Possible bad news guys..., For all Celica fans :( Options

[saleeka]

Was checking out toyota's japanese homepage tonight, and the Celica has dissapeared from the JDM home market lineup... This leads me to believe two possible things, and I'm leaning towards the latter... Either there will be a new celica being released in the near future (possibly based off the forthcoming new corolla?), or the Celica nameplate is going to be dormant/gone for quite a while I havent heard anything real solid about a new celica, and thats what worries me...

[Chanh55]

Pretty common knowledge that the Tc took the Celicas place. =)

[pure_dx]

chan is right, the TC stands for Toyota Celica in case you people didn't know, the TC is taking the celica's place, this is old news dude....i heard it like last year or two years ago or something

[Chanh55]

chan is right, the TC stands for Toyota Celica in case you people didn't know, the TC is taking the celica's place, this is old news dude....i heard it like last year or two years ago or something

Close but no cigar my friend... here's an excerp taken from wikipedia...

The Scion lineup in general, including the tC, was designed to replace the Toyota Celica, replacing it with a sportier selection that would be more attractive to younger buyers.

The name tC does not fit in with its stablemates the xA and xB because the name xC has already been taken by Volvo for its XC70 and XC90 models. According to Scion, tC stands for "Touring Coupe."

[bloodrain]

and all those new "supra" pics has been shown to be the new celica. Or supposibly the new celi.

[hitcachi]

who cares.....it makes our cars just that much more vintage each year.

[pure_dx]

^oops, my bad chan

and to bloodrain, the upcoming car is not the new supra nor celica, the TC will be replacing the celica, in short, the supra is dead

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Apr 29, 2006 - 4:45 AM

[bloodrain]

^oops, my bad chan

and to bloodrain, the upcoming car is not the new supra nor celica, the TC will be replacing the celica, in short, the supra is dead

you havent seen the new "supra" rumors going around? And the tC didnt replace the celica, the tC is its own car and does not resemble the celi at all.

[saleeka]

Woah, hold up guys... When I say the celi is gone, i'm talking worldwide, not just the US...

[fastcelica20]

comon guys. the celica and the supra arent coming back

toyota has turned into something else (thinking family and safety) they dont care about sports cars no more

what's even sadder? SCION

why not spend all that money and create a powerful celica (like the gt-four) or something else?

[97lestyousay]

who cares.....it makes our cars just that much more vintage each year.

Agreed

This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: Apr 29, 2006 - 11:20 AM

[pure_dx]

hmmmmm......here ya go
supra, celica, mr2 are dead

scion tc replaces the celica
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Scion_tC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scion_tC
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/rumors.htm -this ones a lil out-dated, most of the info is still true

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Apr 29, 2006 - 11:35 AM

[Rayme]

Pretty common knowledge that the Tc took the Celicas place. =)

eh no...the celica is a worldwide model, and the TC is only available in the US, It's more of an excuse. The TC is even blacklisted to be imported in Canada, its a US specific model.

And the reason the name is TC, well for one thing, Volvo already has a "XC", so scion couldnt continu the x* series. Has there been any official word about the model name, or is it just internet rumors ..

This post has been edited by Rayme: Apr 29, 2006 - 4:19 PM

[lil_lissa]

at least you guys get the scion's down there
theres a couple xB's up here, but other than that.. NADDA!

[Consynx]

tC stands for toyota celica?
lol

so somewhere on the car is says Toyota Celica right?
like the MR has Midship Runabout on it.

i think that's just coincidence
and while all these cars ARE dead, toyota should come out with ONE sports cars.
lexus isn't putting out a 2-dr RWD/AWD beast, other than the LF-A which is gonna be ex-pen-sive.
just wait. . .

[hitcachi]

Pure_dx where did u get those QA pictures from? Just wondering.

[KOWABUNGA]

i heard that the celica was done in 05'. and the tc did replace the celica as toyota's large sport coupe. and the pictures of the supposed "new supra" are toyota's super car, which will compete with other cars in its class like ferrari and lambo's. its their "japanese muscle car". anyways, there are other rumors tho that a plan to bring back the supra will be brought to public view as early as 07', around the same time as their super car should be available to the public.

all this was read in an old 05' issue of modified mag.