Toyota Celica GT

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Attention-grabbing Toyota not for shrinking violets.

Matt Prior
Matt Prior
1 July 2005

Toyota Celica GTWhat’s new?There's a fairly dramatic bodykit, a huge rear wing, 17in alloy wheels and inside there are GT seats and gearknob. The suspension is dropped 10mm, but otherwise it’s a Celica T-Sport.Do the changes work?They allow you to look fast and/or furious without the work-in-progress primer and filler phase, we suppose.So should I buy one?If you want to be looked at. Plus the gearbox is slick, the ride acceptable, the handling sweet and past 6000rpm the variable valve-timed engine is great. Entertaining and very noticeable.

Matt Prior

Matt Prior
Title: Editor-at-large

Matt is Autocar’s lead features writer and presenter, is the main face of Autocar’s YouTube channel, presents the My Week In Cars podcast and has written his weekly column, Tester’s Notes, since 2013.

Matt is an automotive engineer who has been writing and talking about cars since 1997. He joined Autocar in 2005 as deputy road test editor, prior to which he was road test editor and world rally editor for Channel 4’s automotive website, 4Car. 

Into all things engineering and automotive from any era, Matt is as comfortable regularly contributing to sibling titles Move Electric and Classic & Sports Car as he is writing for Autocar. He has a racing licence, and some malfunctioning classic cars and motorbikes. 

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Uncle Mellow 22 February 2011

Re: Toyota Celica GT gets fast and furious treatment

sorrel wrote:
How did this thread about a Celica turn into one about a BMW?

Blame moe360.

sorrel 22 February 2011

Re: Toyota Celica GT gets fast and furious treatment

How did this thread about a Celica turn into one about a BMW???? Sorry, forgot, we live to exhalt BMW don't we....LOL!

moe360 25 October 2009

Re: Toyota Celica GT gets fast and furious treatment

beachland2 wrote:

Young people are no more cool than any other age group.

As for me having a 335D, no way.

My concern about diesel goes very far, in fact i would make the ultimate sacrifice with no hesitation. If it meant the world was rid of diesel engines, i would happliy accept the extinction of the petrol engine also. i would drive hydrogen or electric cars with satisfaction that my nemesis was gone.

Yes we are young people are way cooler [url=][img]http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/party/party0024.gif[/img][/url]

WoW it seems you do hate diesel a lot, did you have a bad child hood experience with a diesel powered motor ?