Toyota introduced the Celica in 1970 and it remained in production until April of 2006, through seven generations and many different four-cylinder engines and body styles. The Fourth Generation of the Celica (T160) was built from 1985 through 1989.The front-wheel-drive 4th Gen Celica had a rounder body and powered by new 2.0-liter four-cylinder engines. No longer built on the Toyota A platform (now exclusively reserved for the Supra), instead, it used the T platform underpinning the Toyota Corona. The wheelbase measured 99.4 inches and had a length of 173.6 inches for the coupe and convertible while the liftback was slightly smaller at 171.9 inches. In October of 1986, the Japanese market received the GT-Four (ST165) version with full-time all-wheel drive, an electronically controlled central locking differential, and a turbocharged version of the GT-S 2.0-liter engine delivering nearly 200 horsepower. The suspension was comprised of MacPherson struts and anti-sway bars in the front while the rear used struts with a trailing link, anti-sway bar, and twin lateral links per side.
The standard 2.0-liter overhead-cam engine developed 97 horsepower and the dual-overhead-cam version produced upwards of 135 horsepower. A convertible body style joined the coupe and hatchback for the 1987 model year, only to be dropped for the 1990 model year when the Celica received a restyled. It was revived a year later.
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It became available to export markets beginning in 1987 and the U.S. for 1988 where it was marketed as the All-Trac Turbo. Also in 1988, it made its World Rally debut in the 1988 Tour de Corse where it finished 6th. Its first outright non-WRC victory was at Cyprus in 1988. A year later, its first WRC victory was earned at the Rally Australia.
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Considered to be the perennial competitor to the Honda Prelude, the Toyota Celica is an I4-powered coupe introduced several years prior to the Prelude. Breaking down the word Celica, the Spanish word means heavenly or celestial and seems to inspire light and airy composition. Considering that Celicas have been built around Toyotas high-performance inline-4 engine its difficult to imagine this....
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