The pleasing little roadster is constantly on the attract a contented band of buyers, who appreciate the undeniable driving enjoyment advantages of a compact two seater sports cars with Toyota’s near-legendary reliability.

Performance is nice – a 138PS engine mounted amidships and matched to some well-set cluster of six forward speeds creates sharp handling and acceleration, and also the car feels wonderfully solid.

There’s a sequential gearbox available, but unusually this saps, instead of enhances, performance delivery. It will likely be interesting to determine if Toyota keep using the roadster format, or go back to some coupe in the next model.