Used Car Of The Day: 1991 Toyota MR2

by Tim Healey

Published: November 18th, 2025

Today we have a 1991 Toyota MR2 for ya.

This one has a 3.0-liter V6 and a five-speed manual transmission that replaced the automatic. It also has nearly 200K miles -- but will pass California smog checks.

The A/C works and is updated to R134a, and other mods include Koni dampers and Yokohama tires.

The seller has this one the market for $22,000 in Santa Barbara, California. Click here to see more.

[Image: 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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Mike Beranek on Nov 19, 2025

Gee, I sure hope that engine and transmission swap was done properly... for that kind of money.

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Thomasbeagle on Nov 19, 2025

That's a lot of money for a high-mileage car that has been screwed around with. And I *like* MR2s.

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