Which generation celica do you like the most?
im pretty sure that the 7th gen will win this so too make it a bit more interesting post them in order from 1 to 7.
Also while im at it, is it just me or are 6th gens really rare? i've only seen 2 ever on the road. Maybe they didnt import many to Canada? not sure.
anywayz here is a website showing what each gen looks like if you dont know:
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/gallery.htm
also tell me how you based your list. ie looks, performance, reliability, overall.
my choices are
1. 7th
2. 5th
3. 6th
4. 4th
5.1st
6.3rd
7.2nd
post your no.1 favorite in poll above:)

iv seen the 6 gen all the time here in calif, their everywhere!

and yea i vote for the 7gen :)

i would have to vote 5th generation. They are just way ahead of there time and i love the looks. Myself i wasnt very impressed with the 6 or 7th gen celicas. Btw i live in Canada and i see the 6th gens all the time.

really? hmm where in Canada do you live?

Regina, saskatchewan

5th gen... i love the body style although they dont have much parts for it but i have a 91 alltrac..wouldnt settle for anything else

5th? 5th? they're so bulbish, at least a 6th gen GT4. But you can't say no to a pure 1st Gen Lift back!

http://members.lycos.nl/jamesduffy/CarRecall/toyota/celicaLiftback74.jpg

ok, that's not a great pic of one, but there are some really nice ones out there.

ahhh looks like a stang to me from the back...

yea that's what I thought, that's why it reminds me of a muscle car.

Regina, nice. I live in Winterpeg (Winnipeg), and I've only seen 2 as well. One was suuuper nice though. *drool* Oh man what I could do with that car...

yo guys.... I must say the 5th gen rules... maybe not in power or handling, but for its looks and hey... tis the only one with the Carlo Sainz Ltd Ed... only 5000 in the world! And I got one of it.... sad ting is, there's prob only abt 10 left from where I come from, down from 25 tat was sold in '92....
2nd wld have to be the 6th gen.... for their horses and no-nonsense and no-boy-racer looks....
3rd is the 7th gen.... great potential and I can't wait for the GT4 version *yum-yum* (heard Toyota's testing them in Suzuka in one-off races)

ByTE ;p

black 7th gen=bat mobile =) 7th gets my vote

!st gen all the way! Reliability- great. Handling- too much roll when stock but easily fixed to more than great (rwd) Modifiability- their are few cars that are better! you can stick anything in their engine bay from a 351 to a 2jz! Power- will propel you to 10 sec 1/4 mile times for about $1000 USD if you get the right motor!

Come on Lads
The ST205 is the way
Rock hard style (non of this hair dressers paradise)
Lots of power great to upgrade very well built
And will of cores nock all the rest for 6
Hell I would have it just for its slandered 300 front breaks with factory standard 4 pot aluminium callipers

Designed by gods
Built by genesis
Driven by loons

hmm my name sorta goes with my vote, as for that pic, it looks like a 63 stang.

6th Gen GT4, 3S-GTE powered, hood scoop + spoiler...

Totally brutal look, much better than the 7th gen chick car...

im pretty sure there wasnt a 63 stang... or was there.. i thought the first was a 64 an 1/2 .. maybe im wrong...

i think your talkin bout the 69 mach 1...?

wow icee your the first to realize that i was messin when i said 63'. cuz ya the first was a 64'. idk what year though, i was just seein if someone would respond to it cuz they said it looked like a mustang.

7th Gen...but all hold their own unique qualities

aint the 00' celica gt-s stock hp 180, cuz some dumbass said it was 150

its obvious. i love the 2nd gen. ive got one and i love it to death. the RWD kicks butt.

aboonkachoink

2000-02 Celica GT-S
2ZZ-GE
1.8 (109.8), I-4, DOHC
EFI
180 @ 7600
130 @ 6800
3.23 x 3.35
11.5:1


and yeah mustang started out in 64 1/2 my mom has a 65

ya see its stockin 180

yeah it is...with vvtl-i

i know the engine

haha of course, you have it

1st Generation OWNS!! Just say "NO" to FWD!! 2nd Generation comes in second becuase of styling. 3rd is flat out ugly and they go down hill from there on. I LOVE the old school Celicas though.
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/ron/MVC-004F.jpg

