Toyota flipped the script on the W30 MR2 — literally. Its mid-mounted engine was installed backwards from every earlier MR2, exhaust facing the rear instead of the front.
Median 350 hp across 154 similar cars
Lead trim: Base · 6-spd manual · 1.8L · RWD
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FactToyota flipped the script on the W30 MR2 — literally. Its mid-mounted engine was installed backwards from every earlier MR2, exhaust facing the rear instead of the front.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERToyota reworked the W20 MR2's suspension, tires and power steering mid-production after journalists kept reporting the mid-engined car was prone to vicious "snap-oversteer."
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base · 5-spd manual · 1.8L · FWD | 2000–2000 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 126 lb-ft | — | FWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| Base · 5-spd manual · 1.8L · RWD | 2001–2005 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 126 lb-ft | — | RWD | Manual 5-spd | — |
| Base · 6-spd manual · 1.8L · RWD | 2003–2005 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 126 lb-ft | — | RWD | Manual 6-spd | — |
An estimate, for the Base · 5-spd manual · 1.8L · RWD trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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Toyota flipped the script on the W30 MR2 — literally. Its mid-mounted engine was installed backwards from every earlier MR2, exhaust facing the rear instead of the front.
Toyota reworked the W20 MR2's suspension, tires and power steering mid-production after journalists kept reporting the mid-engined car was prone to vicious "snap-oversteer."
Toyota didn't engineer the original MR2's handling alone — Lotus engineer Roger Becker helped tune its suspension, lending a British sports-car pedigree to Toyota's affordable mid-engined roadster.
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