The small Japanese roadster is celebrating its birthday with a new limited edition model. Unfortunately, it may be too limited for most.

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.