The camera man is so confident with Celica's braking prowess that he positioned himself at the line where the Celica is.
@falcondrvr2004 жыл бұрын
Miss my black 88. Had it for 8 years. Amazing in the rain and snow. Coolest car I’ll ever own.
@Trades469 жыл бұрын
190hp from a 2.0T engine is not shabby today. That must have been very power dense in late 1980s.
@maximusareilius22625 жыл бұрын
@Scionxd Rally SO WHAT??? this is a 1988, this car is old as hell you stupid ass. !! go compare your scion to another car in 2033 and see the difference.
@danielmckee15945 жыл бұрын
In the 80s hardly any thing would have been able to catch it except mabye a sierra cossie.
@RallyLancer955 жыл бұрын
Then in 1989 the 6-bolt 4G63T debuted with 195hp stock. Cool time for imports (although DSMs aren't technically imports)
@themaskedeconomist84044 жыл бұрын
The 1991-1993 model has 235hp and 225 trq and does 0-100kmh/60mph in mid to early 5s range from stock. That’s the golden boy horsie
@suprastevio22644 жыл бұрын
@@themaskedeconomist8404 Oh for sure, the performance of some of these cars were amazing back then and the gsx is still competitive performance wise today.
@PantherP749 жыл бұрын
I miss when Toyota made things that didn't make you fall asleep.
@williamphelps75619 жыл бұрын
PantherP74 You and me both! That's why i have collected some of the good stuff haha! I've got an 87 mr2, 85 supra, 85 cressida, 87 cressida, and an 86 jdm Levin ae86. Its the missing part of Jay Leno's garage. No sleeping for me!
@evan9379 жыл бұрын
William Phelps Please start making videos of your cars! :)
@hachibill8 жыл бұрын
+William Phelps ive had 30+ cars and most have been 80's toyota's... Best cars ever produced.
@Fussinated8 жыл бұрын
+PantherP74 Toyota is doing fine. It is the car reviewers and bad mouthing Europeans give you that negative image.
@negativeindustrial8 жыл бұрын
+hachibill I'm with you. I've had nearly every generation of Celica (just not that last travesty) - about half of them Turbo but I have to say 1994-99 are the best looking and performing ones. My current '94 WRC is OUTSTANDING. She's been substantially upgraded through the years I've owned her but she's perfect as stock with a boost controller
@mipmipmipmipmip7 жыл бұрын
gotta love those rally style fog lights
@Clutch_Kick1879 жыл бұрын
My sister drove one of these exact cars in white in the mid 90's.. it was a great car and felt really fast compared to all other 4cyl cars of the day..
@LoveMyZJ9 жыл бұрын
That is a fine sounding OEM exhaust! I'd love to have one of these..although as others have said about the rust, I think I'd be lucky just seeing one in the flesh.
@parhomshoar56169 жыл бұрын
It really is a fine sounding exhaust, esp considering the turbo.
@bakadakalaka9 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite celica
@monkeywkeys39163 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Wow not cheap $23k 1988.
@matj32963 жыл бұрын
My dad bought this car brand new... I remember driving it home with him... That car would fly!
@coreydl20088 жыл бұрын
Rare and very hard to find today in the US. People just weren't too into AWD coupes in the late 80s. And they're not into coupes at ALL now.
@mediocreman2 Жыл бұрын
Because it was expensive and didn't have that great of performance and actually wasn't that reliable.
@transce7 жыл бұрын
This is my car!! I own this car and mine is red, too. I love this car, the handling is amazing. You can throw anything at it, snow, slush, gravel, and just sticks to the ground. Snow, what snow? It's a got a great sound for a four cylinder engine, too. Wonderful little cars.
@MrRedcelica8 жыл бұрын
ahhhhh the days when toyota made interesting cars, bring those days back!!
@jakobholgersson44007 жыл бұрын
Well, the GT86 is pretty interresting. And they're looking in to makeing a baby 86, an even cheaper car.
@MrRedcelica7 жыл бұрын
ahhh no they had a sports car for every budget!!
@chargermaster5866 жыл бұрын
The Unknown Toyota stands for Reliability and dependable to get you from point a and point b if you want something like a performance car go buy a Chrysler product like a hellcat that will break as soon as you touch it.
