 NO 8TH GEN CELICA!!!! MOTORTREND REPORTS ITS TRUE!, WHAA? |
 Nov 29, 2003 - 2:57 PM
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The Death of the Celica may mark a new era of toaster vehicles as sales of the Celica slow. This is possibly due to the low price of the Z and the Celica's approching cost of the Z. Initially, Celica sales were up almost 230% from the 6G but sales have reportedly deteriorated.
The death of the Honda Prelude may of influenced Toyota's decision to eliminate the Celica for the 8th generation (in U.S. anyway). What will replace it? Most likely the xC...Toyota Caldina. (or the Corolla hatchback) More as more develops... -Nate  (I really really hope this ISN'T true) |
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Nov 30, 2003 - 9:21 PM
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There's no U.S. market for a 2 door AWD turbocharged sports car. That's the big difference maker... the celica is a 2 door sports car... not a 4 door sports sedan. As far as a competitive price goes... gt-4s always were in the 30K range... so that's also very unlikely. As far as the Caldina, they're not gonna bring the 4wd turbo version, at least it's very unlikely cause that's kinda opposite of the Scion purpose. They'll probably bring over the Euro versions called the Corolla T-Sport. It's essentially the low-end Caldina (cause the caldina comes with a bunch of different powerplants) powered by the 1zzfe (corolla motor) and the 2zzge (Celica GTS motor). This thing is not a matrix. Has 5 door and 3 door versions, is a lot smaller and quicker than the matrix. I think these things look pretty damn good, if you like the Euro sports styling and stuff. These will more than not compete against Civic Hatchbacks and VW GTi's. Also, I've heard things about the Scion xC being a larger sedan... however... all is unknown till the due date. check out: http://www.gtstudio.ee/est/projectgallery/corollatsport.htm For Corolla T-Sport picts... tis a nice looking car...IMO |
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XE_Nathaniel NO 8TH GEN CELICA!!!! MOTORTREND REPORTS ITS TRUE! Nov 29, 2003 - 2:57 PM
Benevolence what pisses me off the most is the fact there stil... Nov 29, 2003 - 4:19 PM Drocay Hopefully its not true. Nov 29, 2003 - 4:28 PM Jason BS.
Toyota thrives on the Celica. If something g... Nov 29, 2003 - 4:50 PM macavely damn that sucks.. but for some strange reason i do... Nov 29, 2003 - 5:01 PM snadman What pisses me off is that 3 months ago I heard th... Nov 29, 2003 - 5:04 PM LuDaChRiS if it goes down like that, then i think its crap. ... Nov 30, 2003 - 3:50 AM Supersprynt Caldina is the Matrix, which will have a 3sgte Nov 30, 2003 - 3:40 PM saleeka 2005 Toyota Celica: Significant update with freshe... Nov 30, 2003 - 3:49 PM boosted_K2 sounds to me like toyota is running out the celica... Nov 30, 2003 - 5:56 PM awdturbo they need to bring back the gt-four celica, it wou... Nov 30, 2003 - 8:06 PM Akimbo It's true, they're gonna replace it with t... Nov 30, 2003 - 8:27 PM boosted_K2 similar styling to the GTi! german rip-off... ... Dec 1, 2003 - 12:08 AM macavely hey i love the look of that corolla t-sport.. wont... Dec 1, 2003 - 12:15 AM XE_Nathaniel I know snadman but I wasn't really bitchin at ... Dec 1, 2003 - 3:37 PM snadman Whatever, I ain't really offended just somethi... Dec 1, 2003 - 4:11 PM boosted_K2 QUOTE (snadman @ Dec 1, 2003 - 4:11 PM) Whatever, ... Dec 1, 2003 - 4:47 PM macavely QUOTE (boosted_K2 @ Dec 1, 2003 - 5:47 PM) QUOTE (... Dec 1, 2003 - 5:23 PM XE_Nathaniel Toyota is making great strides and progres with hy... Dec 1, 2003 - 10:02 PM XE_Nathaniel Yea no prob snadman =)
-Nate Dec 1, 2003 - 10:03 PM StockST Well it looks like Toyota has lost my faith. Guess... Dec 1, 2003 - 10:33 PM neoklis Hey guys I shouldn't worry much.
