Toyota Plans to Bring Back the MR2 Sports Car
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Toyota is a big car company from Japan. It wants to make a famous old car again. The car is called the MR2. It is a small sports car with two seats.
The new MR2 will have a strong engine. This engine will have four cylinders. It will also have a turbo. A turbo makes an engine more powerful. The engine power can be up to 600 PS.
The MR2 is a mid-engine car. This means the engine sits in the middle. This helps the car drive well on turns.
Toyota also has a special brand called GR. GR makes fast sports cars. Toyota wants to make the GR brand bigger.
Toyota also wants to bring back another old car. This car is called the Celica. It was also a sports car in the past.
Fans of old Toyota cars are happy about this news. Many people love the MR2 and the Celica.
Vocabulary15 words
- MR2
- an old Toyota sports car with two seats
- engine
- the part that makes a car move
- cylinders
- parts inside an engine that make power
- turbo
- a part that makes an engine stronger
- PS
- a unit that shows how strong an engine is
- mid-engine
- when the engine is in the middle of the car
- GR
- Toyota's brand for fast sports cars
- Celica
- another old Toyota sports car
- brand
- a name a company uses for its products
- revive
- to bring something back
- sports car
- a fast, exciting car
- power
- how strong a machine is
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- seats
- places to sit in a car
- fans
- people who like something a lot
Quiz
Answer key
1. A two-seat sports car 2. It makes the engine more powerful 3. The Celica
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Toyota is a big car company from Japan. It wants to make a famous old car again. The car is called the _____.
The new MR2 will have a strong _____. This engine will have four cylinders. It will also have a _____.
The MR2 is a _____ car. This means the engine sits in the middle.
Toyota also has a special brand called _____. GR makes fast sports cars.
Toyota also wants to bring back another old car. This car is called the _____.
The engine power can be up to 600 _____.