Comments on: Toyota to bring back the Celica?

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:33:53 +0000

ouch but for a CSX Type-S for 34k Canadian even for just a rebadged civic? Ok nevermind.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:32:59 +0000

Oh wow I never knew the Canadians had this car. I just looked it up on Acura’s canadian website, yeah this is almost like the civic they have over in Japan. Wow lucky you Canadians.

By: BLISS

BLISS — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:43:29 +0000

good

By: CA36GTP

CA36GTP — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:32:03 +0000

The RSX/Integra actually lives on in Canada, sold as the Acura CSX and CSX Type-S. It is a straight rebadge of the Civic and Civic Si, respectively.

By: enzomedici

enzomedici — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:40:58 +0000

The Supra please. Screw the Celica. The rest of America might be buying Toyotas, but I won’t buy one of those ugly ass cars. Toyota only makes cars for old people. Same for Lexus.

They need to bring back the Supra and get their mojo back.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:18:54 +0000

No thanks. I thought my celica was the worst car ever … until I owned a honda.

global: supra had performance numbers back in its day, but i’d rather have any of its contemporaries.

planetdrive: Neither a sports car nor reliable. Mine died at 84K

SS4Life: The Supra wasn’t 30K then, and it won’t make it there now.

sharpie, the Integra never went away, it’s just sold as Civic-only now
‘Dore: If Toyota makes a Celica, it should be a rebadged altima coupe, maybe with RWD.

By: swamprat

swamprat — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:22:57 +0000

they should make the Celica RWD like it was prior to 1986.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:50:43 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more CA36GTP, I don’t know what the hell Toyota was thinking when they brought the Scion brand out. I know they were trying to bring a vehicle line up that would market towards younger buyers but I don’t think they needed to come out with a whole new brand and kill off the Celica. Then come out with a brand that only has like three vehicles two of them being boxes. If the Celica comes back out even in 09 amongst stiff competition from Scarface03’s comment like the Mitsu Eclipse, Mazdaspeed 3, and Tiburon. As long as they offer something that looks good, and isn’t underpowered and isn’t anything less than what Toyota was known for performance wise, they’ll have something that’ll compete.

By: CA36GTP

CA36GTP — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:05:44 +0000

The TRD Celica looks miles better than the newer tC. As far as I’m concerned, Toyota took a huge step backwards in shoving the Scion brand down our throats.

By: Scarface03

Scarface03 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:20:15 +0000

As most people noted, the tC effectively replaced the Celica. But, Celica’s last year was also a boon year for Mitsu’s Eclipse, although those sales had been waning. If Celica wants back in, they had better kick it up a notch. Available Eclipses and Mazadaspeed3 at 260 hp+, and the better-with-age Tiburon are stiff competition. In fact, isn’t 2009 right around the time that Hyundai will be selling the next gen. Tiburon?….

By: sharpie

sharpie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:52:28 +0000

This is much better news than a depressing lawsuit, killing of a truck and another potential killing of boxer engine and AWD. About time for the revival of sport coupe! Maybe Honda will revive its RSX / Integra line and Mazda will produce something along the line of the MX6. Look no further than the Eclipse, which along with the EVO are the few cars that keep Mitsu around (The new lancer is promising though).

So good bye boxy SUV and hello sleek sport coupe!

By: Veda

Veda — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:43:13 +0000

With the recent trends towards more sport oriented vehicles, it makes sense to bring back those old favs, though I don’t think they have big plans for having them more than 1 generation.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:42:10 +0000

Good one TOZO. lol Well if Toyota wants to get back in the performance segment they are going to need something other than the Scion tC. I mentioned they should just bring back the Supra, Celica, and MR2. But I think if they continue to keep the Celica FWD that’ll compete in the FWD segment. Just like everyone mentioned earlier bring back the GT4 and even offer AWD on it. Bring back the MR2 to compete with the Miata, Solstice, and Sky, and maybe soon to be Demon. Lastly to compete and dominate the 20-30k RWD segment they need to bring back the Supra. With these performing trios Toyota would be sure to be on top of the performance segment. If the Supra or Celica or MR2 comes back then i’ll for sure be changing my LLN name to one of these 4LIFE…. haha

By: Vdub

Vdub — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:38:07 +0000

i read somewhere that the celica was replaced by the tC (Toyota Celica)

By: American

American — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:03:58 +0000

To me “sport coupe” does not work together with FWD.

By: TOZO

TOZO — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:47:26 +0000

tC = the Celica, right???