@KAYJAYSTUDIOSYT6 жыл бұрын
There's the Camry that only needs a slightly better trans, the 86 is solid outside of needing more horsepower, then there's the upcoming supra.
@Thejordanenthusiast5 жыл бұрын
charger master So a Supra, Celica, and all other Toyota performance cars are unreliable? 🙄
@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials9 жыл бұрын
We sure have! The two best Toyotas of the 80s have to be this and the MR2 Supercharged. I guess I'd throw in the legendary AE86 as well. And maybe the MkIII Supra. Man, Toyota was killing it in the 80s. Thanks for the awesome upload! I owned an '87 Celica GT-S. Not quite an All-Trac, but same engine minus the turbo, and more importantly it weighs 500 lbs less.
@_chipchip9 жыл бұрын
They were smashing it in Japan in the 80's for sure. 90's were pretty awesome too! Lots of 1jz and 2jz powered weapons!
@WisKidUnity9 жыл бұрын
Not to mention their pickups were awesome back in the late 80s. Yeah Toyota was killing it.
@voodoowhammy9 жыл бұрын
Agreed... I'd love to see the GT-S review.... The 87 GTS is one of the best Japanese cars I've ever driven. I remember reading a review against the Supra Turbo where the cars were less than half a second difference to 60, and the GTS nearly caught it in the 1/4.
@adamempey57719 жыл бұрын
voodoowhammy People laugh at 135HP now (more like 160 if you take out the catalytic), but man my 87 was a blast. You HAVE to live between 5000-7000rpm in these things, but they respond to it. I obliterated those V6 Camaros and Firebirds all over the place. Took an awesome windy road behind an RX7 and couldn't pass his ass though, lol.
@johndrake27294 жыл бұрын
I'd go all the way and get a Supra.
@ShadowACE19985 жыл бұрын
I've owned two Audi Quattros. A '97 A6 and a '01 A4 Turbo. My brother owned a '86 Celica that he brought brand new. One advantage the Celica has over the Audi is it's damn near bulletproof. Audis are great cars, but once they go bad, they go bad hard. My brother's Celica lasted 14 years, crossed the Atlantic twice, drove all over western Europe, across the US several times and racked over 200,000 miles before it finally showed it's age. I'd say the Toyota has the advantage in that category.
@danielmckee15945 жыл бұрын
My dad bought a white manual St 162 because he couldnt find a Gt4 at the time. However about a year later he found out that his white gt4's floor was rusting so he took most of the running gear out of it and put it into his 162 but kept it front wheel drive. From there he was able to find rally parts for it due to the car being used for rallying. He fitted a group A downpipe, manifold and charge cooler aswell as a bailey dump valve and he custom built a 3" straight pipe exhaust. He also custom made a short throw gearstick. He later fitted an italvolante flat bottom steering wheel that he bought off his friend after finding it in an MR2. Aswell as this he got brake discs and pads from an st185 which had a greater surface area. He also got a ct26 turbo from a supra and machined his celica turbo to the same size to allow more air to get in and get more power out. When he took it out to a long straight stretch of road the speedometer went past 160. Unfortunately it broke a spring and he put it into the shed intending to work on it again but my little brother became sick so he was unable to fix it. The car sat for 4 years from 2012-2016 when she came back out the turbo seals were done and she was off a cylinder. He fixed it and took it to get the mot done and even though she was in a bad state she could still go. She passed the mot but a week later a guy that my dad knew bought it. My dad told him to be careful not to rev it too much and to change the oil due to the car sitting for so long. However he did not take my dads advice and wound the boost on the turbo up way to high. (around 17 psi). My dad was always careful and kept it at about 12 psi. As a result one of the pistons was damaged and then he sold it to a guy who has big plans for the car as he now wants to restore it.
@cobra454tim9 жыл бұрын
Boy Motorweek was a top notch show, and still is!
@Toyota4Life9 жыл бұрын
This car is a rare and special ! More special then the run of the mill AWD turbo cars that are the usual pick of the bunch. STI EVO... That exhaust sounds really good for a stock car and the tech loaded into it would cost a pretty penny today if Toyota remade it. Toyota made some badass cars more badass then other japan brands. Toyotas has had a hand in and made everything. Turbo AWD, Mid Engine, V8 trucks you name it. Love that about Toyota
@Shyzah6 жыл бұрын
why are you on every toyota video.
