Toyota Celica Standard

After my gorgeous Alfa 156 blew up on the M6 I had to get something else with similair qualities ....but reliable! So ... I bought an early 2003 Celica 1.8 VVTi from Culvers in Stockport (excellent experience) with 14K miles on the clock. That was 14 months & a big 36,000 miles ago, mainly motorway driving. Happy to report it is totally reliably and has never let me down. Like the Alfa, and unlike many Euro-box vanilla saloons / MPV's I could have gone for, it's the sort of car you actually look forward to driving. Great looks, superb handling, super-smooth on motorways, very comfortable over long distances & OK economy. Add the boring bits ...

When my uncle decided to buy a new car, I recommended him to buy a Toyota Celica. It was like it's name sleek-a. It looked very cool and knowing Toyota, it was probably very reliable and very good value for money. Everytime I saw it on the street, I always glanced at it and looked at it in admiration. So, this seemed like the perfect car to buy. He went off to the nearest Toyota Garage and test drove the Celica. He loved it. It was extremely smooth, extremely comfortable and best of all, the steering wheel was easy to use (a must for my uncle). So, sleek, easy to park, good looking, economical, confortable, smooth...absolutely brilliant sports car. ...

After carefully considering the options I decided that the trusty Passat 1.8T had to go in favour of a smaller, sportier car. Not that I’ve been un-happy with the old VW - It was comfortable, reliable, and for its size, economical, but I no longer had a need for a car that was at it’s best on long motorway journeys. I was after something that would be a pleasure to drive on the twisty stuff. I read the motor magazines and narrowed down my choices to the Audi TT or the Toyota Celica. The Audi was tempting me as I hoped that it would share many of the virtues of the VW. However, even the cheapest TT Coupe was £4K more than the most expensive Celica, ...