TOYOTA MR2 ROADSTER (2000 – TO DATE)丰田MR2细胞跑车(2000欧元Â"至今)
Some recommendations are easy.一些建议是容易的. If you?re after a used roadster that?s built from a clean sheet of paper around a purist mid-engined design, by people with a competition pedigree as long as your arm and which is palpably the best car in its class, the decision makes itself.如果你?再经过用跑车?建立一个廉洁的纸拼成了纯粹中旬引擎设计残疾人比赛系谱只要你是手臂、触诊最佳车阶级,这项决定使得本身. You should buy a Porsche Boxster.你应该买保时捷boxster. If, however, your funds won?t stretch to the Porker, there exists an alternative which isn?t as far off the German Mark as you?d expect.但是,如果你赢得资金?笔舒展的肉猪,其中肖国另类存在?由于德国马克笔离谱你?丁期待. The Toyota MR2 in it?s back to basics third generation design is as incisive and effervescent as anything that Stuttgart can produce, and if you?ve got a yen for saving money, it?s a sure-fire winner.丰田MR2细胞呢?收盘回到基本设计是为第三代鞭泡腾斯图加特东西可以作为生产、如果您?日元味有储蓄吗?收盘了万全的赢家. As a used proposition it makes a good deal of sense.用它作为一个很大的命题意义. Nearly new cars will give you the MR2?s baby Boxster looks and metronomic reliability at tempting prices.将近新车会给你MR2细胞?收盘时婴儿boxster长相和可靠性节律诱人的价格. Dual Income No Kids Yet?双职工没有小孩没? The MR2 is a good advert for preserving the DINKY status quo.MR2细胞是很好的广告维护dinky现状.
HISTORY历史
The Toyota MR2 is a salutary lesson in the avoidance of "that?ll do" development.丰田MR2细胞是一种良性免课"?当地做"发展. It?s happened before with affordable roadsters.?收盘前发生roadsters负担. Britain blazes a trail with MGs and Lotus Elans, but Japan really ploughs the development in and produces a sales winner ?英国建设一个径、荷花elans水杨酸镁、但日本犁开发和生产销售的赢家? the Mazda MX5.马自达mx5的. Likewise when Audi lost some conviction regarding 4x4 sports cars after the original Quattro, Japan took the ball and turned out the Subaru Impreza.同样的信念就失去了当奥迪车经过原慑人4-4体育、日本代为球和原来的富士impreza. The MR2, however, takes the biscuit.<MR2细胞,但是,以饼干. Whereas Fiat thought it had the market in affordable mid-engined sports targas sewn up with the X1/9, Toyota blew the under developed Italian car out of the water with the MR2 of 1984.而菲亚特认为有市场得起中旬引擎targas车缝体育与x1/9,丰田汽车炒作下研制出水面义大利与1984MR2细胞. Light, nimble, enormous fun to drive and with a cheekily chunky shape, Toyota could hardly make enough of them.轻工、敏捷,并具有巨大的乐趣驾驶面皮形状块状、丰田难以做出足够他们.
Anxious to stay ahead of the game, Toyota replaced the first generation MR2 with a sleeker new-shape car in 1990, equipped with a larger 2.0-litre engine.急于领先,丰田MR2细胞取代了第一代的新装有型轿车1990年,配备了较大的2.0公升引擎. Despite junior exotic looks, the car?s high mid-mounted engine and slow steering made it something of a handful and despite racking up respectable sales, it wasn?t the winner Toyota had hoped for.尽管初级异国的面容,汽车?收盘高中旬展开引擎及督导得很慢一点,尽管费尽了一小撮可敬销售它.其余?丰田希望的笔赢家. Despite finally getting the car right in a series of revisions in 1993, the MR2?s reputation had been holed below the waterline and it became a peripheral consideration when UK buyers drew up their sports car shortlists.尽管最后让车右一系列修改,1993年<MR2细胞?收盘声望一直躲藏水线以下时,它成了周围的英国跑车买主制定短.
Toyota finally performed a fundamental reappraisal of what the MR2?s core values were and an all-new roadster model was launched early in 2000.丰田终于完成了根本性的MR2细胞重新什么?一个人的核心价值观的全新模式跑车在2000年初推出. Chief Engineer Tadashi Nakagawa and his development team started again from scratch.总工程师和他的开发团队忠志川隆再从头开始. They could have sought more power (or even kept the same 170bhp unit from the old car) but that would have meant a higher price tag, more weight and greater running costs meaning a general drift away from the budget sportscar market that the original MR2 pioneered in the first place.他们可能寻求更多权力(甚至保持同一单位的新老车170bhp)但这将意味着更高的代价,重大经营成本普遍意义游离于预算跑车MR2细胞开辟市场,原来在首位. The lessons learned from the second-generation car had already signalled the folly of that approach.教训的第二代车已经标志着这种愚蠢的做法.
