wtf is wrong with mr2 prices!!

[Bonmaklad]

k i'm getting pi$$ed off with this lately i'v been watching mr2 prices and it's silly u can get a tubby for 2k and n/as are down to 400-600 this is with mot and tax!!! can someone explain to me how i get good money for my car when people are selling for peanuts i'v been offered 800 quid for mine!!!

[Spittinflames]

800 quid is probably about right for a 1990 mr2 in all fairness. I was offered one at that price a year or so ago and that was really tidy.

[Bonmaklad]

why? is it cos of the engine? cos i have the rev3 engine.

[Bonmaklad]

just having a look difference between rev1 and rev2-3 just mainly bhp and a few bits like power steering. i just about to spend 200-500 on respraying and mot so with tax it's coming on 600 quid so basically i might as well of not done all that and just sold the engine scrapped the rest and made a profit loooool

[olly22n]

prices are rock bottom, wanted to sell mine for a teg, decided to keep it as i would lose too much money. hold tight as there are too many 'ebay dogs' driving the prices down imo

[jonb-]

Too many crappy importers importing sh*t, tossers on ebay buying them, running them into the floor then flogging them off for crap money bringing the entire market down.

[Bonmaklad]

i have to sell mine though be4 end of october though lets just hope someone will see i have a good engine.

Shown btw my m8 spent 2k on a rev2 n/a and is now in the scrappy

[BenF]

There's always cheap rough stuff around - but well kept cars, with good history will go for reasonable money.

Buying a cheap car with problems isn't a good idea - you're likely to end up spending a lot more fixing the problems than what you could buy a mint car for. I know a few people who have done this in the past and ended up with a well sorted car after some time in a garage - but they ended up spending 2.5k on a car and then another £1,500 in parts and garage labour - with £3.5k would have bought them a sorted mint car to start with ...

[Spittinflames]

Thats very true, a minted one will always be worth its money but if its a 1990 N/A then to be worth into the thousands it really does have to be something special.

Either standard and minted or modded to fek with quality components.s

An every day 1990 N/A thats clean but nothing out of the ordinary will be looking at the wrong side of a grand.

[ljb]

i was looking for a n/a about just under 2years ago and couldn't find a decent one for under £3500, went to look at about 10 in my price range and all were dogs. thats why i was going to get a 5k loan to get a tubby, but luckily for me the price has come right down and saved myself 2k. good if your buying crap if your selling. might be worth you breaking your car, might get more that way?

[steve b]

Because they are getting a bad image with all the chaved up ones, puts people off. You end up with people who really want an A1 car paying lots as good ones are rapidly getting thin on the ground and loads of bodged ones at the lower end of the market selling for peanuts. Then the other half of owners who have had mr2's for years are moving on to other cars like supras etc

N/A's are taking a big fall in price now as they are slower than modern warm hatches.

[Bonmaklad]

well i'm just gonna start mine at 2k if it seriously doesn't sell at 1750 then tbh it's not worth selling as a whole!! it'll be another mr2 totally turned into bits or go to ireland.

[dawolf]

N/A's are taking a big fall in price now as they are slower than modern warm hatches.

That's a bit of a wild statement. The N/A will still beat most modern hatches out there, apart from the higher spec GTI's, Clio 182's etc. Fair enough you have to rev it high but even so it's a pretty quick car.

When I sell my rev 2 I won't take less than £2200 because it's been very well looked after and the bodywork is great.

[steveybMR2-173]

MR2s are generally worth what the buyers prepared to pay for a good one, sometimes if someone is looking for that particular colour and spec etc that yours is, you drop lucky.

Anyone selling MR2s or parts send them over to us at MR2 Only Magazine, we will put them in the classifieds section and website free of charge, first issues available around 27th September

[steve b]

That's a bit of a wild statement. The N/A will still beat most modern hatches out there.

In alphabetical order from the back of what car :-

Audi A3 2.0T 0-60 6.9
BMW 120d sport 0-60 7.9
Citron C2 VTS 0-60 8.3
Fiat punto HGT 0-60 8.6
Fiesta ST 0-60 8.6
Civic Type S 0-60 8.5
Civic Type R 0-60 7.6
Merc B200 0-60 7.6
Mini cooper 0-60 8.6
Mini cooper S 0-60 8.0
Mini cooper S works 0-60 7.5
Mistubushi Colt 1.5CZT 0-60 8.0
Peugeot 206 Gti 0-60 8.4
Peugeot 206 gti 180 0-60 7.4
Clio 182 0-60 7.1
Clio 182 cup 0-60 7.3
Clio 182 trophy 0-60 7.3
Clio V6 0-60 5.8
Megane 2.0T 0-60 8.2
Megane 2.0T sport 6.8
Ibiza 1.9 TDI 0-60 7.6
Ibiza 1.8T 0-60 8.4
Ibiza 20V 0-60 7.3
Leon R 0-60 7.7
Smart forfour 1.5 B 0-60 6.9
Astra 1.8 16V 0-60 8.5
Astra 2.0T 0-60 7.9
LUPO Gti 0-60 7.7
Golf 2.0 Gti 7.2


Ok so many are "hot hatches" but they are shopping cars not even sports cars and are front wheel drive so are crap off the line yet they are still the same, quicker or within a second to 60 as a n/a sw20. If they are that close in the 0-60 I bet once rolling they are quicker.

