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09-18-2017, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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Next-Gen Toyota GT86 To Be Renamed Celica?
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09-18-2017, 09:01 PM | #2 |
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Doubt it but until it says it here > http://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/en/ it's just another speculative rumour.
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Pure fiction. Doesn't even realty qualify as speculation.
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09-18-2017, 09:08 PM | #4 |
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Lol agree with Tcoat.
The current 86 traces lineage back to the ae86.. They're not going to all of a sudden switch it up to known as a Celica. If they do actually give us a new celica, it'll be an entirely different vehicle. What would be really cool is if they brought out a new Celica and it was also rear wheel drive... like it was for the first 3 generations.
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Things went downhill when the last celica changed to fwd.
fwd is much more for eco boxes , like yaris. How about a coupe yaris with a fat turbo for smoking front tyres and renaming it celica? |
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OH GOD IT'S ALL MY FAULT
...not really, but last week I found the Celica trademark. It was actually official on August 31. I always search Subaru's and Toyota's trademarks (honestly so I can see if they ever have BRZ STI, BRZ Turbo, or 86 Turbo). Anyways I posted the link on Reddit (r/cars), it got pretty popular and the next day The Drive and Car And Driver had posted an article about it.
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They are basing this on a patent filing. That's it. It may be true that Celica has more name recognition than 86, but the 86 name is growing it's own rep and own name.
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maybe this will wear the Celica nameplate?
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I'll bet the Celica badge will be stuck on whatever the next-gen TC was going to be.
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I thought there was some kind of Toyota BMW thing going on that was going to be the Celica
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Ahh, thank you. Senior moment!
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I'll add Motor1 to the list of "automotive publications completely full of shit"
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