Toyota Celica 1.8 Review

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Toyota Celica 1.8
4.3 stars
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Belatucadrus's Review of Toyota Celica 1.8

6th May 2007

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    5 Years
  • Performance
    4.5 stars
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2001
  • Doors
    2
  • Practicality
    4 stars
Good Points

Looks.
Performance.
Fairly practical for a coupe.


Bad Points

Corroding alloy wheels.
Vinyl rear seats.


General Comments

Beautiful car and very reliable, I did have a duff ECM, but it didn't cause any real problems day to day and Toyota swapped it out immediately. It has a decent hatchback and boot space is fine for most applications. Interior space is generally OK for three, though rear headroom is limited. I've yet to get anybody to sit behind the driver, legroom there when I drive is zero. Mine has the leather front seats which are very comfortable and the vinyl rear which is very practical, but looks a bit tacky. I wanted a bit of performance, so selected the 190 version and have never regretted it, the gearing's a bit shorter than the 140 so fuel consumption may not be quite as good, but driven sensibly low thirties MPG should be easily attainable. On the plus side when you feel like driving like a loon the option is there and when you get the hang of keeping that VVTLi on song it do go quite nicely thank you, though unsurprisingly there is a price for this as the consumption of go go juice tends to increase.
Some reviewers here and elsewhere have made adverse comments about ride comfort, I suspect that the common factor is 17" rims. People using 15" steels or 16" alloys seem to have fewer problems comfort wise. Toyota alloys however are rubbish, despite much TLC mine corroded all to hell and after three years looked really scabby, it's also something you can see on some Lexus and really lets down the cars appearance. Toyota wanted £1200 to replace just the wheels with an identical set, I wasn't interested and went for a set of Dotz Brands Hatch with Kumho KU31 tyres fitted for £630 all in. Looks miles better and I'll put money on them lasting longer. Jacks up the insurance a few quid, bit nowhere near enough to warrant sticking with Toyota's option.
I love this car and have no idea why Toyota chose to drop it without a replacement in the works, apparently a new Supra is due out later this year, but for how much?

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