Used Car of the Day: 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Today we have a person selling their 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder because they live in the city of Chicago and congestion makes it too hard to have fun with the car.

As a fellow Chicagoan, my gosh do I feel that.


This one has a five-speed manual and 28K miles. It is stock mechanically though there are some minor cosmetic mods.

It appears to run and drive well and have been well-maintained. It also is "loaded" with options.

If you'd like to know more, click here. The asking price is $21,700

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Add Lightness Add Lightness on Aug 24, 2024
    Lota Lotus in the first gen and probably a lot still in the second gen. Lotus agility and Toyota toughness.Little wonder there's a big premium.
    • VoGhost VoGhost on Aug 25, 2024
      I believe this is the third gen senor dos, but otherwise quite correct.
  • Bd2 Bd2 on Aug 26, 2024
    Anyone who wanted to suffer through such impracticality would have just gone off and gotten an Elise and were thus deranged (your's truly is one of them). The Miata and Boxster had trunks and cubbies putting them in a different class in terms of livability.
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    • Bd2 Bd2 on Aug 26, 2024
      Even an Elise fitted with it's hard top is wildly impractical. I went to Home Depot yesterday and could only get a 3ft stick of lumber lol.
  • Dwford Yes. Why are there so few spy shots online these days?
  • Michael S6 I’m holding out for the Jeep Compass Hellcat edition. I heard that the power to weight ratio will be mind boggling.
  • Jbltg I don't know where to begin with this mess. Nothing off the shelf would have worked?
  • Theflyersfan I think I have this design nailed down. Imagine a Fiat Multipla making sweaty, rancid, unholy, no boundaries love to a Renault Avantime.
  • Joe65688619 Their going to do what the Korean's did for a while and offer industry-leading warranties. They have some appealing models, but after years so seeing nothing but friend's with quality issues with these brands I won't even look.
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