Rate this 1997 Toyota sports car

[Accy cyclist]

I've just been for a stroll around my town and spotted this Toyota. I think it's a 1997 plate. I love the colour, which is like a dark lilac, if such a colour/shade exists. I'm seeing quite a few 1990's Toyotas about these days. They seem to be popular with take-away delivery drivers. This one is the best preserved one I've seen! What do you reckon to it?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I'd prefer the original or the series after this. This one rather lost the plot

 

[Drago]

My left testicle is sportier than that.

 

[Fastpedaller]

There's always this........ A Toyota Sera (not sold in UK) - I saw one in Windsor a few weeks ago. It was a new one on me, and took some tracking down to find it (good old 'web)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sera#/media/File:1990_Toyota_Sera_1.5_(23987792867).jpg

 

[DCLane]

+1 for the original version. Or the early 2000's re-boot. But not this one

 

[Jameshow]

Give me a Honda s2000 or an mx5!

 

[Cycleops]

Poor man's Ferrari.

 

[Specialeyes]

We had a Mk1 MR2 for a few years - the pop-up headlamp version. Not massively practical, but huge fun to drive. They got a bit bloated and refined after that, a bit like the MX-5 did.

 

[biggs682]

Give me a Honda s2000

Now you are talking

 

[midlife]

Had the original Mk1 AW11 MR2, reg E522 DFV, kept it for 17 years and would have it back in a heartbeat....

 

[raleighnut]

Hairdressers car.

 

[Gunk]

Had the original Mk1 AW11 MR2, reg E522 DFV, kept it for 17 years and would have it back in a heartbeat....

Friend of mine has a stunning 1989 T Bar, he bought it about 10 years ago as a bit of nostalgia, he‘s also got a Mk 1 Golf GTi.

 

[matticus]

I'd prefer the original or the series after this. This one rather lost the plot

There's no accounting for taste! For me, this was easily the best-looking MR2.

(and possibly the best-looking "affordable" sports car in many years, ignoring convertibles of course. Reliable too.)

 

[T4tomo]

You'll scare the shite out of your dog in a RWD sports car Accy, stick to your Fiat 500.

 

[tyred]

There's no accounting for taste! For me, this was easily the best-looking MR2.

(and possibly the best-looking "affordable" sports car in many years, ignoring convertibles of course. Reliable too.)

I would agree. Never really liked the styling of the original.