In case you caught a glimpse of an electric blue Celica in the background of the previous Micra shots, you’re in for a treat. I did actually have time to take a couple photos of the Toyota, too.
And as it so often is with these ones in here, this Toyota Celica is the base model 1.8 GSi with 115hp. Total Suomi-spec, and this one has been in the country since new, originally sold by a capital region dealer.


In the mid-1990s, Toyota probably sold most of these because of the motorsport association. Even if the base non-turbo 1.8-litre engine isn’t anything to get excited about, it’s still perfectly reliable here. And the body’s still flared enough not to be dull.

The four-eyed Celica is barely better looking from the front than the facelift Hyundai Coupé/Tiburon, but somehow it’s still a little more coherent than the 1999 car, which looks like the front and the rear were from two different cars.
[Images: Copyright 2015 Hooniverse/Antti Kautonen]