There will be a new MR2 and in petrol form. Result! ;D
Don't leave us hanging.
Links? source?
I'll believe it when I see it from Toyota!
(I hope you are right though).
:o :o My question is will be a convertible :) :)
when ever or if it comes out it will be out of my price range anyway so back to dreaming :( :(
No convertible Paul :(
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/365687/new-toyota-mr2-all-confirmed
Thanks Ricky for posting the link - I reckon 50k plus when it arrives next year. I have a car fund, I'd better up my direct debits then :o
Quote from: tricky1138 on January 23, 2025, 08:42No convertible Paul :(
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/365687/new-toyota-mr2-all-confirmed
Just to add clarity, the "review" says "all BUT confirmed".
QuoteSaito telling Auto Express, "this layout is new for us, but we have found in our initial testing that the combination of an all-wheel-drive mid-ship layout offers the best layout for high-performance driving".
A high-performance car? Is he referring to speed/acceleration or to handling or both? They need something to take on the likes of the MX-5.
Quote from: fawtytoo on January 23, 2025, 11:20Just to add clarity, the "review" says "all BUT confirmed".
A high-performance car? Is he referring to speed/acceleration or to handling or both? They need something to take on the likes of the MX-5.
I don't think any iteration of MR2 would be placed as an MX-5 competitor in terms of weight and performance, Mazda have cornered that market methinks.
A 300 bhp 4wd automatic though is maybe more of an Alpine competitor and will be priced accordingly? ...expect circa £50-60k minimum if there is a possibility of this car appearing
I've seen this a few times and yes it's gonna go up against the A110 so expect that type of money but for me I think the GR86 will be more the everyday afordable performance but I don't think there will be many more coming to the UK so will hold value very high
Sorry, such a vehicle would not be on my wish list today.
When I started driving the M ways were very new and speed unrestricted unfortunately at that time in my life the cars I could afford were very restricted and self limiting regarding speed.
With retirement, after a working life of company cars I did buy a daily and a "hobby car", my 2. Used with top down in the summer and parked very carefully away from the mundane and trollies in Tesco's and other car parks it was still sought out to be parked too close to.
With that in mind, not mentioning the price that must attract, when and where would I use it? On a restricted Mway, shopping at Tesco's - what a "trolley magnet", no top downs through the twisties. Any dents sustained couldn't be fixed with a phone call to J spec and a replacement panel fitted for not very much.
Certainly not a Q car, very much a "look at me car"
As mentioned above, the price would likely be on a par with the Renault, that being far more to my liking.
Each to their own.
Lovely looking thing. But not for me.
A detuned version of the 257 bhp 3cyl Yaris GR engine to say 190-200 bhp, manual, mid-engined rwd only(or at least a variant) and crucially as a lightweight convertible would be of far more interest to myself and just possibly many others, max £30-35k
A pipe dream though methinks
That would be a lot closer in spirit.