A car with attitude and performance to match
Power steering failed twice, but this was traced to a common ignition problem which was easily rectified.
This car is seriously quick and if as some would say it's a "hairdressers" car then hey I'm a hairdresser.
Need a good set of tyres in the wet.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 1st January, 2004
Poor man`s Ferrari!
Nothing as of yet!
Had the car 5 weeks which I bought from an import specialist for 5k, which sounds like a lot, but to look at it its worth every penny.
Every single part of this car is immaculate, the body work has no rust, all the electrics work perfectly, and the engine purrs sweetly.
But none of this matters compared to how this thing moves, it's a rocket! Put your foot down and everybody`s left behind.
When I bought the car it had a number of performance parts on it e.g. exhaust, filter, dump valve etc and when you open the throttle there is a gorgeous sea of noise that makes everybody turn around, kids adore this car and puts new sports coupes to shame.
All I can say is thank you Toyota for making such an awesome vehicle, long live the MR2!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 16th August, 2003
A high performance rocket
No actual faults with the car so far.
The Mr2 is a very good sports car.
The suspension is very hard and you feel every little bump in the road.
Its very quick, after 4000 revs it takes of like a rocket.
Getting in and out of the car is very difficult.
There's not much leg room.
I wouldn't have any other car other than an Mr2.
Once you have owned one you will agree with me,
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 8th March, 2003
Nothing touches it for bang per buck! Get one now, sell you Grandma and maybe your parents too!
Nothing really!. Last summer I had a slight coolant leak, but that was soon fixed for next to nothing. The only money I've spent on the car is to satisfy my addiction to modifying!
The car came with the usual Jap mods, like the exhaust, air filter and wheels. I've since taken off the original mods and added various performance mods of my own over the past year; such as HKS cams, HKS verniers, Blitz Access ECU, Blitz Boost Controller, Blitz Diffuser, Blitz Turbo Timer, Magnecor HT leads, Khan RSR 17 inch Wheels, Full Body Kit, Cucso Struts, MRD Exhaust (v. loud!) HKS Blow off Valve (soon to swap for a Blitz one!).
I'm not 100% sure of my cars power reading now, I'll have to get a dyno done soon. To give an example of what sort of car the MR2 turbo is, I've **eaten** a Merc SLK 230 Coupe for breakfast, literally blew his Bavarian doors off, and that was when I was running 7psi (v. low) boost and on 95 Octane gas, god only knows what the outcome would have been if I was running 1 bar boost on 97 Octane gas! For another performance comparison, a Jaguar XK8 struggled to simply **pass** me in the fast lane!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 8th July, 2000
Oooh naughty. You should always use 97 oct fuel in turbos or you'll cause premature valve wear. I made an 321bhp M3 look very silly today-keep up the expensive car eating!
This is incorrect, an MR2 Turbo running at or near factory specification would easily beat an SLK 230. In stock form, the revision 2 MR2 Turbo (1992-late 1993) weighs in at 1250kg and generates 220bhp. It can make 60mph in 5.5 seconds from a standing start and tops out at just over 145mph. Compare this to the SLK 230- it weighs 1324kg, generates 193bhp, and makes 60mph in 7.3 seconds. Top speed is 137mph. They may be seriously more expensive, but speed is the issue here, and in that respect the stock MR2 Turbo wins hands down.
Absolutely, not a lot will touch the Turbo, especially when you consider the coupe weight even less than the T-Bar. You can easily beat an M3!!
In response to the comment sent January 2003, 145mph top speed is actually quite a conservative estimate.
I have a completely stock revision 2 (1992) GT-Turbo hardtop, and I have a GPS verified top speed of 159.4 mph (on a private road of course)!
A friend with a stock revision 3 GT-Turbo claims he has a GPS verified 167 mph, but I haven't seen this myself and so can't be 100% sure whether or not this is true.
5th Jul 2005, 08:25
These comments are amateurish. not useful for enthusiats.