[RyanRs]

Astra 2.0T -7.9 that is absolutly appaling! Rs-turbo series 1 1.6 cvh do 7.6 iirc :S

i love the vauxhall vs ford arguements ... even tho i fink there both pritty rubbish, i fink ford is the better company as they have a much better/sucessfull motorsport history

also, looking back.. the vauxhall competitor to the sirerra/escort cossie (160mph, 62 : 6sec) was the calibra 4x4 2.0 turbo, wich has the performance of, yet again a RS Turbo!

i fink the only good vauxhall cars built wer the VX220 T (but reali its made by lotus) -the lotus carlton (again lotus) and that new v8 thing -which sounds YUMMM! whereas ford have the 'mk2 rs2000, mk1 mexico, v6 capri, cossies, gt40, rs200, gt90... and god knows what lse!

hum , bit random all that lol, but oh well!

Oooo! wow ! i appear to have a fig roll left over! Yumm!

[dawolf]

That's a bit of a wild statement. The N/A will still beat most modern hatches out there.

In alphabetical order from the back of what car :-

Audi A3 2.0T 0-60 6.9
BMW 120d sport 0-60 7.9
Citron C2 VTS 0-60 8.3
Fiat punto HGT 0-60 8.6
Fiesta ST 0-60 8.6
Civic Type S 0-60 8.5
Civic Type R 0-60 7.6
Merc B200 0-60 7.6
Mini cooper 0-60 8.6
Mini cooper S 0-60 8.0
Mini cooper S works 0-60 7.5
Mistubushi Colt 1.5CZT 0-60 8.0
Peugeot 206 Gti 0-60 8.4
Peugeot 206 gti 180 0-60 7.4
Clio 182 0-60 7.1
Clio 182 cup 0-60 7.3
Clio 182 trophy 0-60 7.3
Clio V6 0-60 5.8
Megane 2.0T 0-60 8.2
Megane 2.0T sport 6.8
Ibiza 1.9 TDI 0-60 7.6
Ibiza 1.8T 0-60 8.4
Ibiza 20V 0-60 7.3
Leon R 0-60 7.7
Smart forfour 1.5 B 0-60 6.9
Astra 1.8 16V 0-60 8.5
Astra 2.0T 0-60 7.9
LUPO Gti 0-60 7.7
Golf 2.0 Gti 7.2


Ok so many are "hot hatches" but they are shopping cars not even sports cars and are front wheel drive so are crap off the line yet they are still the same, quicker or within a second to 60 as a n/a sw20. If they are that close in the 0-60 I bet once rolling they are quicker.

What's your point? A rev 2 N/A does 0-60 in about 7.3 secs which makes it quicker than about 75% of the cars in that list.

[steve b]

That's a bit of a wild statement. The N/A will still beat most modern hatches out there.

In alphabetical order from the back of what car :-

Audi A3 2.0T 0-60 6.9
BMW 120d sport 0-60 7.9
Citron C2 VTS 0-60 8.3
Fiat punto HGT 0-60 8.6
Fiesta ST 0-60 8.6
Civic Type S 0-60 8.5
Civic Type R 0-60 7.6
Merc B200 0-60 7.6
Mini cooper 0-60 8.6
Mini cooper S 0-60 8.0
Mini cooper S works 0-60 7.5
Mistubushi Colt 1.5CZT 0-60 8.0
Peugeot 206 Gti 0-60 8.4
Peugeot 206 gti 180 0-60 7.4
Clio 182 0-60 7.1
Clio 182 cup 0-60 7.3
Clio 182 trophy 0-60 7.3
Clio V6 0-60 5.8
Megane 2.0T 0-60 8.2
Megane 2.0T sport 6.8
Ibiza 1.9 TDI 0-60 7.6
Ibiza 1.8T 0-60 8.4
Ibiza 20V 0-60 7.3
Leon R 0-60 7.7
Smart forfour 1.5 B 0-60 6.9
Astra 1.8 16V 0-60 8.5
Astra 2.0T 0-60 7.9
LUPO Gti 0-60 7.7
Golf 2.0 Gti 7.2


Ok so many are "hot hatches" but they are shopping cars not even sports cars and are front wheel drive so are crap off the line yet they are still the same, quicker or within a second to 60 as a n/a sw20. If they are that close in the 0-60 I bet once rolling they are quicker.

What's your point? A rev 2 N/A does 0-60 in about 7.3 secs which makes it quicker than about 75% of the cars in that list.

So about 25% ARE FACT quicker and as front drive can't ever compete off the line for traction with mid-rear, once rolling they will be faster. i.e. over a 1/4 mile they'd probably catch and pass a rev2 n/a and in any real on road situation be faster. The point is these new cars offer MR2 n/a performance and are totally practical shopping cars to boot, hence forth if someones going to go out and buy a dedicated sports car they will want it significantly quicker, i.e. turbo hence turbos retail for more.

[ancient mariner]

what a load of bolloc8888 how many on that list will still be classic sports cars with a massive drive and image appeal in 16 years.most will have rotted away and be in scrapyards way before then.only my opinion of course.

[steve b]

there some serious delusions going on here, sw20 will never be a classic the AW11 is a classic. As has been pointed out old sw20's are valued at less than £1000 how does that make them special? Don't get me wrong I loved my sw20, but it's not some amazing depreciation avoiding wondercar, its in n/a form an average performing car that looks good. Turbos have the n/a's deficiency sorted out i.e. lot more power and are worth about double at the bottom of the market as n/a's

Hell i sold my car with a hole in a piston declared with a hole in the piston for more than the average good condition n/a of the same age will sell for.