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The last Celica made was a great looking car with good handling, four cylinder engine that can be modified, and sporty looks. I've never driven the Celica nor the Scion tC. Read that the tC is heavier and not as manuverable as the Celica. With Toyota moving their more sporty models to Scion, would you consider the tC the replacement for the Celica? To me, though it looks sporty, it doesn't look anywhere near as good as the last Celica. In fact, when people see the last generation Celica on the road it still turns heads while the tC is virtually invisible.
but yeah, I see what you're saying; they're quite a bit different from each other. The Celica was a light, nimble 90's-Japanese style sport compact with swoopy styling on a low-slung body. The TC is more like a chunky, pseudo-European sport coupe with driving characteristics similar to a modern VW: solid, planted, stable. Their production dates may have indicated such, but I don't see them as related in spirit, either. My cousin had a Scion TC, and my brother had a 2000 Celica. They just don't have the same feel to them that is usually inherited when the torch gets passed on.
Toyota has claimed that they are trying to recapture the performance edge and image they had with the Celica in the new FT-86. So, I don't think Toyota views the tC as the successor to the Celica. IMO the Celica was never exactly a barn burner, but the tC is even more pedestrian than that. Certainly there are similarities between the two, but the tC was never intended to be a 'performance' car.
Toyota has claimed that they are trying to recapture the performance edge and image they had with the Celica in the new FT-86. So, I don't think Toyota views the tC as the successor to the Celica. IMO the Celica was never exactly a barn burner, but the tC is even more pedestrian than that. Certainly there are similarities between the two, but the tC was never intended to be a 'performance' car.
The FT-86 is pays homage to the AE-86, which was a Corolla, though all ties to the current model Corolla have been severed, the main inspiration for the new FT-86 was the legendary "Haji".
Small, light, nimble and RWD, the Celica was FWD, so I find their statement there a bit odd.
The FT-86 is pays homage to the AE-86, which was a Corolla, though all ties to the current model Corolla have been severed, the main inspiration for the new FT-86 was the legendary "Haji".
Small, light, nimble and RWD, the Celica was FWD, so I find their statement there a bit odd.
In the article I read they listed several cars, the ones you mentioned and the Celica as inspiration for the new FT-86. I should have been more specific. I found the Celica reference odd as well, but it makes sense when you consider that in North America the Celica is probably the only one most people are familiar with.
No, I owned a '95 Celica. It wasn't fast or powerful, but it was a very classy car with great bones and an entertaining attitude. The tC is cheap inside and a little boring.
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