Toyota Celica Reboot Concept

[renyeo]

Originally Posted by SkullWorks

Was wondering what was to come of all of these toyota/BMW talks of late.

There's no talk of a new Celica or the BMW-Toyota sports car at Tokyo. But here's an official image of the Lexus RC coupe concept at the show, though.

[renyeo]

Originally Posted by Bristecom

No offense but it looks terrible to me. As the others said, it looks like a Mustang or Camaro or some American car. You aren't going to appeal to hardly anyone by making it look like the first Celica. Besides, the name Celica comes from the Japanese pronunciation of the word "sleek." That's like the opposite of sleek.

This is always my favorite Celica. I'd only consider buying one again if they made it AWD and look like this again:

The oldgirl's a timeliness beauty.

The car, damnit!

[renyeo]

American's all-time favorite pony car the 'Stang gets Europeanized for international audience. C/D's rendering is said to be a near-accurate portrayal of the production model to be revealed next year as the 2015 model.

[subwaynm]

I think it's fairly close as the new retros go: and I like it

[renyeo]

Originally Posted by subwaynm

I think it's fairly close as the new retros go: and I like it

Europe's pedestrian safety rules requiring a higher hood mean those sleek pop-up headlights and slam dunk hunkered down frontend were no more. To replicate the streamlined profile that was looong time design domain of sports cars will present a massive challenge for automakers going forward.

[rcm47]

So this is where Nissan got the idx idea from..