Can Toyota Still Manage to Build an Awful Car? - LA Times Article

[churp]

Comparing the Yaris to the AW11 (85-89) MR2's for power and weight is almost identical....112hp/2200 lbs......sure they feel totaly different because of gearing/how you sit/weight distribution but these things ran away from Fieros all day long.....with a little lower gearing, stiffer suspension, and sitting like in a gokart it would damn near be the same car.....the Yaris is just an 'improvement' for everyday driving!!!! I currently own an 85, an 86, an 87, and 2 parts cars.... I bought my Yaris for the advantages it has.

[Pars]

Originally Posted by churp

Comparing the Yaris to the AW11 (85-89) MR2's for power and weight is almost identical....112hp/2200 lbs......sure they feel totaly different because of gearing/how you sit/weight distribution but these things ran away from Fieros all day long.....with a little lower gearing, stiffer suspension, and sitting like in a gokart it would damn near be the same car.....the Yaris is just an 'improvement' for everyday driving!!!! I currently own an 85, an 86, an 87, and 2 parts cars.... I bought my Yaris for the advantages it has.

The first generation MR2 was an amazing car, by friend bought one new when if first came out and It was the kind of car that wouldn't hold back a talented driver. The supercharged version is a lot faster the non. Back then, I was driving a 3.1L Corsica and going full throttle at 180km/hr, the MR2-S went around me like I was standing still.

From experience, I know the Yaris Hatch (in my case, 5dr model) is a surprisingly good handling car, but if it can be made to dance like the old mid-engine MR2, that would be impressive.