As Matt Farah says on the video below, a 2ZZ-swapped MR2 Roadster is actually a better car than the Lotus Elise and perhaps that’s why we never got one straight from the factory.

The Toyota 2ZZ-GE VVTLi four cylinder engine has reached the end of it production cycle and Lotus, who also uses the unit, has offered the Japanese company a special Elise R using the last 2ZZ-GE ...