WTF!? 3rd gen rules over you all! REPENT!!!!

http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/richardg/3.jpg3rd gen????
You HAVE to be kidding!!!!

wow im suprised to see 5th gen. in the lead ...i used to own a 5th gen , i dont think they are very nice unless they have the shogun kit on em ... 7th gen is tight , the 03 & 04 are the nicest ...

i hate the 03 and 04 front ends. the little slit in the bumper is gay.

that would be tight if someone made a conversion kit so that the 7th gen has flip up lights

to reply to the comment on the 74 celica so called (lift back) it was actually called a fast back and was a limited production model which if u have one the classic car value is around 6209.00 now

what gen is that, first?

yes that is considered 1st gen the only gen where u could do almost anything u want frme supra engine swaps to sb chevy swaps u name it u can do it

big engine bay?

oh yeah big bay big enuf atleast to do what u need to do

5th gennss!! Go~~!
Lol

I think its pretty clear that 5th gens rock! the 3sgte can fly and as for the looks... lets just say Supra Wanna Be!!! I have a 5th gen and i love the thing. Its a GT, completely stock with the 5sfe and it can smoke DSMs. Maybe its just my killer instinct and driving skills, but any way you look at it, if you do so minor mods to the 5th gen (definitely need a spoiler) its the best Celica combination out there. I don't know the 1st and 2nd gens very well but i still love my 5th best!

as a man who has either owned or drove(at least a month or more thanks to familys car lot) every gen of celica i can honestly say
1. 1st gen (and its NOT easy to fit any motor in it like a jz alot easier in a 2nd gen)
2. 2nd gen (i own & building a coupe now for autocross so i'm bias but i love this car)
3. 6th gen (w/ awd its just a blast! & a nice car, but hard to come by here)
4. 7th gen (its a beautiful car in & out, but obd2 ecu thinks way to much! to enjoy)
and the rest is a tie as i have more to complain about them
but i still like, as in a good price i would buy anyone of them

3rd & 4th gen i dislike the bodys but can be ton of fun to drive
5th gen i like the body for the most part, but ack the motor is a nightmare i have never seen so many blown motors (4A-FE, 5S-FE) come through the shop, but All-trac w/ 3S-GTE is sweet but only seen & drove one in Canada

rwd is just the fun ones to drive, awd can be great too, and fwd are ok

power to weight ratio is important
& remeber its not about hp its about torque
hp= (torque*rpm)/5252
as you can have rpm & it look like alot of power, but w/o torque is alot of noise for no go

1st and 2nd gen all the way

1. 6th Gen GT4 AWD 3S-GTE powered.
2. 7th Gen, Best looking, but FF
3. 1st Gen, Interesting project restoration car, w/ potential...

6TH Generation All The Way. 7th generation starts making it look so girly. and the 5th genereation has the ugly gril and signal lights. plus, the 6th Generation GT4 such an amazing car!

http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/richardg/3.jpg3rd gen????
You HAVE to be kidding!!!!

Oh, I don't know, the coupes and the convertable were fugly but the liftbacks owned.
mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/Prophet20/DSC00860.jpg

plus, it was the last of the RWD Celicas.

94-99 gt4...most powerful 4 cyclinder engine toyota has build.....so i say the 6th generation celica...

6th for shure

i love my 87 hasnt gave me any problems, and it is fairly quick

i hate the 03 and 04 front ends. the little slit in the bumper is gay.
I AGREE[02'CELICA GT]WHATS UP W THE SLIT

sixth gen ownz
wish they had the gt-4 in the states tho

i'd have to go with the 6th gen...it looks nice and plus the gt-4 is awesome...i like the awd turbo...

haha u know what id love to see, a 6th gen gt-4 vs a lancer evo 8....evo got a lil more power, but its also like 2-300 pounds heavyer

6th gen....GT4`s are the dogs

psh...nothing beats the st185 ....it had such a nice body design, and it has SEX written all over it

i know the evo 8 would lose, have you ever seen a gt4 spool up, tat shit is all the way spooled by 2500 evo 8 isnt till 3500 :)

you know how toyota likes to make their motors responsive =D Like the current 3SGE compared to a K20A can be tuned to the same HP but the 3S is a bit more responsive.

