What if there was an MR2 Ute?

"way2blu does a rev update" (way2blu) 12/19/2018 at 12:03 • Filed to: Wild Builds with WAY2BLU, Toyota MR2, MR2, Toyota, ute, WAY2BLU

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Yes, I know it’s got an engine where the pickup bed would be. But, IF someone, somehow, made an MR-Ute, packaging- be- damned , what would Oppo say? 

gmctavish needs more space > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:04

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MR2ute

Cash Rewards > gmctavish needs more space 12/19/2018 at 12:06

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Mrtoot

way2blu does a rev update > gmctavish needs more space 12/19/2018 at 12:07

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MR2ute2

BeaterGT > Cash Rewards 12/19/2018 at 12:08

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Best license plate. 

Wacko > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:08

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So the Box in the front?

well at least you always have an eye on your load.

gmctavish needs more space > Cash Rewards 12/19/2018 at 12:08

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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:09

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Id rock a MR pickup. 4 ft bed in the back, truck in the front. you’d have to have a mount  over the engine for the front tire of 2 dirt bikes.

way2blu does a rev update > Wacko 12/19/2018 at 12:09

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I was thinking a flat-4 Subaru engine in the back and the bed above it, merged with the existing trunk.

Sovande > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:11

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I would say “why?”

Just Jeepin' > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:16

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I would say...what’s an MR2?

(Well, I know now . Thanks Wikipedia.)

way2blu does a rev update > Just Jeepin' 12/19/2018 at 12:19

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Fun fact, MR2s have the same bolt pattern as Jeeps. Many a time I think about an off-road build. #T hatsN otW hatI tW asD esignedT oD o

facw > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:20

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Yeah, I think the bed would need to fit over the engine, which probably means you’d need a lower profile engine. If they could make Beetle-based and T ype II pickups, I don’t see why they couldn’t pull it off. I don’t know why they would though, it would be so much easier to make a Celica/86 ute.    

Tristan > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:22

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Just unbolt the trunk lid. Doneskis. Instant 1' truck bed.

Any other problems you’d like me to solve?

Just Jeepin' > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:24

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When Jeep went to larger wheels post-2006 they changed the bolt pattern to 5x5, so now that I’m thinking about finding used larger wheels I have to look elsewhere. I am, however, assuming the MR2 never came with 17” wheels.

RallyWrench > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:26

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I would approve, as long as it was called the MR- Tute.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:32

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Et, voi la!

Pancake > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:32

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To Australia , this is PornHub material.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 12:46

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The MR2T, pronounced “Toot”.

Cash Rewards > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/19/2018 at 13:30

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I like how 3 of us immediyhad the same idea

and 100 more > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 13:47

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or “How To Make A Pickup Less Practical”

feather-throttle-not-hair > Cash Rewards 12/19/2018 at 13:57

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Then the name can sound like pooping in english, not just french!

feather-throttle-not-hair > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 14:00

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I’d say: Remember the Lotus Europa?

All of the awkward styling, none of the benefits of being a ute!

Stef Schrader > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 16:20

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yes

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 17:24

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My VW T4 Transporter cab chassis could ‘ easily’ be modified in this manner. Some mad Germans a few years ago shoved a Porsche GT3 engine and transaxle in the back of a van version of it. Mine is just open chassis rails under the alloy tray. Could potentially even do AWD too.

Have thought about it as a future project when the stock engine expires...

way2blu does a rev update > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 12/19/2018 at 17:30

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Um...

Yes.

Do. It.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 17:46

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What if it was an electric driveline?

way2blu does a rev update > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 12/19/2018 at 17:51

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http://www.evwest.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=40&osCsid=fscelpatnqdeub0b6p98bshoh7

I’ve been to EV West’s workshop and rode passenger in one of their EV-swapped VW Vans.

That single-motor bus does 0-60 in about 6 seconds. It’s amazing. Faster than any VW Bus should be, and that’s just with a single NetGain HyPer9 motor powering the rear wheels.

Nauraushaun > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 21:12

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I’d say what I currently say: Elise does it better

way2blu does a rev update > Nauraushaun 12/19/2018 at 21:17

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I did not know this existed, but now I wish to own one.

Nauraushaun > way2blu does a rev update 12/19/2018 at 21:23

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IIRC it was an april fools thing in like. 2010. Done by Lotus themselves

way2blu does a rev update > Nauraushaun 12/19/2018 at 21:25

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I take it a Cat Helmet was included too?

Not cool, Lotus, not cool...