Overview & Reviews

Say good-bye to the MR2 (again). This is the final year of production for the fun, little convertible. The only changes this year are to the audio system, which now has an amber-colored display screen and a standard six-disc CD changer in place of the cassette player.

• Lively and precise handling dynamics, scores high on the fun scale, available SMT transmission, affordable compared to other European-brand roadsters.

• Severe lack of storage space, bland interior design, not many safety features available.

User Reviews:

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  2000 Toyota MR2 Spyder - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By John - December 25 - 5:10 pm

  This little roadster defines the word "Value". It is very well built, very comfortable and a lot of fun to drive. On top of that our experience has been that fuel economy beats estimates at 38-40 mpg avaerage!

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  Good stuff - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By rymr2 - December 13 - 1:00 am

  For the money cant be beat. Great handling, very stylish. Excellent build quality and economical. Fun, fun, fun.

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  I like mine - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By MR2 - October 10 - 11:16 am

  Car looks great and is very fun to drive. The top is quick and easy for me to put up or down from the drivers seat in about 10 seconds. Toyota quality and reliability. Very short on storage, but hey,, its a sportscar!

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  great toy - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By Mia Andrews - March 27 - 11:30 am

  Its a great car. so much fun. the only thing i would change on it is the suspension. needs to be tighter. i guess it would be a lot more fun too if it had a little more ponies in the "trunk" if you will.

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  Fun in the sun little car - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By 2fast4u - February 21 - 11:00 am

  Once a week I have someone coming up to me asking if its a Porsche, or what car is that? I have people taking pictures of my car with their camera when I stop at a light. My point? I get a lot of attention driving my little car. Granted, I have a few after market parts: TRD body kit and TTE dual muffler (which makes a nice growling sound like a V-8). This car is awesome around turns and curves. It is almost impossible to slide the car; it simply sticks to the round. It does so-so on a straight away--I estimate about 7.1 seconds from 0-60 mph on a 6 speed SMT, but who actually drives that fast anyway? When I do step on it though, the cars behind me disappears pretty fast.

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  What a gas! - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By bill - January 4 - 10:10 am

  Driving this car is as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. Ive owned two Miatas and while theyre nice little cars, compared to the Spyder theyre roadkill. Handling is phenomenal, the SMT is responsive and ideal in traffic, and the styling makes people pull up next to me on the highway and say, "Great car!" Sure, theres little storage space, but cruising around the Florida Keys where I live with the top down and the sun shining and the Bay and ocean around you... well, who needs storage?

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  Add a luggage rack to allow longer trips - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By Arts Luggage Rack - December 24 - 7:00 am

  As a long time owner of a TR-6, I became familiar with luggage racks. Therefore, when I purchased my 2005 MR- 2 I had the dealer install a luggage rack I obtained from my local British car parts dealer. This rack leaves plenty of room for engine ventillation and holds two (2) twenty eight (28) inch suitcases which can be secured with bungee cords. My wife and I can take 2 week trips in our MR-2 and enjoy Calilfornia and Oregon coast roads as well as mountain roads for which the MR-2 was built.

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  LOVE MR2 - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By tom boyd - October 15 - 8:00 pm

  Never less than 30 MPG. Sorry they quit making them. Fun weekend drives for wife and I. Not much for storage.

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  Fun and Practical - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By Mike W - September 10 - 1:23 am

  I bought my Spyder with 8,666 miles on it in December 2007. I had first looked at a Spyder several years earlier. I almost couldnt believe my ears when the Carmax salesman told me it had no trunk; I had never heard of a car without a trunk. I passed on it at that time because I thought having a trunk was important. But Im still single, so I figured what the heck, I have no one I need to please -- Ill buy what I want and put the groceries in the passenger seat. Obviously, the car is fun. Its also more economical than a Miata because it uses regular unleaded gas, and I average about 28.5 mpg in the summer, about 27 in the winter. This car is fine in the snow with snow tires.

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  Best car ever!!! - 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder
  By angela45 - May 4 - 10:04 pm

  I had a 2004 MR2 with the SMT that I totaled in 2013 and went shopping for another car. With everything else out there, I finally settled on a 2005 MR2 with the five-speed transmission, and had it shipped it from New Jersey to California. I bought the 2005 because I had never loved driving before I drove the MR2 Spyder! Every Saturday and Sunday, I get in the car and do 60-mile loops just do drive it. Its really that much fun. My husband and kids dont even question it anymore. And Ive owned these for 10 years now! Driving it never gets old!