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followed up with speed and turbocharged complexity, along with somewhat trickier driving dynamics.
The third-gen car was back to easy mode, with 138 horsepower pitted against 2200 pounds. That's not quite Lotus Elise levels of power-to-weight, but the MR2 will start right up on any given Sunday, faithful as a Corolla, which is unfortunately not the case for a company whose fans often quip, “Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious.”This example is from the second last year of production and is equipped with the preferred five-speed manual gearbox .
Drawbacks to the last generation of MR2 are few. It's tuned to be slightly more civilized than raw, so there are more hardcore driving experiences out there. And the storage capacity is hilariously small. If you take a friend for a drive, there's basically only enough space for one sandwich—you'll have to split it.
Compared to a Mazda MX-5 of similar year and condition, this MR2 will likely fetch a higher price simply because it's more rare and unusual. Meanwhile, we can all dream about the kind of mid-engined roadster Toyota could build today using
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