1997 Toyota Celica ss111 from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

Brake pads replaced at 100k

Shrinkwrap plastic on S/Steel door trim fell off.

Have had to replace a headlight bulb too.

Oh, and oil, air-filter & antifreeze.

Maintenace has been smooth as.

Shame you guys in the States don't get the opportunity to drive the real Celica. 177 horses under the bonnet doesn't quit on power, its only the length of road that stops ya.

Serious fun.

Seats on most versions in NZ are Recarro, racing, low slung.

Buy them in, you'll not regret it.

Sorry to say buddy, but yours cannot be a Celica, they never came out as a 3.0 liter, it's a supra I think you will find.

3.0 must be a typo. The SS3 is a 2.0 with (I think) around 170hp in automatic form.

I have just bought a 1996 s2 and it is very fast. It has the 133kw motor or 180 hp. It's the same motor as the MR2 the 3S-GE and its very rev happy and very punchy. I know lots about cars and have driven a lot of cars and I must say as a factory motor this will be one of the top five fastest non turbo two litre I have driven up with the SR20DE from Nissan. Highly recommended good drive!

Not very happy with my Celica SS2 I just got, all links had to be replaced as well as the two front shocks, plus putting up with all the rattles inside and out, very poor build by Toyota, it will only be a matter of time before the engine starts burning oil as well, so good bye Celica.

Isn't the Toyota ss3 in this year the Yamaha Beams engine, I have the beams engine manual, it has 200bhp and it is a little demon!!

The 1996 ss3 gives out 178hp, european spec.

This year was the beams engine with 210bhp, I had an ss111 non beams, amazing car but the super-strut suspension was the biggest mistake Toyota ever made. Yes, if you are aware that every 60k miles it's worth replacing the figure of 8 links, but the wear on the suspension in this time makes for costly replacement. It all seems pointless when the McPherson set up has none of the problems the super-strut has.