Toyota Celica Review (2000)

[@livingthroughtv]

Personally I think these have dated really well in nearly 20 years. Rear end in particular still looks great.

[@amosy8345]

tacfoley wtf he’s talking about the car you naughty boy ;)

[@pinguonice2548]

Front end is Sm better.

[@cryaesthetic3603]

The rear end has always bugged me on these for some reason, absolutely love the front though! I own one and photography it constantly, but very rarely from the rear haha

[@livingthroughtv]

@@cryaesthetic3603 How funny! Would be the opposite for me. A car of two halves!

[@keyboarddancers7751]

A small adult can get behind the front passenger seat if it's pushed forward and still give good legroom for the front passenger. This car is extremely reliable and well-built, has great handling, is good looking (when it's not been squeezed by the wrong aspect ratio!), has a very strong high-revving sporty engine (says Lotus), is (now) cheap and it's easy to maintain, it gives between 28 and 38 mpg, it doesn't fall apart with rust, it can carry a load of stuff - I drop the back seats and carry my mountain bike (front wheel removed of course) plus my camping gear - and it's very comfortable for 6' 2" me. Stick winter tyres on the front and it's pretty much an all-weather machine too. Any other small sporty cars do all this?

[@TheCabtastic]

Keyboard Dancers ye man, i have one and regularly take 3 people to work, bit of a squeeze but thats cos im lanky

[@obesechipmunk91]

+Keyboard Dancers Well said. This car is an honour and a pleasure to own. Such a little beast with winter tires too. Can't say that about most FWDs.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

+obesechipmunk91 Correction; winter tyres on all four wheels is the correct configuration; I tested that set up last year crossing a snow bound landscape. Amazingly effective and versatile little package.

[@obesechipmunk91]

+Keyboard Dancers Makes sense. I use all four too. 16 years old and still going strong.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

+obesechipmunk91 I'm getting water on (under?) my rear right seat. As you've had he car so long might you be able to advise on any ideas re which part of the rubber sealing might be failing and allowing a steady stream of water into the car when it's raining?

[@falseteeth5621]

1:51 She complains it's too grey inside. So name me a car that isn't!

[@falseteeth5621]

She says you can't take the kids and the camping equipment in it. It's a coupe for god's sake. Who buy a coupe to use as a child carrier? And it actually DOES have great capacity with the rear seats down.

[@danika1295]

+False Teeth I agree with that, I own one, and I think the backseat is one of the biggest is this class

[@brocky78]

Yorkie not for Girl's . Car reviewing not for Girl's!

[@teme5529]

Bought a 2001 T Sport model. Holy heck what a blast it is!

[@spaketticarbonada9651]

I'm in doubt. I rly want to buy a 2005 Celica. Is 179.000 km too much? Will the car still last me for a few years ?

[@teme5529]

@@spaketticarbonada9651 of course. My celica is 170k, it is considered really low. Go for it! It is overall reliable car. My car value was 6100€. Car inspector laughed when he saw the mileage counter, said that the engine is pretty much new, after all its a toyota,and closed the hood. It is really rare to find that car with that low mileage. Soon it will be too late, if you do not act.

[@teme5529]

@@spaketticarbonada9651 Toyotas generally keep their value. Just take care of it. 2zz engine is overall a bit more reliable and no oil eating, 1zz is fine, just take care of it and inspect oil levels reguralry. This is my understanding of the current situation.

[@teme5529]

@@spaketticarbonada9651 And if that eases your mind, I might add that this is my first own car.

[@spaketticarbonada9651]

@@teme5529 Thank you very much for your quick answer !!!!

[@betelgeuze7668]

This car aged better then this review

[@poot1258]

She says the 70s were the decade that taste forgot. Interesting claim seeing as some of the most beautiful cars were designed in that period.

[@dopespotar113]

Fr

[@dopespotar113]

The 60s and 70s

[@arisargiroulis1215]

The best coupe of 2000.

[@kirkwhatley6990]

Well I dunno who she is but she doesn't know much about cars, half of what she says just isn't true XD I'm 6ft 2 and I can get passengers in behind me. On a day out we have had 3 adults a child a pushchair and the food for the day along with coats etc in the boot without have to even take out the parcel shelf. I've got the vvti model which isn't super fast fair enough, but the 190 models just as entertaining as a civic type R. "too eger in traffic" well its not exactly expensive to run so I dunno whats shes gettng at there and as for the interior styling lacking, in comparision to what? Its got angles and is a bit quirky which has to be better than the black/grey block with a bit of trim you get in a BMW Merc or Ford of the same year....

[@alexvieira7945]

I love my Celica.

