1985 Toyota Celica GT-S convertible. All convertible Third Generation Celicas were done here in the U.S. by ASC of California; 200 in the '84 model year and a couple thousand for the '85 model year, which was the end of the line for the angular A60 3rd Gen body style.
The U.S. market was hungry for convertibles in the mid-'80s, having gone through a serious convertible drought for the last decade or so, largely due to stringent rollover standards. The American Sunroof Corporation handled factory convertible conversions on everything from Pontiacs to Porsches.
That angular look is so very mid-80s Japanese sports coupe. Celica/Supra, Subaru XT, Mitsubishi Starion, Honda Prelude...they all had that style about them. It's also notable that back then you could still market a car as having sporting pretensions with a 113bhp 2.4L four-banger under the hood. Very Eighties.
Photos shot with an old
Nikon D7000 body &
16-80mm f/2.8-4E VR DX lens.
