'85 the last year for RWD? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Ice|Burn · 07-31-2009, 12:55 AM

I've been doing some searching and I can't find a definitive answer. Was 85 the last year the Celica was offered in RWD or not?

What about the Supra's in the mid 90's?

fishexpo101 · 07-31-2009, 01:37 PM

In the North American market - the 4th gen Celica (1986-1989) marked the beginning of the end of the RWD layout, if you don't count the later AWD models. The previous three generations - were all FR layout.

That year also marked the "split" between the Celica and Supra into two distinct model lines. All Supra models carried the FR layout - including the MK-III (1986?-1992) and MK-IV (1993-1998).

Ice|Burn · 07-31-2009, 08:05 PM

That's really too bad. I loved driving my '84, but it was time for her to move on. I really miss the feeling of driving a RWD sports car. I've been looking at the Scion tC as it's really the only current two door coupe toyota makes. While it's not a Celica it is the spiritual successor. But I've only driven RWD and just don't like the FWD concept at all.

stepho · 08-01-2009, 04:41 AM

The Celica was RWD up to July 1985.
Here's the full list of dates for every RWD Celica model.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~stepho/celprod.htm

After that it was mostly FWD with a few 4WD models.

The Supra remained RWD for it's entire life.
Effectively the Celica and Supra split into separate model lines when the Celica went FWD.

- Stepho