{"id":1239,"date":"2020-04-15T15:56:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nikkyocars.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2020-04-15T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:56:40","slug":"toyota-last-mid-engine-two-seater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/toyota-last-mid-engine-two-seater\/15\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota&#8217;s Last Mid-Engine Two Seater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Japanese cars are now concentrating on the fuel economy and environmental friendliness, which is boring from what I see.\u00a0 This is why I thought of introducing something different from the 20 year old. <br><br>What reminds you of the Toyota\u2019s mid engine 2 seater? I\u2019m sure most will say MR2, which discontinued on 1999. It was a looker, but it is getting extremely hard to buy a good one with NZ condition. Today, I\u2019ll put aside the MR2 and introduce the MR-S<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nikkyocars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image1-3.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image1-3-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image1-3-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MR-S started it\u2019s life from 1999. It is a successor of the MR2, but this a brand new platform especially made for MR-S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not turbocharged or supercharged, so it is not that powerful.\u00a0\u00a0As you can see, it is not like a pure sports car, more like a \u201cLight weight open air runabout\u201d (It is even 80kgs lighter than NB Roadster!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the pure concept between MR2 and MR-S are basically the same, which can be told from it\u2019s name.<br><br>MR2: <strong>M<\/strong>idship <strong>R<\/strong>unabout <strong>2<\/strong>seater<br>MR-S: <strong>M<\/strong>idship\u00a0<strong>R<\/strong>unabout\u00a0<strong>S<\/strong>ports open car <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes with 5MT, and SMT (<strong>S<\/strong>equential <strong>M<\/strong>anual <strong>T<\/strong>ransmission from year 2000 model) (There were traditional 5AT on 1999 model, and 6MT from 2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it is a convertible, it is not good for grocery shopping, but I think it is good to cruise in this with the roof down! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you like this fun little car? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article Written By\u00a0<strong>Yokoyama Takashi <\/strong>\u00a9 2020-04-15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yokoyama Takashi<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nThe Japanese cars are now concentrating on the fuel economy and environmental friendliness, which is boring from what I see.  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