You see Toyot... Dec 4, 2003 - 8:44 AM boosted_K2 QUOTE (neoklis @ Dec 4, 2003 - 8:44 AM) Hey guys I... Dec 4, 2003 - 9:53 AM NEVERSTOP as much as I would hate to see the end of the celi... Dec 4, 2003 - 11:04 AM Kwanza QUOTE (NEVERSTOP @ Dec 4, 2003 - 9:04 AM) BTW isnt... Dec 4, 2003 - 2:48 PM hioctane Man, I lost all faith in toyota..... Toyota is rep... Dec 4, 2003 - 11:21 PM GeEkBoY I personally think Toyota missed the mark with the... Dec 5, 2003 - 12:23 AM FallenHero if the caldina has a 3sgte. I'd have one.... ... Dec 5, 2003 - 12:56 AM jayi12-15psi geekboy, maybe those could have some ge head, inst... Dec 5, 2003 - 2:20 AM CurrenZS how does motortrend figure that the Caldina is ... Dec 5, 2003 - 4:16 AM macavely well i think its smart of toyota to change up the ... Dec 5, 2003 - 5:49 AM fastgt I think toyota has been slipping in the past few y... Dec 8, 2003 - 3:54 PM BlackSTX QUOTE (snadman @ Nov 29, 2003 - 3:04 PM) What piss... Dec 8, 2003 - 5:16 PM BlackSTX QUOTE (CurrenZS @ Dec 5, 2003 - 2:16 AM)
how doe... Dec 8, 2003 - 5:31 PM Uppitycracker I dont know I think Id ave to see it in person to ... Dec 8, 2003 - 6:07 PM Jeremy1210 I just hope that all this hooplah isn't true. ... Dec 8, 2003 - 7:23 PM anubis from what i understand after reading a thread on c... Dec 8, 2003 - 9:00 PM celicamanSTX2GT [QUOTE]There's no U.S. market for a 2 door AWD... Dec 10, 2003 - 1:37 AM Kwanza QUOTE (celicamanSTX2GT @ Dec 9, 2003 - 11:37 PM) ^... Dec 10, 2003 - 2:28 AM macavely QUOTE (Kwanza @ Dec 10, 2003 - 3:28 AM) QUOTE (cel... Dec 10, 2003 - 5:33 AM celicamanSTX2GT oh i was just asking you why there is no market fo... Dec 10, 2003 - 1:49 PM LuDaChRiS probably the reason there arent really anymore spo... Dec 10, 2003 - 3:32 PM 95WRC hey,
NEW Scion Tc will be unveiled Jan 4th in Det... Dec 10, 2003 - 11:10 PM ConeTrouble Well, I am probably going to get flamed on this, b... Dec 11, 2003 - 4:56 PM GT4SUM Out of curiousity, does your guys(americans) 7th g... Dec 11, 2003 - 6:17 PM 97sccelica QUOTE (GT4SUM @ Dec 11, 2003 - 3:17 PM) Out o... Dec 11, 2003 - 8:12 PM macavely Cone i agree with you the celica is not a sports c... Dec 11, 2003 - 11:53 PM 97sccelica QUOTE (macavely @ Dec 11, 2003 - 8:53 PM) Cone i a... Dec 12, 2003 - 12:14 AM snadman Yes. Dec 12, 2003 - 12:51 AM macavely QUOTE (97sccelica @ Dec 12, 2003 - 1:14 AM) QUOTE ... Dec 12, 2003 - 1:22 AM 97sccelica LSD helps, but when a high power car launches, the... Dec 12, 2003 - 1:34 AM macavely QUOTE (97sccelica @ Dec 12, 2003 - 2:34 AM) LSD he... Dec 12, 2003 - 3:07 AM FallenHero I personally like what that guy MR-E said on celic... Dec 13, 2003 - 12:17 AM neoklis The Celica not a sports car? You must be kidding.
... Dec 22, 2003 - 10:21 AM BlackSTX QUOTE (ConeTrouble @ Dec 11, 2003 - 2:56 PM) Well,... Dec 24, 2003 - 3:08 PM
blkGT without 16k mustangs, camaros and firebirds. toyot... Dec 24, 2003 - 3:40 PM |
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