@jonsmith35746 жыл бұрын
Toyota4Life and none of the Subaru head gasket problems with boxer motor
@broderp4 жыл бұрын
Too bad they stopped and only make boring cars now.
@RolandoMarreroPR4 жыл бұрын
I had one of these! I miss it so much.
@rjcupid Жыл бұрын
A family friend had this car when it came out. He used to tell me stories about driving it in snow storms up here in Canada. He said he could drive it with ease in even treacherous conditions by just using the tip of his index finger on the steering wheel. Anyways, I always remembered his stories about this particular Celica and they can be summed up in two words: Legendary Handling.
@jovanc56519 жыл бұрын
Thank you motorweek the official 5th gen Celica group highly appreciates this post.
@MarketingmanFrank9 жыл бұрын
My black All Trac was a high mileage, high maintenance, labor of love. A very solid chassis and it had a rough and tumble attitude. The most fun was driving home in the snow, accelerating like a rally racer, and passing people who were having difficulty, especially up hills. A modern version with 275-300 hp would be a total blast to drive.
@negativeindustrial8 жыл бұрын
My '94 has a little more than that and it is seriously quick and totally confidant. Love that car like a child
@SilverScarletSpider4 жыл бұрын
The Toyota Celica, Honda Prelude, and Acura Integra are my favorite coupes.
@skaughtmc65913 жыл бұрын
I had an 89 GT liftback in college. I loved that car. It could take a V6 Camaro/Firebird, and hang with Mustang GTs. I always wanted an All-Trac. These cars got overlooked once the 210 hp Eclipse came out.
@FastSloW-qt8xf6 жыл бұрын
My first car... man how I wish I still had it.. I didn't think much of it then but I'd love to own another one... it had a sweet "digital dash". With a turbo "boost" gauge
@mcrowley84602 жыл бұрын
i bought one around 2000. That 88 all-trac with aggressive snow tires was a beast in winter.
@dimitrioskalfopoulos34735 жыл бұрын
Had one it was awesome! Best snowboarding vehicle ever! Used to 4wheel drift on the on and off ramps. Living in Canada snow alwayS comes for 4 months a year.
@whoohaaXL9 жыл бұрын
When my father died, I had to drive over to the east coast of Florida to pick up his 1998 Dodge Stratus that he had on consignment at a small lot over there. When I went to pick it up I saw a 1991 Toyota Celica All-trac that just came in. Looked under the hood, saw a top mount and that distinctive 2.0 DOHC engine (Not one cam driving a slave cam as in the 5S-FE GT spec we got over here in the states) with that turbo sitting right in front...had 167,000 miles on it IIRC, I ALMOST asked the guy if he wanted to keep the Stratus and I'd take the Celica (Knowing he didn't know what he had) and I never did....Still regret it to this day....and the only time I've ever seen one in person.
@smithsfan4258 жыл бұрын
My dad bought the fwd version when it just came out. That radio and digital clock brings back a lot of memories.
@Vampirebear135 жыл бұрын
1 of the greatest cars of the 80's!!!
@genericexcuse47373 жыл бұрын
I feel that this generation is overlooked, as it was almost the in-between year for styling and the first year for FWD standard, but i think it should get more recognition
@anibalbabilonia18679 жыл бұрын
Boy that was a great little car I remember it well! And still looks good today.
@malanis8 жыл бұрын
I used to own one. Went away to college, and didn't take care of it. Ended up selling it for way too cheap. Hope the new owner took care of it. I miss it. It spoiled me on turbocharged engines.
@kivenchikukwa98618 жыл бұрын
i own one and its one of the greatest treasures i have thought of selling it several times but couldnt do i love the sound the headlights and mostly the balance i can negotiate any curve speeding
@Cricis117007 жыл бұрын
Kiven Chikukwa Don't sell it man!!! these cars are just going to get more expensive as you age!!!!!!
@FabioGs0079 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your retro reviews, MotorWeek! If you have a audi 100-s4 review, pls upload it!!! :) :)
@db60062 жыл бұрын
The lady checking stopping distances is wearing leg warmers. So authentic ‘80s.
