Miata Mailing List: November 1999, Message #832

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The Toyota MR2 Spyder is downright ugly.  If it was $10,000 instead of
$20,000, I could overlook its looks.

The second series MR2 was a very attractive car, especially following the
unattractive first series MR2.  They must have used the stylists that worked
on the first series MR2 to design the new Spyder.

If car buyers care about styling, Mazda shouldn't be too concerned about
Toyota's new entry into the sports car market.  If an economy version of
Honda's S2000 was offered, it would be a serious threat to the Miata.

Don Scott



At 05:05 PM 11/07/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Road & Track (Dec 99) has an interesting write up on the Toyota MR2 
>Spyder.  Looks like some very serious competition for the Miata.  A couple 
>of noteworthy quotes in the article:
>
>Title: "Toyota MR2 Spyder - An affordable mid-engine roadster to challenge 
>the Miata"
>
>"But how will people react to its quirky exterior styling, which, although 
>reminiscent of the Porsche Boxster, isn't as charming as that of the Mazda 
>Miata."
>
>"With the emergence of the MR2 Spyder - scheduled to hit showroom floors 
>sometime in the spring of 2000 - Toyota is definitely back on the 
>sports-car scene. And with a base price of about $20,000 [USD], the MR2 
>Spyder is sure to make foreheads sweat in Mazda's corporate 
>boardrooms.  Whether it will dethrone the current king of affordable 
>roadsters remains to be seen, but I'm sure of one thing: That wave Toyota 
>has been riding just got a little bigger."
>
>
>Paul (mailto:williamp@bit-net.com)
>Never drive any faster than your guardian angel can fly.
>homepage:  http://www.bit-net.com/~williamp/
>
>
>
>


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