• franglais@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Fun fact. Never sold in France, they had to rebrand it, as MR2 phonetically, says “shit” in french.

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      4 months ago

      On the other hand, the Nova, which is Spanish for Doesn’tgo, sold just fine in the Americas.

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    5 months ago

    the MK1 is nice and wedge shaped but the more curvy MK2 that resembles the celica and supra is a great car to drive.

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      5 months ago

      Hell yeah those are rad. I used to win a lot on Gran Turismo by getting a used MR2 turbo and adding lots of upgrades. The power-to-weight ratio combined with its amazing handling was like a cheat code.

      Imagine converting one of those to electric RWD - if there were enough room to fit batteries its low weight should make it highly efficient.