1990 Toyota Celica GT-four from UK and Ireland - Comments

29th Aug 2002, 09:51

"Nice car, but not very reliable, has lots of potential for modding"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Head Gasket blew @ 120,000 miles.

Turbo seized taking out my engine by spitting bits of turbine into my piston chambers and oil @ 121,000 miles.

Both sills underneath body kit completely rusted, rust in other places underneath car. Arches starting to bubble rust. Radiators rusted and will need replacing soon.

Starter motor failed @ 120,000 miles.

Power steering hose failed @ 120,000 miles.

Turbo hoses cracked.

Pop-up lights work when they want to.

"Flexi" part of front pipe failed.

Speedometer failed.

General comments?

Despite what went wrong with the car it was a nice motor, and feels good to drive.

It was a quick car, but I feel a 2000cc 16v turbo motor should of been quicker than it was.

Noticeable under-steer due to heavy front end.

Looks a lovely car.

Waste of money since everything that could, did go wrong.


31st Aug 2002, 10:50

This car is 4 wheel drive, hence it is one of the quickest for it's year and type. What did you expect with that level of horse power?


14th Nov 2005, 09:58

I thought the GT4's from this year were 1800cc not 2000cc engines, if I'm right you can't grumble about the performance really can u.


23rd Dec 2006, 17:07

All gt4's/alltracs are 3sgte 2.0 turbos. jeeeez.


8th Nov 2007, 13:39

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Owning a old car, you can expect problems, but if its well taken care of the Celica GTFOUR is great car. I myself own one and after 3 years not one single problem. The car beats the crap out of most of the moderen I4 sports car today and it has more options to boot.

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