![]() ![]() ![]() He named it Lil Blue and vowed to keep it forever.Įventually the new owner sold it to a Toyota dealership, where it was on display for several years. Its original owner had also read the love letters to this Toyota from the time of “Back to the Future.” A test drive won him over. Plus its starting price was around $11,000 - or just over $27,000 today.Īnd this is how I turned into a cliché: the old codger who buys a car wistfully recalled from his youth.Īfter exhaustive searching, I found my new-to-me MR2. Without that weight over the front wheels, the MR2 was extraordinarily quick to change directions, which is what sports cars are all about. The MR2 was unusual because it was a midengine design: That robust little four-cylinder was tucked behind the two seats. ![]() Not so long ago I was idly reminiscing about that long-ago sports car, the 1986 Toyota MR2, which my wife, Cheryl, and I bought new. ![]() Car and Driver magazine said it was one of the 10 best autos of 1986, gushing that “any car with a higher fun-per-dollar quotient would never be allowed by the I.R.S.” In a separate review, it noted the car’s “finely balanced handling, its superb five-speed gearbox and its jewel-like twin-cam, sixteen-valve, four-cylinder engine.” ![]()
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