Surely it wouldn't cost over 2000 for packaging and shipping. Supose it depends what the exchange rate was like at the time.

I think if they followed the SW20/AW11 formula for luggage space it would've been much better. There was a silver hardtop for sale on ROC for 550 last week which converts to 844 with todays exchange rate. You could conceivably put in a larger plastic bin and fit some serious luggage but that would take a bit of work. We maintain a notify list for each color (and. If you get a luggage rack for the back then you can carry as much as a normal sedan. Right now, demand far exceeds supply for hardtops, so it is rare that a top makes it to be listed for sale. That gives about 1.5 carryon suitcases worth of easily accessible space. I'm planning to add gas struts to the frunk so I don't have to use the stick to hold it up every time, and then remove the lid to the storage compartment and seal it with foam. Someone recently posted on Spyderchat that they removed all the plastics in the front and just stuffed suitcases against the frame. If you get a hardtop and then remove the softtop along with all of the plastic, then the opening to the space behind the seats becomes quite nice and usable. I'd say practicality is not a huge issue as far as carrying plain old luggage/bags goes, if you want to get giant packs of drinks from Costco or something then it's a problem. The chassis in the MR2 flexes a shitload, and I kind of doubt a hardtop would fix that, but supposedly bracing is supposed to make it a lot better.

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