Celica made a significant splash when it came over to America, helping spark Toyota's growing market share in the U.S.

The Supra may have the limelight now, but it's the Celica that boasts a half-century of heritage.

The Toyota 7. The Celica GTO. The Toyota-Eagle MKIII GTP. The Corolla WRC. The GT-One. The Supra GT500. Over the past five decades, those were but a few of the race-prepped production machines ...

The first Celica, which replaced the Yota-hachi in Toyota's lineup, was a far less odd and toy-like proposition. In fact, it was a copy of an already successful idea.

The 1985 win in the GTO Class at Laguna Seca came when the team used the old GTU car with a new 2.1-liter 4T-GT engine. That same year, the Celica finished second in the GTU Championship.

Yet another Celica trademark suggests Toyota isn't prepared to abandon this name, and with a bit of luck, an all-new sports car may be on the horizon ...

It takes a serious JDM fan to recognize at first sight the Colt Galant GTO, Mitsubishi’s Celica rival during the seventies. Taking styling cues from well-known American muscle cars, like the ...

I think I'd rather have this 1985 Celica Supra instead. The second generation Supra still partied with its Celica brethren, sharing that puny pony's hatchback bodywork from the A-pillar back.

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The Supra may have the limelight now, but it's the Celica that boasts a half-century of heritage.