6G Celicas Forums

hey, I know what everyone is thinking, we all know the 6th gen isn't the fastest car in its class, this isn't gonna be another one of of those threads but with everyones experiences, how much better or worse does the 6th Gen generally handle compared to other cars in its class such as ford probe/mx6, prelude, integra, hyundai coupe etc etc.

i dont know about the 3sge celica's

but in the states the gt and st are SLOW compared to well... every other car out there lol

handling, they handle great. stock for stock they are about equal with most other cars from that era in their class

however... cost wise, i think the celica is a bad choice for performance. yes it looks better than all the others, but you will spend alot more to get the same performance results out of them

now the overseas models that came stock with the 170hp 3sge.... they stand above all the others (and i imagine at a cost)

This post has been edited by bizzerk: May 26, 2008 - 1:06 PM

W1N

you guys ever think the celica handles better because it enters every corner slower and accelerates out slower then any other car? obviously if you slap on 100 more horsepower its not gonna grip on corners as well unless you snail into it like it still had 130hp

I've only driven a Hyundai Coupe and an Audi as comparisson (other than test drives in an SLK and a modern MG). With a 3SGE engine the Celica seems to accelerate and handle very well compared to the Hyundai and the Audi. The big difference is that the brakes on the Celica are crap.

You don't need a lot of horsepower to enter a corner quickly, you just need to be going fast. Most cars have to decelerate to some degree to go around a turn. A Celica might not have to decelerate as much as other cars (that have more horsepower). However, it can go around the turn as fast as those cars, if not faster. Accelerating out of the corner is a different story though...lol.

my celi out handles my friends 2001 mustang,camero,and integra. it says a lot when i live in the country where all the roads are curvy as hell

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: May 26, 2008 - 6:24 PM

a car that outhandles a mustang and camaro isnt saying much.

but yes a celica does handle great. but was nowhere near as good as my old 240.

well if it makes you feel better i kept up with an evo in one of our Touge courses

i know that my car handles these cars on our Touge :
**:
gen.5 gts
teggy
triburon
civic eg ek
95 style prelude (that or my friend sucked )

i kept up with these cars:
kid in evo 8
civic si newer ones
newer prelude
regular wrx
my cousins gen. 7 gts
and 2 more i cant remember..........

This post has been edited by 808celica: May 26, 2008 - 5:09 PM

i can see that happening.
one car i REALLY want to backroad race is a prelude, they are basically our arch nemesis

when i start to autox i will see how my car performs against evo's and sti's, thats the class i will be in i suppose

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: May 26, 2008 - 5:56 PM

I have noticed celicas do handle great, I always smash my friends through windy roads mainly cause they don't ever have good handling cars or fast cars, did have a run with my friend in his Ford XR6 Falcon which is only known in Australia but I beat him mainly cause I've had a bit more experience and knew the road.

the one Ive always wanted to know is if the mx6/probe handle better or worse than the celica, godam it topgear need to do some older cars haha.

i think they handle pretty great stock. especially for just a mac suspension. i think a lot of it is due to the car being pretty low compared to other cars. even before i lowered it, i felt like other coupes and sport sedans towered over me. and my lower stiffer suspension and 3-point rear bar make it even more fun cornering.

For some reason I feel like this this somewhat hard to find a straight answer.

Just having a different brands of tire will make a car take a corner faster in the same car.

As far as steering response, so far I found that a 98 ford escort, 00 miata, yaris's, paseo's and my wrx all feel quicker/lighter in quick steering input, the celica just feels heavy (but it still holds the road). The celica have a heavy steering feeling for it's size.

This post has been edited by Rayme: May 26, 2008 - 8:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V48SrQ0weUE this is quite good all fwd coupes from our era (Ford Probe, Honda Prelude, Vauxall Calibra, Volkswagen Corrado vr6) and missing dam celica haha

Yeah stock celica handles extremely well, don't know what it would be like with stock size rims and can't wait to start modding suspension.

hmm but what can u do to a paseo..... lmao i got a 95 paseo thats been hit by 3 deer... yes the deer ran into the car....
and as far as miatas go i got my ass handed to me off the line by a mazda speed mx5(miata) thank god they stopped makin them... lol but in top end and cornering the celica stuck to the road very well, dont know it thats because im not scared of crashing and he had his kid int he car but he deff wasnt scared to pullit up to a good speeed with me.... plain and simple celicas are slow and itll handle as good as u can drive it to an extent... most of the people who have ricers cant handle them to the extent they build them.... lol but its sure fun to build em to that...

what....ok whats been done to the celica to give that kinda speed...like what engine and mods...and what time did it pull....

Catherine Zeta Jones has saggy boobs, but I still think she is hot as hell.

yes mrs jones is fine as hell, but thats a different story....
so im just goin to guess thats a picture of a celica about to be lapped cuz aint no porche about to loose to that!

not sure i just found the image from some website
http://www.fensport.co.uk/gallerymain.htm