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Thursday, September 2,1993 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page 3B
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1993 Toyota Cellca All-Trac Tiubo
here's a nas
ty rumor go
ing around
that when
Toyota in
troduces its
new Cellca In
a few
months, the fire-breathing
turbo model may go the way
of the dodo bird.
That would be a pity. I
spent a week In a 1993 model
earlier this year and found it
to be a car I'd like to own.
And why wouldn't anybody
want to own one? The all-
trac (Toyota's name for all
wheel drive) Is an attractive
car. It uses a "wlde-body" de
sign It Shares with the GT-S
model. It Is very aggressive
looking, especially In black,
which was the color of my
test car.
Inside, the Cellca's cabin
fits snugly, but it's a nice en
vironment for the driver. A
full assortment of gauges are
placed properly and are easy
to read. Six-foot tall drivers
will have to contend with a
limited amount of head-
room, but leg room should be
ample enough. The steering
wheel Is nice and fat and
houses an air bag.
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The front seats are very
supportive. The driver's seat
can be adjusted seven differ
ent ways electronically. The
back seat Is little more than
a nice shelf to sit packages or
put a child's car seat. The
rear seats will fold down to
give you more trunk space if
needed, however.
Underneath the car's
scooped hood is a 200 horse
power 2.0 liter, electronical-
and Intercooled engine. Its
small displacement is very
deceiving because It moves
this beauty down the high
way with all deliberate
speed. Power spools up
quickly and smoothly. Press
the gas pedal and woooosh,
you are on your way. You
may run into a bit of a road
block when It comes to shift
ing . The feel Is a bit rubbery.
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And you don't have to wor
ry a lot about Its road
holding capabilities, either.
The car's all-wheel drive sys
tem works like a champ on
wet or dry pavement. The car
stays planted. Period. That's
due In part to the electroni
cally-controlled center diffe
rential with viscous
coupling. That system shifts
power to the wheels with the
greatest amount of traction.
Aces Entertainment Group, Incorporated
proudly presents
SpeciaC Evening ^itfi 9{gjee"
featuring EMI
Recording Artist
NAJEE
with special
performances by
Maria Howell
and
J-Street Band
\.
THIS
LABOR
DAY
WEEKEND!
Saturday,
September 4
8:00pm
Performing Arts
Center
Belk Theater
Tickets: $20
704)372-1000
Performing Arts
Center Box Office
(704)522-6500
TicketMoster
NAJEE
Tickets Available at the Performing Arts Center Box Offiec in Founders
Hall, NationsBank Corporate Center and at all TicketMoster Outlets.
Box Office open Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm. Half-hour compli
mentary parking In NationsBank Garage for customers purchasing
tickets, validated at the Box Office.
with a lot of standard stuff -
power everything, cruise
control, sun roof, rear win
dow defogger, automatic air
conditioner, tilt wheel with
memory, aluminum alloy
wheels and a killer 10-
^eaker CD/FM-AM/cassette
stereo, to name some of it. In
fact, the only option added to
the $28,298 base price was
$69 for floOT mats. Add $389
for destination and the as-
tested price came to $28,756.
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That's a lot considering the
Diamond Star triplets (Mit
subishi Eclipse GSX, Eagle
Talon TSI and Plymouth La
ser AWD) can be had for
about $4,000 less. But none
of those cars feel as stable or
substantial as the Cellca.
Nor do they look as good.
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Is that worth the high
priced of admission? If you
figure In resale value and re
liability, yes.
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