decals and interior bucket seats. Under the hood you’re going to find a 135HP turbocharged 4 cylinder engine.

No word on a release window yet but we’ll keep you posted. Although, only 10 of them will be made available exclusively to the automarket in Holland so it probably doesn’t matter now does it.

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Toyota Special Edition Crown Hybrid

Most of us think of a ‘Special Edition’ vehicle being one that is furnished with extra features beyond the standard, however Toyota has decided to release an entry-level, bargain-priced domestic version of its Crown Hybrid model called the ‘Special Edition’ to help the company boost sales. When compared to the standard Crown Hybrid introduced in Japan in early 2008, the Special Edition version has done away with much of the comfort, convenience and even some safety features such as Toyota’s Pre-Crash Safety System, automatic wipers and leather upholstery, to name a few.

The result is a price reduction of about 10 percent, to 5.4 million Yen or approximately $56,100 US. This full-size, rear-wheel drive Crown Hybrid sedan is powered by a 292HP 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine and a 48HP electric motor producing a maximum combined output of 340HP. As submitted by Toyota, the Crown Hybrid achieves a fuel efficiency of 14.0 km/l (US equivalent of 32.9 mpg) according to the Japanese test cycle.

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Land Rover has come forth and announced that they will be giving their Defender a make over with the Fire & Ice limited editions.

The Defender Fire & Ice editions will be getting Recaro bucket seats, all sorts of leather and Alcantara trim, alloy wheels, “color-coded heat and tail lights”, a glass sunroof panel and running boards. The Fire edition will come with a beautiful “Vesuvius Orange Metallic paint” while the Ice edition will get an Alaska white paint with both models getting Santorini black accents.

Of course this is all going to cost you with Autoblog reporting that the special edition Defenders will cost upwards of €68,400 or about $95,000, yikes.

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Mini Mayfair & Camden Editions

Mini has added a pair of special editions in celebration of its 50th year of production. The two new models were chosen for London boroughs: Mayfair and Camden. Both cars are avaialble with a choice of two gasoline engines or a diesel and both can also be ordered with either six-speed automatics or six-speed manuals.

Each of these cars get special paintwork, special interior materials, unique alloy rims, and a range of colors tailored to each car as well as a special placard mounted to each car, noting them as limited-run models. An exclusive HiFi system with USB support and ‘Mission Control’ which is a system that processes and evaluates a wide range of vehicle and driving signals that provide the driver with safety notifications and comfort settings will be found on both models.

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2009 Roush Special Edition MKIII-R

This 2009 Special Edition MKIII-R is a “Licensed Reproduction” replica of the 1965 Cobra. The Roush/Superformance project MKIII-R started as a one-off vehicle project, but they soon saw the potential and decided to try a production run. They are offering a variety of power option, but the top is the naturally aspirated V8 that yields 576hp, and is coupled to a five speed Tremec transmission.

The car comes with a 2-year/ 24,000 miles warranty. It is available for purchase at last, as it was originally revealed at SEMA in 2007.

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Special Edition A-Class

The new Special Edition model of the A-Class by Mercedes-Benz comes with design features reserved only for this edition, in addition to abundant, high-grade appointments. This special model is defined by exclusive features such as 16-inch titanium silver light-alloy wheels in a new 9-spoke design, the black radiator louvres, and a “Special Edition” badge on the mirror triangle.

The interior of the Special Edition 2009 is accentuated by a two-tone colour scheme in black and grey as well as shiny black trim with a pattern and black velour floor mats with grey edging and an embroidered Edition label. A Seating Comfort package is also standard equipment, with seat cushion angle adjustment and lumbar supports for the driver and front passenger. The new Special Edition 2009 of the A-Class is limited to 5,500 units.

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Always wanted a 16Gb iPod, but never really needed it or didn’t have a good enough reason to get one? Well, here’s a thought! Picture this: You have a whole day and nothing to do, just happen to be in Italy and feel like buying something nice. If it would all also, like I said, just happen to be today, you could buy this small jewel.

It’s a Ferrari, the brand new drop-top Ferrari. The Scuderia revealed it today as a celebration of their recent victory at the Formula 1 Constructor’s World Title. At a first glance there’s apparently no difference between this model and the Coupe Model, well, yeah except for the drop-top roof.

But I tell you this is the cherry on the top of the cake, providing a V8 engine, getting you in 3.7 seconds from 0 to 100 kph and offering an amazing top speed of 315 kph. And a 16Gb iPod is waiting for you in the central dock, in front of the dashboard, making the car ride worthwhile.

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Lotus is going to have it’s 60th birthday celebrated this Sunday, but the British company doesn’t show any trace of senility. Lotus has prepared a special Europa edition to celebrate its birthday.

The Europa has been specially configured for the diamond anniversary and it has a custom gear shift lever and various other switches with dimonds in black metal. The sportscar comes in black with bits of glass.

This special edition Europa will go from 0 to 60 under 5 seconds and it has a maximum speed of 146 mph right? This Europa will cost £150,000 but we don’t know if Lotus is going to start producing it on a larger scale.

Happy bday Lotus!

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