Great review man was a blast lending the car to you! You are completely right though about the handling and refinement etc. Its definitely a big step down from the hondas but that engine almost makes it worth it haha.

That celica is amazing. The sound is so angry and smooth it really sets you "free".

Always wanted something with a 2zz was leaning more towards the corollas for the sleeper look. That gen Celica never sat well with me but I’ll admit they’ve grown on me over the years

I love these comparison videos, keep it up mate🤙🏽

Holy shit that Toyota 2zz sounds amazing 🥲. Love the looks of that celica also

I have a 370z but I had 2 Celicas back in the day. Gt&GTS. Had a rare Black Widow 2 body kit on one. Loved the hell out of that car. Felt so light, handled great, and still looks exciting to this day. The 2zz sounds amazing and the feeling you get when you rev it out feels fast, especially once it hits lift. But the lack of torque is it's biggest downfall. I'll definitely get another one, one day. Fantastic video!

Awesome video man! I have an 03 Celica GTS (Canadian spec) and I loved this video!

Bro great vid, thru and thru it was great and entertaining

Great content as always 👍

Really enjoyed the vid. Waiting for the next one. Cheers.

Love the videos bro keep it up 👍

My previous car was a celica Tapout,I love it! Now I have honda accord 2.0 2006 ! Thank you for this video

The Celica GTS driver driving is a bit suspect. The Celica GTS makes the same power, but is about 600 - 700 lbs lighter than the Accord Euro S (TSX). 0-60 mph was tested in 6.6 seconds. I used to race RSX-S (Integra Type S) with 200 HP back in the day with my 2ZZ-GE Corolla XRS and used to do quite well against it as it was about 200 lbs lighter.

Not too sure if i havent noticed but love the addition of the graphics!

I use to own a Toyota Fielder Aerotourer Z with the 2zz for around 10yrs and it was still bulletproof at 330ks when I sold it. Nippy wagon that surprised lots of drivers especially once it screams past 6k with the TRD headers 🤗

Nice review. It's strange how the lift in the celica is only from 6k to 7800. The same engine in my sportivo has lift from 6200-8200. Also there isn't a different cam for lift but rather different cam lobes that engage with oil pressure. In my opinion the 2zzge is possibly the best mass produced naturally aspirated Toyota engine of all time. Finding a mint celica in Australia is harder than finding rocking horse poo.

i used to have a toyota matrix xrs with a 2zz in it. The redline was higher on those (8200) so it was pretty funny to have that much fun packed into what looks like a mom wagon

Great Video, you should do a video on rev matching, so addicting watching you do it :)

Nice one! Had a Corolla T sport in the UK, dope car, gearing let it down though you had to "bang gears" to stay in lift!

We used to call the Celica the poor man's Integra, and that isn't a bad thing. They don't get the love they deserve. It was the BRZ/GT86 of its day.. it's just a shame they got abused by 'ricers' of its time. Its a great platform to start with

I've been daily driving my 2zz celica for over a year and it's been the best 3k I spent (bought it before covid prices.)

You looked to be enjoying yourself much more in the celica than other-"other" cars in these comparisons! I wonder how much the type-r gear set helps the CL9. I have both and they're both brilliant in their own ways. Even with a proper header on the cl9 the 2zz is much more exciting up top. This video makes me want to hold onto the celica for longer.

Nice video would've been nice to see a comparison with the same mods

wow that sound

I used to see 2000 Toyota Celica GTS race against 2001 Integra Type R. Much fun to watch th scream and pull far away.

You would really love to drive a full bolt on tuned celica i think. The 2zz almost reponds as well to mods as the k series

Interesting comparison Gee yu've got gr8 scenery to drive in, i could drive there all day every day lol Is the 2ZZ-GE the engine built by Yamaha ?

Hi, i have a 2001 corolla runx z corolla 6spd manual i picked up cheap, has the 2zz engine and its insane and with 250k on it too!. Good interior etc just feels like good quality. But in saying that i always wanted a type r or a nice euro r. Have to love these cars.

6 spEEEEEED . The 2zz is dope

Think you enjoyed the celica more , with regards to quickness , I think if you didn't have that type R gear set we might be having a different discussion. I agree with you though, the accord is definitely better to live with and after a while the celica will become a chore to drive with that torqueless 2zz screamer . Great video loved the content . Fellow accord cl9 owner as well.

This is quite the apples to oranges comparison. While the GT-S is a more focused car, your modified Accord shows that one can still have plenty of fun in a luxury family sedan while also enjoying all of the other benefits it brings to the table. If limited to a single car, even in stock form the CL9 makes for a good all-around choice. The GT-S would make for a fun weekend toy, especially for those looking to stand out from the crowd. Your video provides a sense of why Lotus chose the 2zzge for the Elise and the Exige back in the day.

That celica sounds like a bseries. pretty impressive for the celica to keep up with the kseries torque

I have a 5speed auto accord with all the same mods your accord has in this video over the passed year of ownership, lovely car and is amazing to drive however I’ve always wanted a stick shift and have found a 7th gen stock celica with a 6spd manual and lower kms for the same price my car is worth. Would you make the change?

