Would you buy this if it were the 2024 Toyota Celica

If Toyota made this - the 2024 Toyota Celica - would you buy it.

From AE

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Some cars disappear, and nobody notices. Others leave a gap that no
other model is able to fulfill, as well as a legion of fans. Ask those
folks who love the Toyota Celica if the Japanese carmaker should bring
them back. While Toyota does not do that, rendering artist Theottle
used his skill to make that happen with an unlikely match: the new
Prius and the GT86.

Theottle used the GT86 body to give it the Prius treatment, and the
resulting vehicle left us amazed: it looks modern and attractive.
Supposing it could mix the best characteristics of both worlds, it
would be very efficient and fun to drive: a hybrid with rear-wheel
drive (which is not that efficient, but whatever).

The Toyota Celica made its premiere in December 1970 and lasted seven
generations until it died in April 2006. Although it never had a
hybrid powertrain, its last engine was relatively frugal, even in the
Celica GT-S: the 1.8-liter 2ZZ-GE, designed by Yamaha. It offered 134
kW (180 hp) at 7,600 rpm and 180 Nm (133 pound-feet) at 6,800 rpm.

Curiously, that makes the next Prius a more powerful machine. The
total output is 164 kW (220 hp), and the 2-liter Dynamic Force engine
alone delivers 145 kW (194 hp) in its Atkinson cycle derivative, which
is more efficient but also weaker than the one that works with the
Otto cycle.

To make such a sports car as light as possible, Toyota could give it
electric motors and a smaller engine to charge the battery pack, which
is the solution Nissan created with the e-POWER vehicles. Toyota never
explored a similar arrangement in its cars, sticking to the classic
hybrid arrangement it started with the Prius.

Unfortunately, it is easier for Toyota to make its hybrid car a more
engaging vehicle to drive than to bring back the Celica. As with all
sports cars, demand is pretty low for them to make sense, which
explains why the GT86 was made in a partnership with Subaru and the
Supra has BMW Z4 underpinnings. At least Theottle helped us imagine
what the new Celica could be if things were different.
 
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