@hachibill8 жыл бұрын
Omg i hate you guys... Ive been watching you since i was a kid in the 80's.... Now i cant stop watching these retro reviews... So awesome!!
@skylinefever8 жыл бұрын
I always loved the "Tokyo Xtreme Racer" series. To avoid paying fees to Toyota, the game company simply called it the ST185 and the later version the ST205. They called the series "Shutoko Battle" in Japan. Maybe this one was called the ST165... 5:10 there was a good reason to have a full sized spare. Some AWD systems can be completely destroyed in a few miles if one tire is different from the other 3. A few years later, the Ecplipse GSX came out and sold for much less than the Celica All-Trac. Unfortunately, it wasn't nearly as durable.
@mipmipmipmipmip7 жыл бұрын
I'd guess viscous coupling would indeed not react well when a different spare is mounted
@roddydykes705311 ай бұрын
My ‘92 Celica GT Fwd funny enough had a full-size spare as well
@jonsmith35746 жыл бұрын
These are rare. They also made, corolla, Camry, previa, Tercel awd
@shawntayler47096 жыл бұрын
Jon Smith tercel 4wd you mean
@johndrake27294 жыл бұрын
Camry and Corolla were never AWD.
@fokuz029 жыл бұрын
My mother had a 88 GT and a 91 GT-S. Those cars were very easy on the eyes back then. We would always catch people looking in the windows to check them out. These were the times before people would get upset and threatened over this...
@SquillyMon7 жыл бұрын
ALWAYS Wanted one of these...albeit the next gen after this one, but hey at this point I will take either one... Good luck finding either... Awesome Toyota's
@1995RangeRover6 жыл бұрын
Still want one😍
@danthaman67202 жыл бұрын
I owned one of these but over here in Australia they were called the GT-4, and I miss it dearly, I loved that old car.
@stevend37539 жыл бұрын
Had a little boxer like rumble to it.
@chichef804 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car! 😍
@merivaconcept5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful car! Always loved It.
@NunyaBusIness-tl1ev6 ай бұрын
A stock 88GT was fast, I could only imagine driving one of these amazing alltrac cars
@zabnorg Жыл бұрын
I had one of these and later a 91 Celica All-Trac. Fun little cars
@hank15566 жыл бұрын
I've never seen one of these and damn it sounds good!
@chocolatetampon44927 жыл бұрын
I freaking love this channel lol
@BunTube.9 жыл бұрын
I loved this in gran tursimo4
@jameswalsh61316 жыл бұрын
The Celica's interior is unique among Japanese sport coupes is unique....it's very tasteful...the use of cheap plastics and hideous fabrics have been rejected OMG...don't hold back what you really wanted to say John lmao!! These cars were awesome but so horribly expensive because of tariffs placed on Japanese cars. Then the manufacturers decided to open factories here and boom..cheaper cars and jobs for the US. And was that exhaust note sweet!
@JEMHull-gf9el6 жыл бұрын
It sounds amazing !!!!
@parhomshoar56169 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous car. Love those fog lamps.
@JEMHull-gf9el7 жыл бұрын
It sounds amazing for stock!!!!!
@bryansmith52796 жыл бұрын
Basic maintenance and a Toyota was bulletproof...... back when drivers wanted and knew how to drive a manual transmission !!!
@tamomo100 Жыл бұрын
Pleaaseeee build this car again, Toyota! EXACTLY 💯 this one, from top to bottom, including the ENGINE!!😍😍😍 Put this back on the market!!🙏🙏🙏
@HamsterWheelGaming4 жыл бұрын
Looks like an amazing car, I don't think I've ever seen one in real life
@markferrero9288 Жыл бұрын
Had a 165 for a number of years, a great B road car. So much beefier than the 323 GTX it replaced.
@joelalimboyoguen89007 жыл бұрын
so happy that I just got one
@DeathMetalThrasher7 жыл бұрын
I like the next gen All-Trac more but this is still fun.
@FrightfulAccountant9 жыл бұрын
Always had a softspot for this car! Red is the right color for this one in everyway! Best looking performance car you could get for this sort of money!