I love the euro r accord. ❤️

Kept up with the 2.4✌️

This man had me dead when he said nfs pro Street, showed a picture from most wanted, talking about a car from underground. 😄 great vid thou.👌

Got my 2zz finally... Just haven't had the chance to experience it

Funny you mentioned the Celica tach should be in the middle. The Celica TRD Sports M version had the tach in the middle

I've a 140bhp 2006 Gen 7 Celica but l also loved my Gen 6 2000 2.0 Accord Executive too...by the way are you an aviation enthusiast too?

Sold our Red 06 Celica GT here in UK 2 and a half years ago for 2k, the last they made of them with body kit, lowered suspension etc from factory. Had 120k miles on clock but had been well looked after with one previous owner for the first 20k miles. Even had the new unused spare alloy in boot that came with the GT. Had a new clutch at 80k and only started needed odd bits doing here and there after the 110k mark. The problem was the heater matrix packed in, Mrs needed it for winter mornings, to replace that the whole dash needs removing, garages didn't want the work, or said the labour cost was ridiculous, hence the cheaper selling price. The actual part was cheap though . Also there was advisory on oil on last Mot but they didn't know from where. So we sadly said goodbye as thought was right time. Been watching the prices go up and up now, lol. If had a bigger garage would of sorn it off road and kept it away to work on in future.

DC5 would have been a better comparison to the Celica. I always thought that final model Celica was designed by Toyota as a direct competitor to the Vtec DC2.

I used to owned a Corolla Sportivo, the word 'RAW' summed up exactly the sound of 2ZZE engine.

2ZZ Celica vs K20a3 DC5 would make an Interesting comparison since both are in a similar price category. Celica has a very narrow torque band while the K20a3 is broad but not as quick

VVTL-I🇯🇵🔥

did you ever think to swap vtc gear for 50 degree one ? it's nice little mood :)

you need to make a video about modding your headunit with a android that supports carplay and android auto

If you get your hands on 6 speed manual v6 Tiburon it be interesting, it chops my mates 2zz Japanese imported ts celica and dc5 type s off the line.

My 05' Matrix XRS can go up to redline? I never took it up that far in fear I'd break something lol. 😊

My only problem with the celiac is the headlights that’s why I prefer the generation before that with the 4 headlights

The 2zz is surprisingly slept on in the car world. And correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Toyota’s VVTi technology actually best i-Vtec to the market.

hey bro just wondering, what is the check engine light on for?

toyota 2zz makes beautiful sounds and for 1.8 is amazing but Accord K24 is another level

Toyota 2zz engine is co produced by YAMAHA. same as Ford Taurus SHO. That's why it can rev so high!

I have a 2000 (or 1999, technically) GTS model, like the one in this video - it's even white too lol, although sadly without the "action package" like the one here is shown with. I bought it around 8 years ago as my previous car left me on the side of the road. I just wanted something to have fun with, and never would have considered the Celica if it weren't for the deal falling into my lap. It was small, manual, and the design is surprisingly modern even after two decades - I feel like it doesn't look like a 24 year old vehicle. And with the sunroof, leather interior, 76k OG miles for only $4k, it checked all my boxes at the time. The 2zz is really fantastic, it's quite surprising how it feels and sounds, especially when you get on it. It's not a "fast" car by most metrics, the word I like to use is "quick," but the bottom line is it's just hella fun to mess around in. It's nearly impossible not to be smiling from ear to ear when ringing out gears to 8k all the way through 6th. Let's just say entering the highway is a good bit of fun lol. I have a blast in this car even with otherwise mundane tasks, like heading to the grocery store. The best part is, for a 24 year old car, I get an average of 33.2 mpg city/highway combined according to my Ultragauge, and I do quite a bit of both city and highway, even during my more spirited driving sessions haha. I really enjoyed seeing this car on your channel, and seeing your reaction to driving it. It made me smile seeing you smile because I know exactly how that feels. I learned something today too, I never knew Toyota offered this with an LSD. Sadly they did not offer that as an option in the US!

find yourself a Caldina GTT Manual youll see how fun those cars are to drive for a wagon.

can tell by the top mounts that it has superstrut suspension, and going off how the car looks and how most of them get thrashed there is a very good chance the suspension is worn out which does cause vague and unpredictable handling

love your car man, i have an 03 accord euro and I want to put the same spoiler you have on mine, I was wondering what retailer you would recommend to buy it from

Jesus, the Celica revs so high, its crazy.

As you said Accord looks like a basic car, heaps of them at the streets. Celica’s look is just stand out, and spot on in a city. That’s a difference, power is another story, depends how you mod it, any car can be fast if you make it fast.

Hey what mods do you have on your accord?

What shift knob do you have on the gts?

What exhaust did you plant on the celica?

what exhaust is on that celica??