mine are 7,6,5,3,1,2,4 the 7th gen is the best looking and not bad on performance they shoulda made a 7th gen gt4 but toyota are pussies and stopped the celica.

holy thread ressurection to the two of you :)

Holy dead thread batman. But just to keep it going, even if they did make a 7th Gen GT4, it would have either been a completely watered down version that would have been about as much fun as a slap in the face, or, you guys in the States wouldnt have got it as it wouldnt have complied with your emissions laws. Also theres no point in Toyota making a 7th gen gt4 as they dont `rally` anymore.

yea I know but stuill toyota needs to compete with other car makers performance wise look what they have know the matrix and corolla ooohhhh scary they have nothing to compete with the evo, 350 z, rx 8, s2000, wrx, srt4, the liost goes on and on.

Toyota wont do it, they couldnt compete with the cheapness of Subaru`s, or the well established Evo`s and Skylines. They dont Rally anymore like Subaru and Mitsubishi so dont need to produce such a car for the homologation (sp) rules or to keep the rally fans happy, S2000`s and RX8`s are crap, plasticy piss poor attempts at a sports car with poor girly images or chocolate engines. But yes, it is a shame they wont produce something with a bit of balls. Maybe they have something in the pipeline that we dont know about yet. If they give up on F1 and get back into rallying maybe we will see the return of the GT4. Fingers crossed.

lets hope so.

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--just my opinion, of course im partial to 5th cuz i have 1, had a 4th (88),7's hot, 6th gen is a knock-off of another car. 5TH GEN IS DEFINITELY THE BEST. did i already reply to this?

6th gen is a knock-off of another car.

Exactly what car is the 6th gen a `knock-off` of?????

Maybe he's complaining about the headlights being similiar to integs? But that's hardly a knock off.

You know toyota has been developing a super car that's suppose to be in the 6 figure price range. A 500 hp something or rather. You can read the article if you want http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=7633

BTW... 3rd gens rule =P Hard to top the TA64 Group B rally race car :evillol: at least when it comes to RWD celicas.

yea ive seen that but we need a car us normal people can afford.

why do you say s2000s are crap? they got more hp per liter than any non turbo production car. you said urself that one gave u a good run for your money in ur gt4.

yea ive seen that but we need a car us normal people can afford.

I just don't know why they have to be so heavy, 2-seater 4 banger should never be over 2650lbs, not 28XXlbs. if it's going to be 28XXlbs put the C32 motor in it and at least then it will have some TQ and available power at lower RPMs. Not to mention 290 hp.

why do you say s2000s are crap? they got more hp per liter than any non turbo production car. you said urself that one gave u a good run for your money in ur gt4.

It did indeed, Im not denying they are fast cars and have Honda`s usual good engine (its the scoobies and RX8`s that have the chocolate engines) but I drove an s2000 about a year or so ago and it was horrible. Not a nice driving experience at all. It was a real handfull round the tight twistie corners. I`d never buy one.

yes, you know damn well 6th gen is the least orig of all of em. acura knock off??yep, more than just the headlights. dont get me wrong..i like them, but there still a knock-off.

the s2000 is a fucking pooch, its maxxed from the factor, please find me an all motor S2K over even 250 WHP or one thats blown that has over 500 WHP... you wont and cant, that motor is great stock but has slim to no potential after that


and i totally agree with nialusa about the s2000 handling like crap as well, the ass end loved to get quit squirrely even at low speeds

guess that's why they like to drift the suckers.

bah...had a 6th gen... I wanted an 8th Gen, but I guess there's the Scion tC

back to the s2000 i saw one at a glance in a magazine with 825 hp.

back to the s2000 i saw one at a glance in a magazine with 825 hp.

turbo? High comp S/C like the 240R motor in the newer Lotuses?

it's so hard to choose my favorite... but I think this is the order of my favorite.
1. 4th
2. 5th
3. 6th
4. 3rd
5.1st
6.7th
7. 2nd
The older cars, except for the 1st gens are lighter. So they're a little easier to drive. They pick up speed really fast. My 4th gen only weight 725 lbs. They might now be the newest of anything but they cal still beat some newer cars. Like that Del Sol the other week...oh wait...Honda's are junk anyway.

