2000 Toyota MR2 Roadster review from UK and Ireland

A hinge cover on the inside of the roof snapped off by accident. This was caused my catching my finger on it while retracting the soft top. First thoughts were that this would be easy to fix, but after visiting the local Toyota dealer and many subsequent phone calls it turned out that a whole new roof was required. A new roof was fitted, but since the dealer had never completed such a job before the roof was incorrectly installed. The mechanism jammed and bent. Another new roof needed to be fitted (again on Toyota Warranty). This time the dealer contracted the work to a local soft-top specialist. After a couple of months the second roof was installed. So far it has caused me no problems.

Apart from the issues that I've experienced with the roof, I can honestly say that the car is nothing short of fantastic.

Although the storage space is very limited, I often travel to London by myself in it with a Laptop computer and manage to get by without any problems.

Performance is great, 0-60mph in about 7.5 seconds. Also it's a perfect city car as it's small and accelerates quickly so you can easily get yourself out of difficulty. I can get 40 miles per gallon if the car is driven efficiently.

The car handles well. The Bridge stone tyres that it comes with are excellent although wear down quickly. The wheel alignment was badly adjusted on mine from new and the front tyres wore down after 12k miles. The rear tyres made 20k. The car now has Dunlop tyres on it and the handling is not as good, though still more than acceptable. The car is light and can be affected by high winds in the winter.