Smaller and lighter than its rather overblown predecessor, the third-generation MR2 was based around the Celica?s 1.8-litre VVTi engine, again mounted amidships.较小和较轻松而臭屁前任三代MR2细胞周围celica依据?收盘一点八公升vvti发动机amidships再度展开. Luggage space and cabin toys were both at a premium; this car was again for driving enthusiasts.行李舱空间和玩具,都是在地价;这是一次汽车驾驶爱好者. Although lionised by the motoring press it has sold modestly, many buyers being swerved by the more practical and less exotic Mazda MX5.虽然lionised已售出的汽车新闻谦虚许多买主正在滑行的实事,少异国马自达mx5. The MR2 SMT model with semi automatic transmission was launched in spring 2001, giving pseudo-Schumachers the chance to perfectly blip down through the gearbox using wheel-mounted shift buttons.MR2细胞模型的表面贴装半自动变速器于2001年春季给伪schumachers机会绝对下降的现象,通过变速箱用车轮装移按钮.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
With an MR2 you get a pure fun car that?ll force you to travel light.会给你一个MR2细胞纯趣车?迫使你当地旅行轻. A tiny 78-litre space behind the two seats offers enough room for a couple of shoulder bags - and that's only available when the roof's up.小小78公升后面两个座位空间提供足够的空间袋一肩膀,就是只有当屋顶的. There's not much room for people either, with head and legroom at a premium in the tiny cabin.还有人要么余地不大,头一补legroom在小小的机舱. Portly Americans (who bought so many old MR2s) will not take so easily to this model.墩墩的美国人(他们买这么多老mr2s)不会轻易向这一模式. The roof however, is great.屋顶却是伟大的. You can flip it up and down on your own without breaking sweat or even leaving your seat (hence the lack of an electric option).你可以挑出来,并打破了自己的汗水甚至没有留下你坐下(因而缺乏电动期权). Plus it incorporates a proper glass heated rear window, so you don't have to put up with permanently murky vision in your rear view mirror.加上内嵌一个适当加热后窗户玻璃,所以你不必忍受长期浑沌贵倒后镜视野. The British importers expected many customers to opt for the optional hardtop - which is maybe one reason why air conditioning has been included in the standard specification.英国许多进口商预期客户选择择坚壁-或许是原因之一空调已经列入了标准规格. The interior itself is nothing fancy.内政部本身是什么花式. In fact, you can make it more basic still by taking out the centre console, assuming you don't mind doing without a radio.其实,你还可以购买它更基本的中心控制台、假如你不介意没有收音机. Utilitarian dimpled plastic covers most surfaces, the only sporty concessions a three-spoke steering wheel clad with stitched leather (that adjusts for rake but not reach).塑料复盖面最功利韧窝、只有潇洒优惠三讲缝纫皮革与方向盘5500(调整为耙,但没有达成). Also included are some aluminium-effect door-mounted handrails that may remind you of the time you beat the queue by using the disabled toilets.还有一些铝门效果装扶手可提醒你打你的时候用洗手间排队.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
Third generation MR2 models are starting to appear in reasonable numbers, although you?ll still need to fork out around £10,000 for a manual gearboxed VVT-I on a 2000 W plate.三代MR2细胞模型开始出现合理号码虽然你?当地还需要花上大约为10000英镑gearboxed可变气门定时手册-我对2000年钨板. If you?re after one of the rare SMT cars, you?ll need to budget around £11,600 for a newer 2001 Y plate car.如果你?再经过一个罕见的SMT车你?当地需要的预算大约为11600英镑,较2001年的汽车板块肽Y. Insurance is an almost ridiculously reasonable Group 13.保险集团是一个几乎可笑合理13.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