By: jonnycat

jonnycat — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:52:01 +0000

Celica Forums are rejoicing everywhere

By: jollyrogerjonesy

jollyrogerjonesy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:31:56 +0000

Forget the Celica unless it’s an All Trac. Bring back the Supra or MR2.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:40:50 +0000

Yeah Toyota needs to bring back the MR2 Spyder definitely! I loved the last gen MR2 and still would like to get my hands on one. The last gen MR2 was a bit plain looking, inside and outside but it was built for tuners, and man stick an after market turbo plus a couple mods on that thing and you instantly have 300hp+. I saw one of these turbo’d at Autorama last year and it had 330hp and ran the 1/4 in like 10.8 seconds. Here’s what Toyota needs to do. Kill Scion entirely I can’t stand anything badged under that brand. Bring back the Celica, Supra and hell I know it’ll never happen but bring back the RWD Carolla! This would spell even more success for Toyota.

By: Commodore

Commodore — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:24:01 +0000

Hey…who thought of that??

No ****ing **** you need to bring in a sports car….unless you want to be an boring eco-box company.

Oh, and one more thing. Don’t try to make it a hybrid and sell it as green….it should be a sportscar. That means big engine or low weight, rear wheel drive, good handling, and so on

By: CA36GTP

CA36GTP — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:19:45 +0000

I used to marvel over the MR2 when I was younger. Yea, it was kind of a chick car, but man did it look nice.

By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:17:42 +0000

Back in the day Toyota used to get enthusiasts:
Supra
Celica
MR2
Corolla GTS

All that’s left is the Corolla which has become cure for insomnia. Lexus has some good stuff if you want to blow $35K+; the Scion tC is somewhat sporting while the xD and xB have joined the fat-boy program. Meanwhile Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Hyundai and soon Kia all fight and succeed in this market.

By: 2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat

2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:17:31 +0000

why put speed limits on the autobahn? thats how i get to work early in the mornings on post!

By: CA36GTP

CA36GTP — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:08:51 +0000

Yes!! Bring it back, make a modern version of the TRD Celica, not the boring-ass older generations.

That’s the only Toyota I’ve ever liked.

By: Htay5500

Htay5500 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:03:32 +0000

bring bak the AE86 and GT4 celica.

By: WEKS

WEKS — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:54:07 +0000

A GT4 version of the last gen Celica would be sweet.

By: jamaicandude

jamaicandude — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:38:26 +0000

Bring back the Supra while you’re at it, Toyota.

By: gsh

gsh — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:25:26 +0000

too little too late! **** you toyota!

By: SwerveEarly

SwerveEarly — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:07:55 +0000

How about MRII and Supra they were way more special then the Celica.

By: SwerveEarly

SwerveEarly — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:06:43 +0000

would have killed for an All-Trac in 1989
Last generation was way to Voltron for me, and never got a high power AWD version here in U.S. So I did not care for it, I drove one and it was fun to drive but very cramped inside. Felt like a death trap next to Semis at 80 MPH on so cal freeways, I dont know how people drive minis in LA traffic.

By: driver54

driver54 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:53:08 +0000

I vote for mid engine RWD coupe with a $25K price tag.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:16:06 +0000

Yeah Toyota was stupid for killing off the Celica and making room for the Scion TC. Instead of spending however millions of dollars investing in the Tc they should have spent that in re-engineering the Celica. I also tried looking into buying a used GTS before I leased my SS S/C but insurance was outrageous for even a used Celica so no go there. But my dad still has his 84 Celica, and he says it was the best car he ever had. I would love to see Toyota bring back the Celica and offer it both in FWD and AWD like they did back in the early 90’s. But by 09 it better have at least a 250hp turbo 1.8 VVT to compete with everything else in this segment. If it looked good and was priced competitively I’d would def be a potential buyer. Also please bring back the Supra!

By: maximus

maximus — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:58:54 +0000

never liked it, so will not be disappointed if this is false info

By: jonmiles

jonmiles — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:37:02 +0000

an tubocharged AWD 2-door sports car for the low to mid 20’s would sell like crazy

By: rms492

rms492 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:32:00 +0000

Rumors also exist that a new Corolla coupe could be due around ‘10 or ‘12.
This may be it, although Toyota was taken a big hit for not introducing a new Corolla coupe to go along with the new ‘09 sedan.
Honda’s own Civic Coupe is selling extremely well.

Perhaps the return of the GT-S Corolla Coupe, this MAY be the next “Celica.”

Check back as I get more information.