Used Car of the Day: 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo

by Tim Healey

Published: May 29th, 2024

used car of the day 1991 toyota mr2 turbo

Today we present you a 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo that's been sitting in a garage for a decade and a half.

It's for sale since it won't pass the California smog test.

There are upgrades to the turbo, intercooler, suspension, and more.

It needs paint and one tire has a bubble, so it probably needs rubber. There seems to be other work, needed, too. That includes a dent repair.

The chassis has 156K miles and the asking price is $18,000.

Maybe it's because I saw the first Fast and Furious movie on cable last night, but I am thinking maybe someone could build this into something fun. Just don't street race it illegally.

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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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Wolfwagen on May 30, 2024

This guy is nuts. I just did a KBB on a 1992 Model (91 wasn't available) Average price used is about $4600. This car is not even worth that. If this vehicle was in its original pristine condition with under 100K miles maybe THEN it's worth $18K. BUt this? Hard No.

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Zerofoo on May 30, 2024

Any car with these types of mods has been run hard. Count on an engine rebuild on top of the ridiculous asking price.

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