Toyota Celica and Celica Supra Trims

In 1976 the Toyota Celica emerged as an economical small car to eventually offer a high performance all wheel drive sports car. This highly popular little car is often modified by "tuners" and has seen much attention by the likes of Motor Trend, the Discovery Channels "Monster Garage" and was even named the official vehicle of the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1976.

Toyota Celica

We will be starting with the 1995 model year and working our way up to the time it was discontinued in 2005.

By 1995 Toyota was offering its popular Celica with 2 four cylinder engines a 1.8 liter and a 2.2 liter. There were 5 Trims available in 1995 the ST Sport Coupe 2 door, the ST Liftback 2 door, the GT Sport Coupe 2 door, the GT Liftback 2 door, and the GT Convertible 2 door that also came with an optional automatic transmission. These 5 trims were also offered in 1996.

In 1997 Toyota stopped offering the Celica GT Sport Coupe 2 door which was reintroduced in 1998 after Toyota stopped offering the Celica ST Sport Coupe and the Celica ST liftback trims. In 1998 the 1.8 liter engine was also dropped for Celicas.

Toyota further reduced their Celica offerings in 1999 leaving only the GT Liftback and the GT Convertible trims with an automatic transmission option for the GT convertible.

The 2000 model year seen further changes when Toyota switched out the 2.2 liter engine and only offered a 1.8 liter engine on the Celica Trims. They also stopped offering the GT Convertible and started offering a GT-S Liftback with an optional automatic transmission. This set of trim packages continued through the 2005 modle year when Toyota discontinued offering the Toyota Celica in all trim packages.

Toyota Celica Supra

The Celica Supra starting arriving in dealerships late in the 1997 model year. In 1995 the Celica Supra was offered with a 6 cyl. 3.0 liter engine (both standard and turbo) as a 2 door liftback. It had two options a sports roof and a manual 6 speed transmission. Those two options were removed for the 1996 model year and were reintroduced with the 1997 model year in the LTD edition Supra Liftback.

In 1998 the LTD edition was removed and the standard edition was offered again with the turbo version offering an optional manual 6 speed transmission and the non turbo a sport roof. 1998 marked the final year for the Toyota Celica Supra.

By the time that the Celica was discontinued 2,218,997 Celicas had been sold in the United States.