Toyota has been rumored to be working on the eighth generation of the Celica. Although Toyota is indeed coming back with an affordable sporty car, it hasn't been confirmed that this car will in fact be a "Celica". This alleged Celica is projected to be made with the help of Subaru (Toyota owns 16.7% of Fuji Heavy Industries). Reports indicate that the new Celica would come in two trims: a sub-$20,000 200 hp front-engine/rear-wheel-drive GT and a 300 hp front-engine/all-wheel-drive GT-4, using a new Boxer engine, respectively. [2] The next generation Toyota Celica will possibly be available in two versions, a Celica GT and Celica GT-4. The GT should be powered by the 2.0-litre flat-4 boxer and will be rear-wheel-drive, while the GT-4 would receive the 300 hp 2.0-litre boxer from the Impreza WRX STI with Subaru's all-wheel-drive (possibly including in-wheel electric motors for added power on the wheels). Further rumours are that Toyota may return to WRC with the new Celica.
The Toyota "Celica" is proposed to also have two body stylings; a true coupe as well as a three-door hatchback. There will supposedly not be a five-door hatch since that would directly compete with the Subaru Impreza hatchback.
The "Celica" is expected to be built by Subaru at the Gunma plant. It is not known whether the next "Celica" will be available outside Japan.[3]
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