Low tech

Full carbon body is held together in 2 places. $$$
Reinforced chassis. $$$
Extensive Lotus R&D, proprietary designs and technology specifically developed to make the best handling car in existence at an ultra low weight, and still meeting safety requirements at the time. $$$
Plus it's fukkin pretty.

Electronics don't bump up the cost anymore. It's standard stuff. That's like asking why a fridge is so expensive if it's just the sum of cheap as fuck parts made in china and some refrigerant.

Thanks breh

2 pieces*

this. You can still get it used for as cheap as 15k.
You can get an MRS which is the second best handling car for your money and can be dailied unlike elise

it's so expensive we can't even afford punctuation

>buy MR2
>Celica 2ZZ with 185 hp bolts in
>do a little something about the suspension and tires
>87% of the Elise experience for half the price
What did Toyota mean by this?

its a great car

But it's ugly as balls and a convertible that looks bad even when it has a hardtop on it.
I love the car but holy shit it's easily one of the ugliest cars Toyota ever produced. I thought it would grow on me over the years but it hasn't at all.

And this is coming from an AW11 owner.

>British Racing Green

Patrician choice.

the 2nd to 3rd generation MR2 was probobly one of the biggest styling downgrades in vehicle history, up there with the Mustang II.