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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator
Celica has been around for ages and has tons of name recognition (as much hate as the 7th gen version shown gets, it was still a popular car for a little bit. I think it gets more love now than it did when it first came out, Maybe the 7th gen got more love because the Scion tC wasn't exactly what people wanted as its spiritual successor.)
86 has been around since Initial D popularized it...… (and it was merely a chassic code....the car itself is named Sprinter/Trueno or Corolla GTS in North America).
Not sure if they COULD place the Celica somewhere where it could be revived though.
Small RWD? 86 and Supra has that spot covered.
FWD? FWD compact coupes are pretty much dead, and it would most likely fit better as a 2 door Corolla coupe. And I doubt if they did that they would call it a Celica over a 2 door corolla coupe....
4WD? Is there a market for a rally style 4WD coupe?
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The entire world wide media assumed the Scion FRS / Toyota GT86 was going to be called a Toyota Celica. Right up until it wasn't. It makes zero sense for Toyota not to. It would have given the car instant cache, credibility, and name recognition.