This Nasty Nurburgring Spin Demonstrates The Toyota MR2's Dark Side

With rear-wheel drive and its engine in the middle, the Toyota MR2 can catch even an experienced driver out through corners… and this time it ended badly

The third-generation Toyota MR2 was mocked at the time of its launch for being a bit limp compared to more powerful sports cars. With 138bhp from a 1.8-litre four-pot mounted behind the two seats it wasn’t especially fast, true, but boy could it teach a person about handling.

All rear-drive, mid-engined cars can be a handful beyond the limit, and the MR2 is no exception. It just dished out another painful lesson to one enthusiastic driver on the Nurburgring Nordschleife. As the left-hand drive roadster swings into view, already travelling at speed and with the spin already beginning, we get the impression that this was a panic/lift-off oversteer moment.

This Nasty Nurburgring Spin Demonstrates The Toyota MR2's Dark Side

The driver manages to keep it out of the barriers with his foot hard on the brake, but as the momentum swings the car around to face rearwards, now back on the circuit, he keeps his foot on the brake instead of lifting off and letting the car regain grip and steering control.

With all hope of a save quickly vanishing, the poor MR2’s bum kisses the barrier hard enough to smash the rear lights and no doubt crack the rear bumper. It’s seen driving away from the scene, but we hope he owned up to what he’d done. If he didn’t, he’s in even more bother, because he left his rear number plate behind.

Source: Autoevolution

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Comments

TheDriver 1

Still better than an MX-5…

hairdressers triggered

and Alex

and probably everyone else

10/15/2018 - 10:16 |
84 | 4

Agreed, owned a MK1 mx5 for 2 months, bored the hell out of me. Sold it for a MK3 MR2 had it for 3 years until I had to sell it.

10/15/2018 - 12:06 |
22 | 6

Dud

10/15/2018 - 13:44 |
0 | 6

T R I G G E R E D

10/16/2018 - 07:44 |
2 | 0
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Kai Kogashiwa that you?

10/15/2018 - 10:34 |
2 | 0
AAA Insurance

Even more evidence that cars shouldn’t have drivetrains. Drivetrains = weight. Weight = inertia. Inertia makes cars harder to drive in scenarios such as these.

Buy a soapbox car today.

10/15/2018 - 10:48 |
36 | 2

That’s the point of driving a car, tho

01/12/2019 - 23:15 |
0 | 0
RWB Dude

The MR2 when it snap oversteers

10/15/2018 - 11:05 |
156 | 0
CannedRex24

Ah snap

….

10/15/2018 - 12:28 |
22 | 0
Anonymous

Fortunately the damage looks just cosmetic !

10/15/2018 - 13:49 |
8 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

you can adjust that in the settings.

10/16/2018 - 19:25 |
8 | 2
The magic midship (TagMeInMr2ContentOrPerishImmediately) (IL

God dangit

10/15/2018 - 14:31 |
2 | 0
......

looks like it is still fixable

10/15/2018 - 15:42 |
4 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by ......

In eastern Europe everything is fixable.

10/16/2018 - 14:40 |
0 | 0
michal9495

Driver be like

10/15/2018 - 16:11 |
24 | 0
LoneWolfer

hoping its just cosmetics

10/15/2018 - 17:59 |
2 | 0