2008-2009 celica, its supposedly on the way Options

[baddisintegra]

well i was speaking with my uncle who works at toyota in west palm,fl. he said they held a meeting last week and they talekd about how the celica would be reintroduced in 2008-2009, and he said it was a topic confirmed by toyota.

he also said the reason for the kill of the celica was so that SCION would get a boom with the intro of the tc (which it did). so now that scion has established itself, toyota felt time for the celica to be back into production and further kill the small coupe market by ofering two versions.

[94_st_hatchback]

toyota felt time for the celica to be back into production and further kill the small coupe market by ofering two versions.

gt-four??!?

[baddisintegra]

i could only hope they bring a gt4 version, but i meant it as a celica coupe and as the Scion tC.

[Chanh55]

Kind of old news.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=13143

[Rayme]

The celica is still being sold overseas..its only been killed here...kind of a bummer cause theres no SCIONS in Canada. And the TC is blacklisted for importation...

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

oh no hybrids????

damn why cant they just make them hover cars already LoLz

[easternpiro1]

it had BETTER NOT look ANYTHING like that MONSTROSITY in the caption on the right....

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Dec 30, 2006 - 3:42 AM

[ShampooIsBetter]

by works at Toyota do you mean works at a dealership? because theres a huge diffierence in knowledge, generally.


and, as far as Celicas/Supras go...I wouldn't hold your breath.

This is how it always goes..."A guy I know/my uncle/best friends neighbors twice removed cousin who used to work at a honda dealership/pet cat says that the Celica/Supra is coming back in 20XX!!!111"
I don't mean to piss on the proverbial parade here. :shrug:

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well i was speaking with my uncle who works at toyota in west palm,fl. he said they held a meeting last week and they talekd about how the celica would be reintroduced in 2008-2009, and he said it was a topic confirmed by toyota.

he also said the reason for the kill of the celica was so that SCION would get a boom with the intro of the tc (which it did). so now that scion has established itself, toyota felt time for the celica to be back into production and further kill the small coupe market by ofering two versions.

sounds legit...let's just cross our fingers

[jjbenzo]

The celica is still being sold overseas..its only been killed here...kind of a bummer cause theres no SCIONS in Canada. And the TC is blacklisted for importation...

The Celica is not still being produced and sold anywhere. Toyota quite production in Japan of both the Celica and MR2 not too long agol

[Rayme]

The celica is still being sold overseas..its only been killed here...kind of a bummer cause theres no SCIONS in Canada. And the TC is blacklisted for importation...

The Celica is not still being produced and sold anywhere. Toyota quite production in Japan of both the Celica and MR2 not too long agol

your right, just 2 weeks ago though, they were still on toyota's website!! (france and uk I think)

[creis]

it had BETTER NOT look ANYTHING like that MONSTROSITY in the caption on the right....

2nded that this is fugly.

well see what happens i guess.

[baddisintegra]

by works at Toyota do you mean works at a dealership? because theres a huge diffierence in knowledge, generally.


and, as far as Celicas/Supras go...I wouldn't hold your breath.

This is how it always goes..."A guy I know/my uncle/best friends neighbors twice removed cousin who used to work at a honda dealership/pet cat says that the Celica/Supra is coming back in 20XX!!!111"
I don't mean to piss on the proverbial parade here. :shrug:

well the meeting was for actual vehicles that would reach dealerships.....so i take it as reliable info.

and that concept would be far from a celica i think...celica was bever a conv and it should hold the same styling cues as the newest camry/avalon--maybe some lexus l-finesse i hope

[IdiotStick]

Celica was never a convertable?

Helloooo









This post has been edited by IdiotStick: Jan 2, 2007 - 2:09 PM

[baddisintegra]

Celica was never a convertable?

Helloooo

i am going by the last gen....even with it as a conv, it never really got to expectations. now if they can produce a hard-top, the likes of the G6...maybe theres something--but celcia converts were pointless IMO

even down here in south FL where verts are more often seen, u would rarely see a celi conv

This post has been edited by baddisintegra: Jan 2, 2007 - 4:16 PM

[LewFX]

my old neighbor whose an engineer for the toyota headquarters in torrance cali said if the demand was high enough then toyota will listen and figure out a way to produce it with its mpg saving concepts. unfortunately toyota does follow honda and nissan as far as their lineups, corolla - civic - sentra, camry - accord - sentra and so on. maybe a celica - s2000 - 350z.

[99GTauto]

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even down here in south FL where verts are more often seen, u would rarely see a celi conv
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I see convertible 6GCs in the Sacramento area pretty regularly and it rains a good deal here in the winter.

...unfortunately toyota does follow honda and nissan as far as their lineups, corolla - civic - sentra, camry - accord - sentra and so on. maybe a celica - s2000 - 350z.

If Toyota was to put an old name on a new car to be competitive with the S2000 and 350Z I think it'd more likely be "Supra" than "Celica"... but you can dream...

[IGloo]

As far as I know, the only thing that killed Celica was its price tag...it just became too bloody expensive!
I´m not sure how things were in the US (although I heard some rumours about the Mitsubishi Eclipse being almost a third of the price cheaper than the Celica, so with its turbo-powered engine and 4WD drivetrain, it just was more desirable than the 7th gen.), but over here, you could buy an RX-8 Revolution C for the price of the 7th gen. Celica TS, or add about four thousand Euro, and buy the 350Z, which is far of 7th gen. class, I must say!

Anyway, I really don´t think that Toyota will give effort in making the 8th generation of Celicas (to back up the theory, let´s just say that the Supra-idea has been developing for almost as long as Nissan´s Silvia S16, and that does not present any comfort in any way, as far as I´m concerned), and, I have to be honest, I don´t know should I keep my fingers crossed in the direction of seeing that they do, or make my fingers look the other way...

...but, we shall see, won´t we?!

[BloodyStupidDave...]

Anyway, I really don´t think that Toyota will give effort in making the 8th generation of Celicas (to back up the theory, let´s just say that the Supra-idea has been developing for almost as long as Nissan´s Silvia S16, and that does not present any comfort in any way, as far as I´m concerned)...

I would expect both a MKV Supra and an 8th Gen Celica, or neither. Supra based on the Lexus S or SC platform and Celica based on the (Camry) ACV-30 or MCV-31 platform. This would mean that both the Supra and the Celica would be front-engine, rear-wheel (or all-wheel) drive.

I'd expect the 8th Gen Celica to be visually very similar externally to the MKV Supra, perhaps even more so that the 6th gen Celica and MKIV Supra - a true baby Supra; but largely share an interia with the Camry Solara.

The problem comes with the MR2. As far as I know, the MR2 has never shared a platform with any other car from Toyota group (which is one of the reasons the MR2 was always so expensive IMO) and Toyota group don't currently have a rear or mid-mounted engine platform. That would lead me to speculate that either the MR2 won't return or will effectively be a Lexus SC430 with 2l engine, budget interior (to reduce weight compared to the SC430) and face-lifted to complement the 8th Gen Celica.

All speculation, of course.