Registration No: DE53 NHM
Chassis No: JTDFR320500062184
MOT: February 2024

• Warranted 17,500 miles from new
• In the ownership of one private keeper from new
• History file including the original order form and the book pack with stamped service book
• Offered with a rare hard-top

The original mid-engined two-seater MR2 (it stood for Midship Runabout Two-Seater) was an unexpected offering from Toyota - a manufacturer previously noted for its practical but very conventional family cars. It certainly caused quite a stir when it burst onto the market in 1984 - from its 'origami' styling to its Lotus-designed and honed suspension, the newcomer was a welcome breath of fresh air. Toyota’s third-generation MR2 was launched in Japan a few days before the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show and in the same month that Toyota’s cumulative passenger car production reached 100 million units. Incredibly, the new model weighed significantly less than the first-generation car (from 960kg) whilst also offering a substantial specification level, a feat partly achieved by deleting the rear boot and therefore the fifth bulkhead.

Ordered new by the only private owner on the 15^th of September 2003 through Bentleys Toyota of Warrington, Cheshire, the MR2 VVTi offered was specified from new with a six-CD changer and factory hard-top. Costing a total of £20,875 when new, ‘DE53 NHM’ was finished in Astral Black with a body coloured hard-top, Black hood, and a Red cloth interior upholstery from the factory. Used sparingly throughout the gentleman's ownership, the Toyota has covered minimal mileage, with now a mere 17,500 warranted miles from new (at the time of consignment). Sold by the first owner in 2021 to a convertible specialist, the Toyota has remained with them since and is now offered having had just one private (and one business) owner from new.

Regularly serviced during its life, the accompanying service book displays seven services, with all but one completed by the supplying dealership, and a further three servicing invoices are present in the documents file that are not recorded in the service book. The history file also contains the original book pack, original order form, numerous previous MOT certificates, an MOT certificate until February next year, a selection of invoices, and a current V5C document showing one former keeper. The Toyota is also accompanied by two sets of keys and the factory hard-top. Fitted with a new brake master cylinder in 2019 and a new alternator in 2020, the MR2 is due to be freshly serviced in time for sale.

Pleasingly displaying the dealer registration plates front and rear, and dealer stickers in both the soft-top screen and the hard-top screen, ‘DE53 NHM’ is thought to be an exceptionally original example. Low mileage examples of the now iconic MR2 are few and far between, and this example, having had just one private keeper from new, and with its strong service history, is surely one not to be missed!

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452