Haven't you seen fast and the furious.... NAWZ throughs you in your seat so hard that you need to be peeled off with a spatula.... and you can drive EVO's in reverse on the freeway going 70+ mph.... not to mention fit a civic under a simi truck. It is a show/cartoon.
For drifting you generally want a FR car.... all the weight in the front.... and little weight on your drive tires. This allows for your ass end to pick up nice and easy.
As for an MR2.... ALLLLLL of the weight is basically sitting on the rear tires...... sooo.... your really not drifting.... your just loosing control of your car.
***I think we need a "don't drift an MR2 sticky" ***