4-Wheel-Deal: 1990 Toyota Celica AllTrac
The Toyota Celica was an affordable ‘sporty’ coupe from Toyota, and
quite frankly a horrible car once it made the switch from rear wheel
drive to front wheel drive when the fourth generation Celica debuted in
1986. The only notable exception is the All-Trac turbo cars that
combined all-wheel-drive with a turbocharged 4-banger to put some fun
back into the 4 wheeled washing machines from the company founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937. This 5th generation (T180) Find this 1990 Toyota Celica AllTrac here on eBay bidding for $4,500 located in Indianapolis, IN with 4 days to go.
This T180 generation GT-Four All-Trac is powered by a transverse mounted
turbocharged and intercooled 3S-GTE 2.0 liter inline 4 putting out 200
horsepower and 142 ft-lbs of torque into a 5spd manual transmission.
The low power output and prone to understeer All-Trac system made the
Celica a slightly less fun-to-drive alternative to AWD offerings from
Mistubishi, Mazda & Subaru, but its handsome design and rock solid
reliability trumped its competitors.
You mean ST185 Celica, the first Japanese car and brand to win a WRC Championship, 2 in fact, and 3 For drivers. And you couldn't be more wrong about the engine, it is a weapon. It powered the cars in Japan's GT championships for quite a while, even the Supras which had the legendary 2JZ in street cars. The power is not low (for it's day) USDM cars had 200hp & 200 ft-lbs of torque despite what you list, more in the rest of the world. If you want to see inside the engine have a look back at the intro for Grand Turismo 3. You're off on the handling too (mostly), all those psuedo competitors never marketed their offering at the same time.
Y'all done got Mahered.