How does it compare

[DennisV]

Hello everyone I'm new to the board and have a question.

I have owned an 89 celica st and a 90 celica gt. I liked both cars and I am seriously considering a 2000 or 2001 GT or GTS. I know the GTS is great, but I hear little talk of the GT. If I buy a celica is getting the GT just an impatient move or is the GT really a great car too? How does it compare to the 90.

Thank You

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[JaCelica2k]

The Celica GT is really a great car. I decided to go with the GT for many reasons......(read: mainly insurance) My girlfriend has a 91 celica. I think it is the same as the 90'. Anyway that is a nice car, but the 2000 is in a different ballpark. You really need to take one for a test drive. I would not say it is fast, but I would not say that the GT-S is fast either. The only place where you are going to notice a significant difference is at about 6,000 RPM's where you hit lift in the GT-S and get ready to shift(I know it is really 7,000) in the GT. The only way to tell is to go out and drive them boh. You won't be disappointed.

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[vvtlikick]

As for the manuals, the Celica GT 5 speed and GT-S 6 speed are both great cars. The GT-S has the advantage in straightline speed, but a for really tight race track (think autocrossing), the driver determines which is faster. However, now that I've experienced "lift" (VVTL-i), I wouldn't give it up for anything (other than a turbo http://www.newcelica.org/ubb/wink.gif).

As for the autos, the GT auto is a stylish, good handling economy car (of course, being a auto, it's slow). The GT-S Auto is a terrible car, because it's as slow as the GT Auto, but it costs thousands more.

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[RoblesGT]

If you have the $$$ get the GT-S manual ... that way you wont regret not getting it. It gets faster on the top end and its almost the same as the GT. I got the GT for monetary purposes but that is my decision. Drive em both and pick one, that is the best way to go!

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[Blastofo]

Buy whichever one you can afford. Both are great cars for the money. But whether you chose GT or the GT-S, make sure its a manual transmission!



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