MR2 Owners Club

Hello
I have just purchased a low mileage Red Edition on an 05 plate. I absolutely love the car and all the checks were clear but it shows that had a colour change in 2009 from silver to grey (it’s currently sable grey). Since I bought the car I’ve noticed that Red Editions were only done in Sable ( unless I’m wrong on that) so I’m wondering why mine was silver when new. The log book shows that it was registered as a Red Edition. If anyone can throw any light on this I’d be most grateful.
Many Thanks
John

Maybe the colour was simply wrongly registered in the first place and then corrected, if you PM me the VIN number I can tell you what colour it was when it left the factory.

HI Jimi (any Hendrix connection there?)
Thank you for your reply. Ill dig out the paperwork and send you the details. On the documentation it does officially state a colour change in 2009. The previous owner thought it was repainted. If it was its a very good job as it looks like a factory finish.
Many Thanks again
John

My name is James, but I get called Jim or Jimmy or "hey c****" So many many years ago I started using Jimi partly as a nod to Mr Hendrix and partly to be just to be different , been using it ever since.
This was my transport back around 1968/69 you can just make out the Jimi on the side panel



VIN number is on a plate either on the LH side of the engine bay above the battery or stamped into the body under the bonnet, depends on the year I think, one of the MK3 guys will know more. There is a little viewing panel in the plastics to help you see it. It's just under the centre criss cross for the air intake (shown above). Picture courtesy of andyroo104

I have a red edition which is sable. My reg document says it is silver. It seems likely that yours was too but a previous owner probably decided to get the document changed. I doubt it has been resprayed.

Thank you very much for your reply. Your comment is really interesting and helps make some sense as my car doesn’t really look like it’s been resprayed.
Thanks again.
John