Toyota Celica Panasonic Special Edition

[redtuna]

I was picking up my car from the dealership today :D :D and I saw one, it was a GTS with the new Panasonic SE package, has anyone else seen this??? It looks amazing(the interior) and it come with the TRD body kit and Panasonic MP3 player too... Man, if only I hadn't bought my car :D

Here are the options that come with the GT package
Toyota Celica Panasonic Special Edition

Colour Keyed Door Trim
Colour Keyed Steering Wheel
Keyless Entry
Colour Keyed Front Seats
Special Edition Owners Wallet
TRD Full Skirt Package
TRD Rear Spoiler
Special Edition Badging
Removable Audio Face Plate
Panasonic 180-watt Audio
AM/FM/CD with MP3 Player
Unique Special Edition Floor Mats

[MSR27]

Pics?

[Silver Jet]

yeah love to see some pics. I'm curious about the colour keyed front seats. I should have waited when I bought my Celica. But I would have gotten a slow Celica that looks fast. Damn Toyota for adding a moonroof to Pkg C for the GT! And damn them for not making this pkg available to 2000 and 2001 models! I'm waiting for the 2004 GT-S!

[redtuna]

hmmm... I gotta go get some extra keys from the dealership next week, maybe i'll take sum pics then, cause I just moved and the dealership is like 50km away from me =) its the only one I seen with the car, but the front seats are the same as the regular Celica seats, except its made with velvet or something, and the seats are colour coded, the one I saw was a red celica GTS and the seats were Black and Red, and the door had red also, looks good, ohhh, also red abd black leather steering wheel... makes the car look really different, and it really shows up... If you are buying a new Celica, I suggest you look into it. BTW the exterior is just like any other celica with the action package in case u r wondering..

[jotan82]

hmm, sounds interesting... i'll look for pix on the net

[larryd]

sounds like the dealer souped it up.. not uncommon to do..

[redtuna]

No, its actually on the Toyota website, atleast the canadian one, dunno about american website... www.toyota.ca if u wanna head over and take a look..

[GReddy Celica]

are u from canada eh??? cause this might be a package available only in canada.

[Da Kine Guy]

Panasonic Edition Celica is only in Canada right now. Dunno if they will bring it to the states.

Question for you Canadian guys real quick - Are your Celica's USA or UK spec? Like are your A/C controls the button ones with climate control? Just curious.

[redtuna]

Nope, just regular AC here, no climate control... I don't like this, we in North America are always getting screwed.... Would be nice to have climate control, sure its not a necessity, but nice to have :D

Pretty cool how we are getting those Panasonic Edition celicas first, I think thats the last time Canada is ever getting anything before the states, cause I don't think they are gonna sell that well, hell, I don't see that many Celicas here in Mississauga anyways... BTW, just wondering any of you guys store your Celica in the winter? maybe thats why I haven't seen that many.

[SpankinGT-S]

If you look at the website and see the virtual reality pictures of the interior the center dash looks green instead of orange. Is this stock for the Canadian Celica?

[yohoss]

shoot! i might have to get one of yall up north to get one of those steering wheels for me if the dealer price is decent. I've wanted the JDM one for a while but I havnt had the funds.

[FriedRice]

owners wallet? i say screw that and the mp3 player..... why are they fooling around with mp3 players? (protege mp3- celica mp3?)WE NEED BOOST! AND WE NEED IT NOW! first the action package and now this..... very strange indeed.... i guess celica has been demoted to secretary car again like previous gen..... ah well :gap:

[TRD_555]

I'll take some picture of that car for all yo guys out there~ btw it's like the action package only the interior is custom with swead lether!

[Redline]

I noticed they labeled the celica and solara "sports cars" lol... canada is a funny place... :) (jk)

[jotan82]

any pix? or links to websites?

[ringthree]

GRRRRRR, I jsut called canada and most of the parts are just like the JDM parts. This may ultimately be the solution to my interior colored parts delimma

[ringthree]

Does anybody know of a candian toyoto dealership that is like West Covina. Or can David Draper get these parts?

[gt2000quebec]

a lot of pics here ;)
http://pages.infinit.net/cceq1/images/toyota-celica-panasonic.jpg
http://pages.infinit.net/cceq1/images/toyota-celica-panasonic2.jpg
http://pages.infinit.net/cceq1/images/toyota-celica-panasonic3.jpg
http://pages.infinit.net/cceq1/images/toyota-celica-panasonic5.jpg
http://pages.infinit.net/cceq1/images/toyota-celica-panasonic6.jpg

[GTS LAID]

wut the hell.. that looks retarded... i've seen 300 cars on this site that look a gagillion times better with just a little work.

[CelicaDetective]

The pic site isn't workin...

[ringthree]

Yeah I dont think they look that good either, it's not the same as the JDM stuff.

[Angelo]

I could be wrong but it looks like that red Celica on the pictures doesn't have hoodscoop! I think they released Panasonic Edition as a tribute to Toyota F1 team...Anyone here follows f1? I'm so happy that Toyota is doing good...

Angelo
2000 GTS Challenge

[gt2000quebec]

are the pics working for some peeps here??? for me they're ok

[jotan82]

the pix work...

look like re-wrapped seats/door cushions/shift knob and a head unit

what else?

[HilfigerCelica]

I'm loving the seats.

[MarkyMark]

Originally posted by GTS LAID
wut the hell.. that looks retarded... i've seen 300 cars on this site that look a gagillion times better with just a little work.

mental note......new word to use, gagillion :D

[redtuna]

Its just the same seats as any regular celica, but its suade or velvet, but i did notice they felt kinda cheap... But you gotta look at the price though, you get the Action Package, and the cool interior for like $3,000(Canadian) more than the base package, so Its not a bad deal... For someone who isn't gonna do alot of custom work on their car, I think it is perfect, but for most people on this site, it might not be the right choice... I think Toyota is just trying to compete with the Protoge MP3 and the Sentra SE-R Spec-V with its crazy interior... Ohhh, and the quality and look of the toyota seats are like 100 times better then the SE-R Spec-V. Not to the cheap white gauges found on the Sentra, man, for $23k, you'd expect them to put more then a piece of white paper in there, cause thats wut the Spec-V's gauge looks like, along with all those other Nissans.

[t2000gts]

you're seeing the first marketing results of Team Panasonic Toyota Racing's venture into Formula 1 :D

http://www.formula1.com/graphics02/images02/genpics/races/australia/sunday020303/pics/imsalo.jpg

http://www.formula1.com/graphics02/images02/genpics/races/australia/friday020301/pics/immcnishontrack.jpg

i think it looks better on the F1 car. i think they just ripped the entire idea off timeport/carlos :D


and i never get tired of this other F1 pic (flying bmws!):

http://www.formula1.com/graphics02/images02/genpics/races/australia/sunday020303/pics/imralfstart2.jpg

[larryd]

i like the seats and the steerign wheel.. other then that :(

[racinjason]

So how much are they rippin people for this package??? 28-29,000?? Oh forgot it's Canada... 35-37 thousand?

[TRD_555]

34500 CND

[baNanA_ryCe]

hey..wat's the deck that they're using?

[BRAK]

Just get your seats custom restiched... thats what im doing.

[racinjason]

Close... What a rip. You could bet most of that done for a fraction of the price from outside the dealership.