Toyota Celica’s have been around for quite a long time and have been through a lot of changes over the years. Toyota Celica Memphis has announced this year as the last year for the Celica to be produced. Not to worry as I can guarantee that Toyota Celica parts will continue to be manufactured at an all time high; especially the Toyota Celica performance parts and Toyota Celica body kits. And of course you will always have your pick of a used Toyota Celica. But with this sad news, I feel that is would be proper to pay homage to a true American legend.
The 1977 Toyota Celica GT parts you still find in the marketplace represent the beginning of the Celica’s journey into becoming known as that of a performance car. Back in 1974, Toyota had the dream to create a line of Toyota Celica GT’s that could stand in the same line as that of the Ford Mustang, but the journey to reach that actualization was a long one indeed.
The 1990 Toyota Celica is where much of the tides began to turn. The Celica was busy making a name for itself, and buyers began to take notice of the potential that these little cars had. It was not long before performance upgrades were being produced, and the thought of a Toyota Celica brought a whole lot more to the mind than just economy. The Toyota Celica GT was the main help in this transformation of course, but it could not have done it without its prototype back in 1971.
A few years later the 1995 Toyota Celica was introduced as a third generation convertible. This was a rather beautiful design indeed and the test results proved it. This Celica was actually one of the most wind and water proof of any previous convertible that had been released in America up to this point. We would have to wait until the next year unfortunately for the aerodynamic side skirts to be added to the mixture to make an even healthier convertible, but the 1995 itself was but quite a nice start to a beautiful end. Of course today with the addition of a Toyota Celica body kit, you would never even know the difference.
The big mistake that Toyota made for the 2002 Toyota Celica was to take away the convertible model. It has also been brought to my attention on occasions that the overall design of the Celica of this year was not the most appealing of its 30 year history, but I do not see any huge flaws with it in general, and would actually accept it with open arms. The engines of these years boasted a rather healthy 180 horsepower if you got the powered-up version, but the standard 140 horses would feel drab indeed in comparison, so I would definitely hold out for the upgrade if you are in the market for one of these.
Overall the Toyota Celica has had a great run and we will most certainly miss it; but alas with all the other cars coming back into fashion we may not have to wait to long to get a resurgence of the Celica. But you will have to be patient, as it is not even extinct quite yet!