As someone who owned a corolla t sport with the 2zz and now owns a type r with a K20 I can say the type r is better on every single aspect. The corolla was to soft, the engine didn't have alot of potential beyond the factory specs unless you throw alot of money at it, the gearbox was terrible, you would actually fall out of lift when shifting unlesa you let the clutch slip (and believe me I've tried to keep it there but even on the redline you still drop out of it) and it was just an overal worse experience. Toyotas are very good reliable cars but Honda just knows best how to build a fun car and it really shows

It is VVTL-i instead of VVTi-L unless I have really lost my brain for good, since I drive one, haha. Also if this was a T-Sport, things would turn into fun pretty fast! More revs too!

Taken into consideration that your Honda Accord is modified and the celica is bone stock outside of exhaust.. The celica is definitely the cooler car of the two because it was actually made to be that way the accord you have to modify it

I missed so much my civic HB with B18c5 lsd tran

Not a fair comparison between these two engines... one 1.8 vs 2.4? You need to go 1.8 vs 1.8 . Kseries is the best 4 cylinder engine ever made but dam the 2zz is a very fun engine too.

What's the cause of that check light in the accord?

Celica ❤️

I got both os those car and loved them both, the 2004 Honda was my first car and 2003 Toyota is my second car, just that my Honda is a bit faster

What body style honda is that

my mom smoked my 02 Toyota celica gts with her 04 ford taurus with the 24v 3.0 v6 engine i hated that i lost to a automatic lol

Tsx is a beautiful car. In every way

Wonderful video triggering me to buy a celica

Some cars are just too perfect to drive. The steering is too refined. The engines are too refined. Modern cars are far too predictable and not as fun. The Celica has some character that makes it one word: FUN. And you can see it in his face. You watch other videos of Celicas and the same word comes to mind: FUN. It is not so much a sportscar but more of a roadster car. Overall, it is and still is a very very FUN car.

Soo You are telling me that the Celica was basically stock and your accord has mods on it I'm selling my Accord thanks for the advice

It sounds like a Honda....so, why people hate on Honda's sound is quite baffling

The h22 prelude would be better comparasion

Some say the cbr250 engineers made the zz.

Na na na ya got it all wrong, take that Celica or a runx z, straight pipe exhaust it, port match the intake manifold to the heads, and run an apexi power fc, no headers, no intake even and it'll blitz the accord.

18k for a 7th gen accord????? Thats like 10k in euros. Ive found an usable accord 2.4 liter in finland for like 2000 euros.

Sounds like a motorbike with traction 🤪

Unfortunately VVTL-I was short lived before it was completely discontinued by Toyota.

I have hard time liking one over the other. So I own Honda and Toyota.

So the Honda you modified an the celica stock hmm race a modified celica

Sub $10k? I paid $900 for mine 😂

I have a 2004 celica. My interior is much nicer...still lots of plastic but the seats are better. My 2016 rav 4 is much faster. I had a 2006 accord and sold it for the celica 7 years ago. Not a fan of Hondas really. I've owned 2 and had bad luck with both.

Nothing against what you have to say, but you stated if the current celica verses your personal accord, which one wins, when for one that's the car you built. Of course you love your car vs the celica. But then you said if the added money you put on the accord into the celica and all of the places you didn't like you would like. So your basically stating if you had the same mods on the celica as the accord you would pick it! It was only certain things you didn't like because that's not your car nor your choice of mods. If you had it your way or opposite where the celica was more modified then the accord you would choose the celica because it was to your liking. I own both a celica and accord, and I completely disagree , being that the role is opposite. I have years with my celica and spent roughly over 20,000 over trial and error and being a teenager and modifying differently then I ever would now and I have a accord I picked up 3 years ago, spent less money, use it everyday. I love my celica over my accord, stock vs stock the celica, mod vs mod its personal opinion, especially if your car is in the mix. At first I thought you were comparing them fairly being this is my first video watching from you, but the mods are different and a personal car is in there, how can we base this truth vs opinion? Coming in that's what my expectations were. Video was nice, but for those who don't own either car, that's not far for you to give this opinion, because if your accord was stock, vs the celica, it would bounce more and take a bit more time to catch up, feel way more comfortable then the celica, but that's why the celica out the box is more of a sport car then the accord. It's not much of a comparison stock that's why most dont do a video with these cars, nor is their personal vehicle, that they most likely will choose because it's their build vs a less modified vehicle, is in the video. Please educate the people right, so the ones that need the education, and is does not have the luxury of driving either cars get the info they deserve, so when they are out there looking for a car, they have the right idea in mind. So next time this should be his car vs mine. Because I bet it wouldn't be far if my celica was against your accord. You have the power to control your videos, please educate everyone correctly.

Of course it looks better ur comparing 2006 to 2000 should of compared to 2005 Celica

VVTL -l*

V6 Camry slays em both ! LoL

bruh but your accord is tunned when is stock 2.4 is dead....

kind of a weird comparison, should have compared the celica against the Civic type R,, same price range and model range this accord is not a EURO R just a normal Euro.... and a sedan.

Make note that the honda is way more likely to be stolen at least here in the USA

2.4 L vs 1.8 L YES -_-

I disagree with your conclusion celica wins find a modified celica and do this comparison again

Honda💪💪👍👍

1999? They started in 2000

Bahaha Celica is way better car and way nicer looking with the TRD kit which mine has and mines immaculate condition fully restored the review one is run down