Used Car of the Day: 1986 Toyota MR2

by Tim Healey

Published: May 19th, 2025

Today we go back to the '80s for the first time in a few weeks with this 1986 Toyota MR2.

This one appears to be in pretty good shape -- and the seller has take care of the timing-chain replacement. The suspension and brakes also appear to be new. The seller seems to have a done a good job of maintaining this car, though a panel in the driver's seat needs to be replaced, so the car has cloth seats for the moment.

Mileage is 116,000.

You can find this one in Michigan for $11,500. Click here for more.

[Images: Seller]

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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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Probert on May 20, 2025

Absolutely wonderful cars!

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Randy in rocklin on May 23, 2025

Lots of fun to drive.

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