Mark 1 Celica
God what a nice-looking car that was. Sadly, it was pretty much all downhill for the Celica after that— slowly at first, then precipitously.
Shame you don’t ever see these anywhere but on the west coast, either.
Images: Dylan Leff (plenty of nice stuff here)
Motoring Con Brio 
Best looking Yota ever made IMO!! Love these cars!
Brandon: Richmond, VA said this on May 27, 2011 at 12:27 pm
So true, love the look of the RA21/TA22 body. I wish I could grab a good example of one. I believe that Red one is for sale on japonesenostalgiccar.com.
Alex said this on May 27, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Being almost 10 years younger than the last year of this generation, I have only recently started loving this design. I can only hope to see one in decent shape now!
Danny Chin said this on May 27, 2011 at 3:49 pm
My next door neighbor’s got a very nice forest green example of this great car. Very cool, though an automatic. Living on the east coast, it’s a rare bird indeed.
Noah said this on May 27, 2011 at 7:36 pm
sounds tasty. let’s see a photo!
motoringconbrio said this on May 27, 2011 at 9:12 pm
a little rusty, but in great shape for Vermont.
Noah said this on May 30, 2011 at 10:29 am
the red car would be perfect except for those stupid stretched tyres.
wm said this on May 28, 2011 at 12:53 am
I do love this design. I love that japanese cars from this era mimicked American and German cars (Celica – pony cars, or 510 – BMW 2002, etc) but now not only do other manufacturers take designs and cues from Japanese manufacturers, but everyone wants to capture a bit of Hyundai’s new styling magic! What a fascinating industry.
thefuturegarage said this on June 4, 2011 at 1:29 pm