@fatherhate8897 жыл бұрын
FrightfulAccountant can get a 91 awd eagle talon tsi or eclipse gsx pretty cheap nowadays. closes thing to the celica all trac if you ask me. only thing is finding one that hasn't been abused to shit or modified.
@deanstevenson65272 жыл бұрын
On a co$t verses horsepower to mass basis, the Mustang, Camaro and Firebird had all the Toyota's measures. I'm a Toyota Guy, because my wife is a Toyota AWD Gurl. Where Toyota, Mitsubishi and Mazda and Subaru really failed was in being unable to reduce weight and complexity while improving performance per dollar. A 5 mpg average fuel economy loss, a 530 pound weight gain, and U$ 8 K cost increase to get what an SHO, XR4Ti or AWD Scorpio did stock was where the problem was. BMW's 325iX did AWD with just a 165 pound penalty, and eventually, the RAV4 ended up with the same basic ST185 and 205 parts, and it really needed a turbo engine and 5 speed auto to cope with the extra 600 pounds of SUV weight. And servicing and rust, the 3SGE engined cars, such a nightmare.
@carbonunit7 жыл бұрын
the interior of this car was ahead of it's time
@vitordavid60867 жыл бұрын
I am lucky enough to own one st165 all track. almost 30 y.o. car but still a blast to drive
@travisp118 жыл бұрын
I want one!
@rxwhat335 жыл бұрын
Thats a badass car!!
@rockdawg14678 жыл бұрын
I had one of these broke my heart to part with it the main wiring harness burned up the car was stellar i put my heart and soul into it was up graded traded it in because no wiring assembys available was same color
@philliprumans75317 күн бұрын
wow 4 speakers and 7.9 to 60. They were very expensive back in the day. I used to always want a gts. Hell at the time I was a teenager and would have taken an st lol.
@stealthmeisterx35337 жыл бұрын
Loved this car back in the 80's. I wish Toyota had made the exterior styling more aggressive. It was too plain looking for my friends and I. We preferred the aggressive styling of the Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R.
@DStabs7209 жыл бұрын
Toyota and most of Japan Manufacturers made the coolest cars of all time during the 80s and 90s. 99% of American cars didn't even come close to the Japanese engineering back then. There is a reason that Japanese cars have the best reliability and resale value. I will probably never buy another American car ever again. My 1999 Supercharged Buick Regal GS is the last one I'll ever buy.
@Fussinated8 жыл бұрын
+David S Japanese car companies are still making the best cars in the world and 100% European car makers can not even come close to their built quality.
@DStabs7208 жыл бұрын
Fussinated I totally agree. American cars are also garbage.
@Fussinated8 жыл бұрын
David S American cars are still better than the European out factory junk cars.
@hedgehogthesonic31812 жыл бұрын
@@Fussinated Even American cars are better than European ones.
@mediocreman2 Жыл бұрын
Considering there was no mention of any American made vehicles this comment is kind of irrelevant. Do you go to every video of a Japanese car and say the same thing? This comment would have been relevant in 1992, but modem Japanese cars have lost a lot of ground in reliability.
@sebass24868 жыл бұрын
I drive one :)
@kurt83276 жыл бұрын
For something with 190hp, 0-60 in 7.9 seems a bit slow. I wonder how much the AWD system slowed it down.
@aluminumfalcon55210 ай бұрын
All-trac, Alltrack, a good package whether it’s a Celica or Golf. I have the latter, I wouldn’t mind the Celica. That 15.9 1/4 mile is cooking for 1988 standards, it wouldn’t be hard to bring that time down with some mods. My golf should be right in the 14.0 range with its tune.
@davidmoore3492 жыл бұрын
I had an 88 Alltrac, bought used in like 94 I think. Thank the lord I bought a warranty for it, lost a turbo, spun a bearing (separately) and then had a cracked head. At the cracked head they decided it was cheaper to pay me for the car instead of continuing to fix it lol.
@mr.c4933 жыл бұрын
Scotty approves this video!!
@Alltracavenger9 жыл бұрын
Yep... got one of those in my GT6 garage as we speak. However, I'll be putting one of these in my real garage in a little over two weeks. :D
@gotno826 жыл бұрын
Still have mine. She so so needs some work but I still got her.
@crankybear12363 жыл бұрын
More power than a modern VW Tiguan! That is amazing!
@TheMattc9994 жыл бұрын
Man.....I _really_ want this car.
@jdmtein17044 жыл бұрын
I'll sell you one
@ItoPalanca4 жыл бұрын
Yes, bring does days back...
@taunusv4power9 жыл бұрын
i own two on PS3 and a JDM GT in real life, what a great car! it's more than just a car for me though...
@bruce5405Ай бұрын
This might be the only car offered in front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and all wheel drive through different generations of the model.
@themaskedeconomist84044 жыл бұрын
The 1991-1993 model has 235hp and 225 trq and does 0-100kmh/60mph in mid to early 5s range from stock. That’s the golden boy horsie
@jetski2757 жыл бұрын
That body roll
@jonsmith35746 жыл бұрын
So sick
@harrycallahan9733 Жыл бұрын
1:10 That's "integral fog lamps"? Looks like they were glued on :)
@chriscornelius25185 жыл бұрын
The nest generation was the one I liked it was just a rounder cleaner version of this version .
@jongonegone12625 жыл бұрын
even by 88, the audi only won and held up at the track, every customer who purchased a audi at the dealer in the mid to late 80s had nothing but reliabilty breakdown and red lite warnings on the dash. the audi still cost more in 88, but the celica all models of the 80s had none of these problems for less. something even in 88 this show host knew, to bad he didnt mention it.
@BrendanMacWade9 жыл бұрын
The Celica just before it went into a full rally car period with the 5th generation All-Trac / GT-Four (1990-1993). This one is no slouch. And it is be the best looking one with the greenhouse hatch,
@sloanienz8 жыл бұрын
+Brendan A. MacWade Fair sure the ST165 was also a WRC car too?
@negativeindustrial8 жыл бұрын
ST-205 was where they really got it all right. My WRC is perfect
@justinvasko35776 жыл бұрын
That's roughly $49,000 adjusted to 2018 numbers!
@KB-hn3tx5 ай бұрын
Wow - you really get what you pay for. I knew early on in the video that this car wasn't cheap, but $23,703 in 1988 ?? In today's dollars that would be around 60 grand. You would have to be filthy rich to drive this bad boy.
@trucavalier9 жыл бұрын
yesss!
@Tampa01234567899 жыл бұрын
Dam babyboomers. Us younger crowd don't have anything sweet to drive anymore. Seems to be getting worst. Boring crossovers and couches on wheels.
@blues038 жыл бұрын
+Tampa0123456789 If you think it's bad for us, wait until we're old and the (then) newer generation only has all electric or hybirds to choose from. I don't dislike the future tech (nor the always maximum torque all the time of performance electric cars) but I don't like when moving forward means fewer options. Also, heh, I wonder if the boomers that were young adults in the 80s miss 50-60s era cars.
@davidg40266 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me??? There have never been so many amazing vehicles to choose from as there are now!! The 70's, 80's and early 90's gave us mostly under-powered, under-engineered cars/trucks that couldn't stop or go around corners to save it's life! Be thankful that you can buy a minivan today that has double the horsepower, and can out handle/brake of most sportscars from the 80's. I got my driver's license in the 80's and I remember being rather angry that the auto manufacturers seemed to be sitting on their hands and feeding us subpar vehicles year after year. I've owned two Alltrac's, both '88 models, and yes they were an exceptional car for their time, but almost any current economy car would run circles around in now. You used to hear car enthusiasts talk about how the 60's was the golden age of the muscle car, but the 60's ain't got nothing's on 2017... 300 hp minivans and 700+ hp muscle/sportscars! Hello!!!
