6gc vs 7gc Options

[daazndood]

hey guys. well, my brother has a 2001 celica, and i have a 1999 celica.

people are always telling me that i could have just got 1 year up and got a 7th gen, but i always just asnwer "why? i dont want the 2000 one" and they always just answer by saying they think its "better"

but to tell you the truth, i like the 6th generation one more. its more unique in a good way. to me, the 7th generation one looks a bit too stubby and it looks like the rear got cut short and the back bumper is HUMONGOUS. im not hating on the 7th generation, cuz they are great cars.

7th gen gets HELLA good mpg.

and i read somewehre that the 7th gen GT 0-60 is 8.5? thats pretty much the same as the 6th gen.

[saleeka]

As a car person in general, I am going to throw my 2 cents in... As for the 7th gen, I think in terms of overall quality and workmanship of the car, it's not nearly as nice as the 6th gen. Most of the materials used inside 2000+ models are not nearly as upscale feeling as that of "our" cars, plain and simple... On a technecal standpoint, however, they walk all over out cars... They are much more geared toward a person who is all "about" owning a sportscar. The GT's are on par, performace wise in numbers with our GT's, with the disctinct difference that in our cars, gearing and the engine are tuned for low speed torque and ease of driving- the oppisite holds true with 7th gens... You have to really want to drive the car hard to get it to perform. GTS's are out of our car's league in stick form- simply put they are for someone who knows how to extract power out of a somewhat fussy drivetrain. If you know how to, however, the rewards the car pays to the driver are far beyond the capabilities our US spec celicas can achieve... Their styling is like nothing else I can think of, and because of that, they are uniquie cars in a design standpoint. Our cars are a clear evolution from both the 5th gen celica, and that of the design basis the "Calty" studio put out with the Lexus SC and Toyota Soarer in late 91. Not a bad thing in my eyes at all, but not unique from an originality standpoint... Overall, I feel that our cars and the 7th gens appeal to different people in general, and from my perspective of what is overall a better car, its clearly the 7th gen- It, like our generation, is a sporty car designed to be above the capabilites of the average car, but the 7th gen has the performace to back up its racy looks and the technology to be somthing different from the norm of toyotas of the time... Thats why i think it's the superior car... 6th gens are a much sexier car to the peron who only wants a car that looks good- if you want a car that drives as well as it looks, the 7th gen is for you...