[Motor]

New MR2 will be a coupe instead of roadster

The MR2 is making a comeback, Auto Express can reveal. Toyota is developing an exciting performance hybrid which would revive the much loved sports car and rival Honda’s upcoming CR-Z.

The new model will boast an amazing blend of performance, economy and low emissions, all wrapped up in a stunning body. It would be a fitting successor to the MR2, which ceased production in 2007.

Speaking exclusively to Auto Express at the Geneva Motor Show, Toyota executive vice president Masatami Takimoto said: “We are aware of the fondness with which the MR2 is held in the UK and Europe, and are developing a small hybrid sports car.

These artist’s impressions give you an idea of how it will look. At the front it mixes cues from Toyota’s FT-HS sports car concept with a deep lower air intake, while the side has a kick up on the door towards the roof. At the rear are lights from the FT-HS and a neat diffuser-style lower bumper.

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[aznkhaos]

hm.the concept doesnt appeal to me, but the name mr-2 does... i hope they do bring the mr2 back..or at lease a sports car soon

 

[Sty09]

I'd give it a shot if it wasn't a hybrid.

 

[xantonin]

Weird. Could be good or bad. Right now it looks a bit too "bubbly".

 

[krnyoshi]

My MR2 looks better~

 

[jst2gtby]

All these new cars coming out make make me feel so old.... The lines on them are just so...futuristic.... This "MR-2" will make the older ones look ancient...

 

[GSBoek]

I'm starting to get a feeling that if any Toyota rwd sporty coupe makes it to production either as a new Hachiroku, Celica, MR2, Supra, Scion or banana, by the time we get there it will be too hyped for its own good.

 

[marc]

that car looks front engined.

 

[TRDoug]

Garbage!!

 

[Soon2beriding]

jeeez i wish they figure out witch car they want to make...

 

[KAT_Ayanami]

that car looks front engined.

Well, they might do like Ferrari and others and have that glass to see the engine :gap:

Anyways I do not see Toyota really doing any sports car. And seeing how their quality plummeted, I wouldn't even care if they finally do it.

 

[Carbonized_GT]

Sports car & Hybrid should never be in the same sentence.

 

[RevHard]

I like the curves of the FT-HS, but this 'potential' MR-S... Noooo! Just my advice :blah:

 

[KAT_Ayanami]

I like the curves of the FT-HS, but this 'potential' MR-S... Noooo! Just my advice :blah:

What advice?

 

[Zero]

^:chuckles:

No sir, that is no MR2. :thumbdown

 

[GSBoek]

Sports car & Hybrid should never be in the same sentence.

Things going like they are, there may be no alternative. People used to say diesels are for trucks, Audi thought otherwise.

 

[Automaton]

Toyota should stick to mommymobiles. That's no MR configuration in that pic.

 

[trdmsprts27]

that is nowhere near an mr2!

 

[party2go]

Never gonna happen.

 

[Joey03_VVT-I]

My MR2 looks better~

Hahaha...I agree! :thumbup: