12 Facts About Toyota MR-S

Toyota MR-S MR2 is a line of two-seat, mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports cars manufactured in Japan and marketed globally by Toyota MR-S from 1984 until 2007 over three generations: W10, W20 and W30 .

Toyota MR-S debuted its SV-3 concept car in October 1983 at the Tokyo Motor Show, gathering press and audience publicity.

Toyota MR-S introduced the first-generation MR2 in 1984, designating it the model code "W10".

Some MY 1986 cars have a rear sway bar, while the mounting tabs on the strut housing were either there for both sides, only one side, or none at all depending on when Toyota MR-S ran out of the older rear struts with mounting tabs as production used up parts.

In 1988 and 1989 Toyota MR-S produced two final production runs of fully optioned "Super Edition" MR2s, based upon the supercharged Japanese market model, and only sold in Japan.

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Toyota MR-S elected to change the MR2 suspension and tires to reduce the likelihood that this would occur, though many drivers would lament the change and claim that it "neutered" the sharp edge the MR2 was known for.

Toyota MR-S claimed that the changes were made "for drivers whose reflexes were not those of Formula One drivers".

In 1998, Toyota MR-S Racing Development offered an official kit body conversion and tuning program for MR2 owners to transform their existing SW20 MR2 into a wide-body TRD2000GT replica car.

Apart from Toyota MR-S Racing Development, TOM'S released official body kits and a variety of tuning parts for the MR2.

Toyota MR-S decided against putting its name or logo on these cars as a result of its desire to distance itself from cars that featured leaky roofs.

Toyota MR-S would enter their premier production cars, namely the Celica, MR2, and Supra.

In July 2004, Toyota MR-S announced that sales of the MR2, as well as the Celica, would be discontinued in the US at the end of the 2005 model year because of lower sales numbers.