Toyota MR2 Turbo

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SW20 · 1989–1999 · 242bhp · RWD · Turbo · Manual

A mid-engined turbo Toyota for hot-hatch money. Rust is the enemy and clean UK cars are getting genuinely hard to find.

Estimated value trajectory

+$15,000 since 2015

Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: medium.

Desirability65 × 0.30 = 19.5

Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity

Scarcity40 × 0.25 = 10.0

Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors

Momentum61 × 0.25 = 15.3

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory77 × 0.20 = 15.4

Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in

Running-cost drag-4

Appreciation score56

Still gaining meaningfully — 5%/yr or better over recent years.

Long-run growth +10.3% per year against +6.0% recently — decelerating by 4.3pp. Running-cost risk is rated 5/10, deducting 4 points from the score.