[@teme5529]

me too man. what year and version do you have? I have the 2001 t sport

[@alexvieira7945]

@@teme5529 2003 gts 6 speed

[@teme5529]

@@alexvieira7945 nice one mate

[@alexvieira7945]

@@teme5529 thanks

[@spaketticarbonada9651]

How many miles or km can the car handle? I am thinking about getting a 178.000 km Celica from 2005

[@buellterrier3596]

And 20 years later: compared to Fiat coupe? or Ford Cougar? I'd take the Celica any day, thank you very much.

[@NoBion]

Aint beating a Fiat Coupe 2.0 20v 5 cylinder turbo with 0-100 km/h of 6,5 Sec. its 2 seconds faster than the particular model reviewed here. and the sound is that of dreams. But the handling is indeed the best of the bunch.

[@buellterrier3596]

@@NoBion Yeah If you can find a Fiat from that era that’s not plagued with rust or needing an engine overhaul.

[@harold-sweat-head8111]

70s the decade that taste forgot? The most beautiful cars ever came from the 70s.

[@misamisatv]

+Harold-Sweat-Head The most beautiful cars came from the 40's, 50's, and 60's! The 70's was when bumper regulations and emissions requirements started interfering with auto design, so cars turned into something more square with less flowing bodies. That's why a '69 car will almost always be worth more than a '71 car.

[@falseteeth5621]

Bumper regulations only applied in America. In Europe the styling was still clean and I agree, the 70s was the best decade for car design - Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari Boxer, Ferrari 308, series 2 Jaguar XJ6, Lancia Stratos and the amazing prototyoe cars like the Maserati Boomerang, Lancia Stratos Zero etc.

[@misamisatv]

Ok I will rephrase. The most beautiful "American" cars came from the 40's thru 60's. For the US the '70's was the beginning of a horrible era.

[@ilhanhalilseyhan6722]

Excuse interior isn’t looking good ? What ? Huh ? How ? Are u blind ? It’s super pretty for a Toyota.

[@Weebwhacker]

Fr

[@wonderbubble3980]

Men and Motors. Woman narrator. I don't know what to believe anymore. (also, can she see past the steering wheel?)

[@Vourn-75]

Hahahaha.... shit happens bro

[@arelortal6580]

According to Scotty Killmer who owns a 1994 Toyota Celica with a quarter of a million miles on the clock, this version (1999 to 2006) has an engine redesigned by Yamaha delivering it's true potential at 6000 rpm or above , this being the cause, according to him, of many engines blowing up because of the misconception of some owners thinking this was a super car when in fact it was a sports car with an unreliable engine if used as such ( badly designed ) Shame because I was thinking about buying one.

[@arelortal6580]

@Surf N Dope Thanks for restoring a bit of hope. 👍

[@SpartanQwop]

I wouldn't take that to heart... The car is brilliant, I myself own a celica vvti red and I have to say it's been an amazing car so far. Mines done over 100k miles on it, and it's still going strong. Its a very reliable car. When I purchased it, it had passed it's MOT for the past 16 years without anything major, (the only advisories were the brake discs) which needs replacing regardless. If you can pick one up in good condition I would say go for it.

[@Sarfraz42]

It used abit of oil but top it up and otherwise ultra reliable car. Got past 200,000 miles before having to sell it on as I’d just received a company car. Miss that car every day

[@cryaesthetic3603]

Scptty also claims that this car killed the Celica model name due to the 2zz oil starvation problem during intensly high g forces, but in reality what killed the Celica was the era it was released in! The suv craze killed the Celica. Not the engines which btw are extremely reliable if maintained correctly

[@specialk4902]

Still a whip. Budget cruiser especially in 2024. 2zz the bizzness

[@trawetsmarb926]

no spoiler on this car looks really weird

[@billdollarmovie140]

Oh Ginny your so silly

[@MaxxDoberman]

Clearly she doesn't know shit from apple butter about this car and what it can do.

[@AlexiaVon]

She can't even see over the steering wheel....typical.....she doesn't know how to use the seat height adjuster.

[@VorteX-ox2fm]

There isnt any

[@paulchamberlin3724]

its CEL IC A not CELL EK A lol

[@roadrunnerblink]

By that logic, Nissan should be pronounced Ni SAN not NEE SARRN.

[@nomeru_0]

No, that’s what Americans call it. But correct pronunciation is cel-eek-ah and Nissan is not knee son for god sakes that one doesn’t even kind of make sense lol

[@kylecoolkid3431]

This review is awful, she says it's 140 horsepower, then says she has the 6 speed version, which would make it 180 horsepower. She clearly has no idea what she's talking about.

[@robertmud.4317]

In europe we got the 6-speed on both the GT and GT-S modell

[@sebastianalvarez312]

lolo

[@INFPinnerg]

Is this satire?