ur 4th gen does not weigh anything close to 700 lbs no car is that light. probably in the 2800 lb range. regardless you still probably couldnt take a del sol those things are quick espesially the vtecs. they dont have alot of power but they are light as hell. and the 7th gens are one of the lightest celicas only 2500 lbs.

you can come look in my door. I swear it does. I'll take a pic of it when i get it back from the shop. Not only that but I had 4 guys from my school lift the back end of my car up and move it into another spot.

are you sure thats not the load capacity or something cause theres no way any car is that light .

it might be. I only glanced at it but my friend told me it was how much it weighted...then again...he's not too smart. but neither am i. Once I get it back I'll double check.

im not callin u a liar or anything im just sayin you might be mistaken.

i know and i'm probably wrong. This is my favorite second gen. I wanted to show you because most people don't seem to like 2nd gens. It's my ex bf's car and it was going to be mine but he rana straight pipe on it and got pulled over. He had no money to fix it...so this car is gone forever
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/847891/81celicagt.jpg

That is a sweet 2nd gen. Ha, my dad has an old 80 celica supra that we wanna fix up. It would look awesome. Your car probably weighs about 2500 depending on the motor size. The only cars that could possibly weigh 700 lbs are golf carts. I was thinking about turning a golf cart into a drag racer. Ha, think of the look on people's faces when I whoop them in a dinker golf cart. Don't feel dumb, I knew a guy that told everyone his nissan altima weighed 1200 lbs. I took it to a weigh station: 2830 lbs.

lol i don't feel dumb. Yea that's my fave 2nd gen. 81 celica gt...if i ever find one again I'm gonna get my ex bf to paint it like he painted that one

Maybe I should get a hold of him and have him paint our celica supra. Haaa. The top color in that pic is the same yellowish color the celica supra is. Of course, the car is gettin kinda green with all the weeds that call it home.

weeds??!!!! You're letting weeds grow on a supra!!!! shame shame

meh actually the lighteest celica EVER as a curb weight was the 6th gen ST, it weighed in at 2300 pounds, 2nd was the 7th gen gt and then the 5th gen st, then the 7th gen gts and so forth...

why does this post keep popping up to my unread section if no one is posting on it?

polls, whenever someone votes in a poll itll come up at the top, quite irritating actaully :)

I thinkthe fourth gen liftback weighs in at 3565 LBS. I just checked the door and it says GVWR 3565 lgs. Not sure if thats the actual curb weight though.

lol take away bout 1000 pounds and thats the actual curb weight :)

I vote 7th, love the looks.

7th Gen is my favorite, then 5th. I will have a 7th gen someday.

ok this is a bit late but i was just reading this and what about the s2000
i have one and they are the shit, they handle like a dream, and about having no potential for more power, there is a guy running 852 hp in his s2k so get you facts straight.

the s2000 engine in stock form is a high compression unresponsive engine. just like the rsx-s some guys put 1500 dollars in mods on an rsx-s and got like 15 hp. it is still a good car. aere u sure that the honda still had the same engine?

yea the honda had a rebuilt version of the engine, stroked to 2.5 with all new internals and a strengthend block. it chugs down gas worse than my old firebird though because it has 1200cc injectors. but still the s200 handels great, it may slip a lil bit with old tires on but when you have driven a dodge viper and old firebirds, the s200 does not power slide at all, but back to the more important topic 6th gen is my favorite, i love the gt4 and thats why i chose the 6th but style wise 5th.

This comment is about a year late :p but my 75 (first gen) celica LT weighs in at 997kg or 2193 pounds (I think...between 990 and 1000 anyway).

If anyone is interested in the 1st Gen Celicas then visit this wep page: http://www.classic-celica.nl 10 Galleries of pics.

My vote was for the 1st gen (albeit a late one :p). Light, no frills and no plastic s**t!

Peace

Thats crazy how people can bring up old threads. How do you people find these old threads?

The newbies run searches like all the old timers tell them too, and then they reply to what they find :)

yea, and we don't see the dates =P