Put your pursuit of happiness into overdrive: The MR2 Spyder. With a mid-engine design adopted from race cars and an astounding power-to-weight ratio, this car was built to be driven, and driven hard, down every mile of twisty two-lane blacktop you can find. And as for how good it looks, well, we can only hope you'll focus on the road as hard as those you pass will focus on your Spyder.

This race-born design distributes the car's weight more evenly from front to rear and helps it turn very quickly indeed. The chassis itself is lightweight yet extremely rigid since the car was designed from the outset as a convertible. The Spyder also has a long wheelbase with short overhangs. That, plus the MacPherson struts and ventilated disc brakes with ABS at all four corners, contributes to the car's stability in turns. And as you exit one corner, you'll feel the 138-hp powerplant get you to the next one in no time.

Aerodynamic multi-reflector halogen headlamps and bold taillights frame the Spyder's sheet metal, a shape made all the more progressive by the fully functional side vents that direct cool air into the engine compartment. At the same time, the manually operated soft top - with its real glass window - evokes the timeless roadsters of decades past.

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