The Toyota MR2 was nicknamed the ‘poor man’s Ferrari’, but was that actually high praise rather than the insult it was ...

Few sports cars make us truly sad about their discontinuation as much as the Toyota MR2. Yet, why was the MR2 so special? The MR2 was, and is, the only affordable mid-engine sports car ever made.

My upbringing in a family of carholics coincided with the fabulous era of 1990s Japan, when NSXs battled Ferraris, GT-Rs broke Nürburgring records and the first of the 10-second Supras emerged.

According to the latest whisper across the rumor mill, the fabled return of the mid-engine Toyota MR2 and feisty Celica 4WD is just around the corner, along with a Lexus surprise – and the peeps ...

With just under sixteen-hundred cubic centimetres of engine capacity, four cylinders and modest horsepower, the original Toyota MR2 looked, at best, like a tepid attempt at a sports car.

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Toyota plans to bring back the Celica and the MR2, the iconic cars from the 1990's. In an age where electric cars are gathering eyeballs, this step by the Japanese carmaker must be appreciated.