It’s easy for enthusiasts to complain about limited editions of widely available sports cars, which are often expensive and ornate, but we just can’t bring ourselves to resent the 35th Anniversary Edition Miata,

An electrified Mazda MX-5 Miata is, as we say here at MotorTrend, InEVitable. Even though Mazda hasn’t kept its intentions to juice up its signature sports car with electrons a secret, the thought of one of the market’s last remaining driver-focused roadsters losing its gas-only purity is a bittersweet thought.

There isn’t a car on the market that’s received the special-edition treatment more than the Mazda MX-5 Miata. Thirty-five years of SEs and LEs and special paint and trim. Decades ago, you could set your watch to the unveil of a special-edition Miata at the Chicago Auto Show.