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Originally Posted by zigzagz94
You do know that the "Supra" started out as just a top of the line trim option on the Celica right? It meant that you got the bigger inline 6 engine, a tiny supra badge, and a different front facia. Having owned a MKII Celica Supra, yes that's what they were called, I can tell you that it wasn't all that much different from the base celica of that time. The supra was to the celica as the STi is to the WRX, same car with a more powerful engine and a few differnet body panels. It wasn't until the third generation did the Supra break away into it's own model when the celica went FWD. So technically the Celica has been around much longer and carries way more historical value.
The problem is that nintendo generation fanbois only think of the MKIV when you say Supra and have no sense of where that car came from. If it wasn't for the Celica there would have been no supra. And since Toyota is trying to get back to it's roots with cheap affordable RWD sportscars then the Celica name fits a lot more than the luxo gt cruiser supra.
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agreed. back when the celica first debuted in the 1970s, the celica was the true sports car in the toyota lineup, while the levin/trueno was more of a sporty corolla. even in the 80s when the ae86 was out, the mark I and mark II supra were actually called "celica xx" in japan. even after the celica went FF, there was always the GT-Four spec which carried on the true sports car mantle, all the way up to the 6th gen celica (during the same time, the levin had become FF as well). it was only the 7th gen celica that was only offered in FF(at least in japan). so historically speaking, the Celica name has more of a true sporting heritage within the toyota hierarchy. well, before '99 anyway.