"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
02/08/2017 at 20:52 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
02/08/2017 at 20:52 • Filed to: None | 3
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If you say sales, I will find you, and I will kill you. I have a particular set of skills.
S65
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 20:54 |
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Because it wasn’t a lukewarm crossover
Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 20:55 |
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sales.
Cash Rewards
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 20:56 |
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Isn’t the tC the Celica?
TheHondaBro
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 20:56 |
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The market shifted. No more money in a little coupe, let alone a sports car.
Yes, sales.
interstate366, now In The Industry
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 20:56 |
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Its market segment dried up.
e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 20:57 |
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Sales.
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interstate366, now In The Industry
> TheHondaBro
02/08/2017 at 21:00 |
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It outlived most of its competitors. The Silvia and Prelude ended production before it did, the Integra ended the same year, and the Eclipse only lasted another couple of years.
daender
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:03 |
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Because the Scion TC (Toyota Zelas elsewhere) was meant to be the successor the Celica but it got too big to be as toss-friendly as the car it replaced. It couldn’t steal sales away from the Civic Coupe, the Altima Coupe (dead), and Kia Forte Koup (still going; didn’t know as I haven’t seen a current-gen in the wild).
Captain of the Enterprise
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:03 |
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Sales they sold just over 3000 in 2005
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:05 |
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Went from RWD, to FWD, to AWD, to FWD, to dead.
Boxer_4
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:07 |
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The Celica was effectively replaced by the tC, at least the non-performance versions (though, you could get a TRD supercharger on the first gen tC). If you look at it that way, the Celica made it until 2016.
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TheHondaBro
> daender
02/08/2017 at 21:12 |
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Those things still have fully independent suspension, and I hear they aren’t so bad in the twisties.
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daender
> TheHondaBro
02/08/2017 at 21:18 |
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Negative, sadly, MacPherson strut front and double wishbone suspension out back.
XJDano
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:19 |
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You can still buy one.
http://liveandletdiecast.kinja.com/celica-re-stock-1792152314
OPPOsaurus WRX
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:24 |
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I cant tell you why but I can tell you when
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:26 |
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Coz Toyota are retarded
Insert Edgy Username Here
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 21:59 |
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Because it actually had a pulse. It was around the time the Celica was discontinued that Toyota doubled down on boring sedans and lukewarm crossovers and shifted all the fun stuff over to Scion and Lexus.
dogisbadob
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 22:05 |
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They didn’t ;)
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dogisbadob
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/08/2017 at 22:08 |
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went from RWD to FWD to AWD to FWD to more FWD back to RWD :)
tC (Toyota Celica) FWD
FRS/BRZ/86 RWD
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dogisbadob
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/08/2017 at 22:09 |
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The 2ZZ is awesome tho, plus it has street cred from being used in an exotic sports car! (the Elise)
vicali
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 22:17 |
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1995 wrc
WilliamsSW
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/08/2017 at 22:47 |
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Yup. That last one killed it.
The AE86 of Mt. Akina (Hachi)
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 22:49 |
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I just make myself believe the Scion FRS is the successor to the AE86, 2000GT, and the old Celicas at the same time.
Berang
> ImmoralMinority
02/08/2017 at 23:37 |
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suvs are more profitable
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> ImmoralMinority
02/09/2017 at 02:02 |
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The bubble economy Toyota (and other Japanese companies) went through killed the Celica, and enthusiast-oriented or turbocharged engines like the 2ZZ or 3SGTE. Toyota also found out rally cars didn’t get enough customer exposure as Camrys in Nascar do.
PotbellyJoe and 42 others
> Captain of the Enterprise
02/09/2017 at 07:54 |
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The tC was on most Toyota lots at that point and they were larger (especially in the back seat) and much cheaper while being more powerful than the GT Celica thanks to having a 2.4L.
Toyota phased them out starting in 2004, by 2005 they essentially were just finishing their contracted parts runs.
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Captain of the Enterprise
> PotbellyJoe and 42 others
02/09/2017 at 08:12 |
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I would have bought a tc over a Celica too, it’s bigger and I’m 6'3" and am uncomfortable in the Celica of that generation and daily an 05 Corolla which was cheaper used than a tc
CaptDale - is secretly British
> ImmoralMinority
02/09/2017 at 18:12 |
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I would say it all started with the 4th generation making most of them fwd and some 4wd. after that, they stopped being fun cars for the driver. The sixth gen I think was the last nail in the coffin and the 7th put them in the ground. Neither of these cars were particularly pretty and for the most part was the car you bought for your daughter to drive to the mall in because it was fun looking and cute! OMG! I think that they ruined the name of the car by putting it on crap and Toyota figured that out very slowly.
Personally there are only 2 Celicas I would consider
1. 1973 Toyota Celica GT
2. ST165 Toyota Celica GT-Four WRC
