Toyota Celica 1.8

Toyota Celica 1.8 VVTI 140bhp INTRODUCTION These new Iphones present a certain danger to ones financial health nowadays due to the fact that the owner has the potential to walk around with a lot more than just a phone in his or her pocket. For example, I have apps such as Ebay, Amazon, Play.com, The Lotto and Just Eat on my Iphone which are all readily available at any time of the day or night wherever I might be. It was one day last year that I sat at home bored and decided to take a look in the “apps store” on my Iphone. Whilst browsing I suddenly stumbled across an app for Autotrader and ... more

The current model of Toyota Celica was released in October 1999 and the styling was a total change of direction from the previous "rounded" model that preceded it. The first time I saw the new car I was undecided about its shape and about whether I liked it. The side profile of the car is far more angular than previous evolutions of the Celica and initially it seemed to be an alien offspring rather than being related to its ancestors! Time passed and every time I saw a new model Celica I would notice something that would catch my eye, and I soon became used to the new shape and started to ... more

This is the end of an era. I bought my Toyota Celica aged 29, single (recently dumped), but defiant. I'd had Toyotas as a hire car on various jobs and really liked them for their looks and driveability. I went to the Toyota garage for a bit of fun really, seduced by the idea of a test drive to pass the day. I tried the Corolla and Avensis and they were OK but they didn't have that (apologies to another car manufacturer) Va Va Voom! The car salesman said he didn't have any other appointments so if there was anything else I fancied taking out, be his guest. As I wandered around the garage this ... more

I have owned Celicas for the past 15 years or so and have owned a T-Sport for the last 3 and a half years. I love this car it is one of the best handling front wheel drive cars I have ever driven. It has almost instant and precise turn in on the steering and can be balanced between over and understeer by using lift off oversteer. The car is comfortable for long journys so long as you can accept the fairly harsh ride required to have such sharp handling. It has good quality leather seats which seem to be wearing well (there car is now 5 years old). Even the back is comfortable so long as the ... more

After carefully considering the options I decided that the trusty Passat 1.8T had to go in favour of a smaller, sportier car. Not that I’ve been un-happy with the old VW - It was comfortable, reliable, and for its size, economical, but I no longer had a need for a car that was at it’s best on long motorway journeys. I was after something that would be a pleasure to drive on the twisty stuff. I read the motor magazines and narrowed down my choices to the Audi TT or the Toyota Celica. The Audi was tempting me as I hoped that it would share many of the virtues of the VW. However, even ... more