Whilst the MR2?s no-nonsense appeal attracts a lot of hard chargers anxious to prod, pull and investigate the handling envelope, the basic engineering is Toyota-generic which means that the car is more reliable than the likelihood of a Prince Phillip racial slur.虽然MR2细胞?收盘不尚空谈呼吁吸引了大量艰苦充电器着急激将法,拉查处理信封基本工程是丰田-通用汽车即是一个较可靠的可能性比王储菲利普种族玷污. Interior trim quality is good, but watch out for rattly plastics and malfunctioning glove box doors.内政部修剪质量是好的,但提防rattly塑胶手套、失灵箱门. Obviously you?ll need to check the tyres for signs of abuse and the soft-top hood should be scrutinised for any damage, but otherwise the MR2?s reliability is as close to a banker as you?ll find amongst sporting cars.显然你?当地雇员必须检查轮胎迹象虐待和软顶方巾应该仔细的任何损害,但否则MR2细胞?收盘可靠性接近银行家吗?在当地找车运动.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 2000 MR2) The MR2 is largely trouble free, but should you need to replace parts you?ll find they?re reasonably pricey.(大约2000年的基础上,MR2细胞)的MR2细胞主要是困难的,但是,一旦你需要更换零件吗?当地找到他们?重新合理价钱. Expect to pay £600 for an exhaust front pipe and around £280 for a rear, but these are stainless steel items and won?t rust easily.预计支付了600英镑与排气管战线后方为280英镑左右,但这些不锈钢项目,赢得了吗?笔容易生锈. Starter motors begin at £110, whilst you?ll be charged £350 for an alternator and a clutch will see around £190 slipping from your bank balance.英镑开始起动马达110虽然你?当地收取350英镑的发电机和离合器将看到大约190英镑的银行负债从你滑倒. Likewise you?ll reflect upon £90 required for a replacement door mirror whilst brake pads and discs up front could force you to stop and wonder where £135 went.同样你?当地反思英镑1990年需更换刹车皮、碟门镜虽然可以迫使你出门前停下来问到哪里来到135英镑.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
In production form, the MR2 tops the scales at just 975kg which means that the little 140bhp engine can push the car to sixty in just 7.9s on the way to 130mph - faster than virtually all its equivalent mainstream rivals.在生产方式、MR2细胞顶端的规模仅975kg即很少能推动汽车发动机140bhp仅用7.9s至60月途中130mph-高于对手几乎所有等值主流. When you consider that the Toyota is lighter by the weight of a passenger than the MX-5 and a whole 260kg lighter than a BMW Z3, this is hardly surprising.当你认为丰田是重量较轻的乘客比MX的五轻于260kg,整个宝马Z3井、这是不足为奇的.
The BMW in particular feels the heavy car it is, whereas the MR2 is always instantly responsive to any driver input.尤其感到沉重的宝马轿车是而MR2细胞司机总是马上投入任何回应. Though just 4335mm in length, it boasts a longer wheelbase than its predecessor, the ideal recipe for straight-line stability and progressive handling.虽然长度只有4335mm,但拥有更长轴距比942理想的食谱直线稳定和逐步处理.
The steering's power assisted of course - driven via an electric motor rather than from the engine.督导的助力当然驱动电机而非经由从发动机. The problem with this approach can be a rather remote feel (as is the case in an MGF) - though not in this case.这种方法的问题,可以感受到相当偏僻(如同一个函数)虽然不是这样. With the rack set at a quick 2.7 turns lock to lock and a short-throw five-speed close ratio gearbox, there's nothing to spoil what is a really pure driving experience.随着齿条定七月二日快速转关、锁短暂扔5速变速箱比率接近,这没有什么破坏了什么是真正纯粹的驾驶经验. If you want to go blipping up shift creek without a paddle, you can opt for the SMT gearbox.如果你要去blipping移溪无颤抖起来,你可以选择的表面贴装变速箱.
Weight distribution is another key here - which is why there's no boot behind the engine which sits just to the driver's rear.重量分布是另一个关键--这就是为什么天下没有长靴引擎背后倚刚刚给司机的后方. It's also why there's also no real luggage space in the nose; just enough for a few overnight items.这也是为什么许多人都没有真正的行李空间鼻子;刚好几个通宵物品. Heavy bags in either of these places would upset the balance of the car.沉重书包将在这些地方要么不平衡轿车.
OVERALL 总体
Although the Toyota MR2 is eclipsed in the sales charts by the Mazda MX5, here is a more exotic, more specialist car that successfully bridges the gap between the usual effete roadsters and the more hardcore fare served up by specials like the Vauxhall VX220 and Lotus Elise.虽然丰田MR2细胞是由失色的销售图表马自达mx5,这里更是奇特,专科以上轿车成功桥梁差距roadsters和效果,平日更死硬票价由送达专辑就像狂暴叶锡vx220和荷花. Why it hasn?t sold better is largely down to its limited practicality, but as long as you?re prepared to travel light, a used Toyota MR2 isn?t going to disappoint.为何独具特色?笔卖出好很大程度上限制了它的实用性,但只要你?再准备旅行轻,使用丰田MR2细胞肖国?笔会失望. Recommended.推荐.
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