For car nuts, there’s a lot to dislike about Toyota – they’ve done a lot to promote a kind of mainstream banality in cars you won’t see here, and even when they talk about building something interesting, it turns out boring. However, there are odd occasions when you can tell the board/committee/entity was not paying attention, and things like the Scion FR-S, Corolla XR-S, or MR2 sneak through the approval process. Perhaps it’s that one old guy who was on the 2000GT team, and his memory occasionally makes Toyota do something crazy. Like, for example, this 1989 Toyota MR2, now for sale for $2950 in San Diego, CA.
Posts Tagged ‘sportscar’
Japanese Classics – 1989 Toyota MR2
February 19, 2014The Wedge – 1980 Triumph TR7 Roadster
January 2, 2014“What an attractive little sports car”, said nobody ever about the Triumph TR7. Which is sad really, since Triumph’s last gasp in the US is, with the benefit of hindsight, quite a handsome thing. Following the wedge look of such high-end sports cars as the Lotus Esprit and Lamborghini Countach, and moving Triumph out of the world of sixties roadsters and into what sportscars of the 1980s would be, it was doomed the way much of the world of British Leyland was. Whether you side with labour or management, there’s no denying the ultimate outcome – non-luxury British cars were not sold in the US after 1981, and only reappeared in the form of the BMiniW in 2001. You can find this last-of-breed 1980 Triumph TR7 for sale somewhere in Pennsylvania for $3900.
Was ist los? 1970 Opel GT
December 23, 2013On a German car roll today, we know many of you have more than a passing interest in Opel GTs. And who wouldn’t like these, with their sexy Coke-bottle styling that set the tone for the C3 Corvette, plus a reasonably powerful inline 4 cam-in-head engine. These are also the most plentiful of the classic Opels, as they were more likely to be a second car and therefore well-treated compared to a Kadett or 1900 Sportwagon, or even a Manta. You can find this 1970 Opel GT for sale in Anacortes, WA for $2900.