@dmcnamara98596 жыл бұрын
David G: EPA/DOT does not require smog pumps,EGR valves running all the time once the coolant temp got to a certain degree like the 1970s/1980s cars did and neither do today's vehicles have (very heavy) hazard/damage-free 5-7mph safety bumpers that was required in the 1970s/1980s. A teenager of the 1980s, I was privileged to regulary drive: the Ferrari 308,Saab 9000/900,BMW 320i,325,528e, 733s,XJs,El Caminos, Datsun/Nissan Zs, Peugeot 505s(gas and diesel),Benz 240Ds,300TDs/300SDs,Audi 5000s,Camaros,Mark II Supras, New (grey market) Lorinser 500SEC,Bronco,etc. and all the other common variety vehicles that were New/late-model then.For extra cash, I detailed the neighbors cars on weekends and when school was out during the Summer. Those car may have been slower than today's econo-shitboxes...but they were way funner to drive and had character (lacking in today's cars).With Germany still desperately recovering from WW2...Base/Mid-level German cars could be had at quite a discount on the West Coast. My rides in high-school were the Sprint,Peugeot Turbo Diesel, Conquest TSI and multiple Honda Scooters. The Sprint (until I begged for the TSI) was my punishment for taking a corner too fast in the Peugeot around a corner/slamming into a curb..completely biffed the Strut-Tower and shredded the floor to bits. As bad as that New Sprint was (slow wise,especially when the AC compressor kicked-on), it served a great purpose in me learning to fling a car around a corner without losing control and totaling another car. Driving that car was like driving a big go-kart. A 1,500 lbs econo-shitbox (Suzuki Cultus/Chevy Sprint) that you can fling around corners,and that got 45-60 mpg ....no manufacture for the North American market offers anything close Today.....even if one were to add in all that "adjusted for inflation bullshit". A Prius can't even match that little car for MPG. If my memory serves me right,being the deluxe version, my dad paid like $7,500 out the door with tax.....the TSI,bought with a newspaper coupon only cost $12,500 before trade-in was deducted.....affordable even then.
@mudejartrainingnaturalscie69385 жыл бұрын
@@blues03 all cars will be self-driving by 2025
@mudejartrainingnaturalscie69385 жыл бұрын
@@davidg4026 300 hp minivans? since when is a minivan exciting? Since never. Yes the power is up but the thrill and excitment of driving is gone. Unless you spend $80k but even then the cars are so heavy and bulky. They are only a few gems, ie. toyota /Subaru Brz, miata, and other bulbus plastic cars that look the same.
@nutsackmania9 жыл бұрын
nice video description
@taylorious16934 жыл бұрын
“So the Japanese continue with their dogged pursuit of the German ideal” > salt.
@pbfloyd139 жыл бұрын
Good luck finding one of these on the east coast in good nick....
@aquateen777239 жыл бұрын
I know, right! They're all disintegrated by now.
@pbfloyd139 жыл бұрын
aquateen77723 * sigh * At least we have the Supras...more or less.
@recpro78478 жыл бұрын
Prrrriiiiccceeeyyy! Why did Toyota stop making cars like this? Budget cuts. This is why their cars aren't built as well as they used to be. The big 3 caught up too; another reason why they don't go out on a limb like they did in the past.
@supercooled8 жыл бұрын
Yup. Why risk a uncertain venture when pumping out Corollas and Camry's make up the bulk of their sales? The Celica was the last sports car they made if you don't count the FRS.
@jakobholgersson44007 жыл бұрын
I think it more has to do with companies making their sports coupés FWD instead of RWD to save money. Eventually consumers realised that these cars weren't proper sports cars and sales dropped. Natural solution? Stop making coupés in any shape of form.
@sigmaprojects6 жыл бұрын
I have a hard time counting the FRS since Subaru made that. And now the new Supra will be a BMW rebadge.
@roddydykes70535 жыл бұрын
Rec Pro yeah geeze it’s like $43K USD at that price, cool car but holy hell it makes modern cars look a bit better in value
@landyachtfan794 жыл бұрын
Think Toyota has always just built Avalons, Camrys, & Corollas?!!!!! NAY NAY!!!!!! There was a time, in the 80's & '90's, when they built cars that kicked some SERIOUS ASS, & this 1988 Celica All-Trac is surely a fine representation of that!!!!!
@Anderson-ky6ps Жыл бұрын
Época boa desse automotivo retrô
@juliusjones9724 жыл бұрын
The first car I ever driving in my town
@rarecat17167 жыл бұрын
Where's the as Standard wrc Replica All-Trac Functional turbo intake Twin Hood Scoop's ?
@RolandoMarreroPR4 жыл бұрын
Rarecat these All-tracs were water Inter cooled. The ‘90s version were the ones with the air cooled hood scoop.