GTP Cool Wall: 1999-2007 Toyota MR2 (ZZW30)

[Wiegert]

1999-2007 Toyota MR2 (ZZW30) nominated by @ToyGTone

Body Style: 2-door convertible
Engine: 1.8L 1ZZ-FED I4
Power: 140 hp
Torque: 126 ft·lbs
Weight: 1050 kg
Transmission: 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual
Drivetrain: Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive​

Spoiler: Additional images

 

[ToyGTone]

SZ because MR2...
+
SU because this...

And other awful "replicas".
+
Low Cool because it's the least liked MR2 ever...
So Cool.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Arguably the most complete MR2. It's also the least cool.

Uncool.

 

[MisterWaffles]

It's a small, reliable sports car that isn't tacky in any way.

Cool.

 

[05XR8]

I gave it an SZ.

First time I saw one was on the Cross Bronx Expressway. I was in my Jetta GLI 16V and this white convertible comes zipping up next to me. White with red seats, with a young Asian lady at the wheel.

She looks around the car ahead of her, drops a gear, tosses lanes and speeds away. That always stuck with me. A baby Japanese Ferrari. I still want one.

 

[Turbo]

I'd say this car is cooler than any MX-5 generation, NA excluded. Mid-engine configuration only helps the MR2's case.

 

[Tornado]

One of the purest interpretations of a sports car outside of Hethel in the past 20 years. Real shame about its looks though.

 

[Famine]

It has a stupid face and looks ridiculously cab-forward from just about any angle. Roof up it looks like a toy, roof down it looks like a bad drawing of a toy. Impossibly effete vehicle.

 

[mustafur]

Cool if it's not that rubbish automatic version it uses.

 

[05XR8]

Cool if it's not that rubbish automatic version it uses.

It's like 98% of the versions that were sold here. I have found maybe one or two manuals on Carsales.com.

 

[Mike458]

Is it me or is the car really really high off the ground?

Meh.

 

[VXR]

Any car that offers yellow seats is cool in my book.

 

[Michelin Man]

A pure, simple, lightweight, Mid-Engine'd sports car, and the last MR2 to be made (so far). It's also probably the most forgotten (and underappreciated maybe?) iteration of the MR2, but no less great at what it does.

Visually, it's looks may be more divisive than it's older W20 or W10 siblings, it still isn't ugly IMO. And whilst I prefer the previous gen W20, this version of the MR2 is still a comfortable cool.

 

[Obelisk]

Don't a few GTPers have these?

To quote a Top Gear rule: "If one of us have it, it's super uncool."

So...SU. And it's not that great looking from the side or back to boot.