when raptorie brought up the issue about his gf liking the celica instead of the dc5, it hit me that there are significantly more lady owners of celica than that of dc5. in fact, i only know 1 female owner of a type S dc5 in US and she sold me her dc2 before she got the dc5. in comparison, i see mad loads of celica's on the road occupied by ladies in US and i know 4 lady owners - yes, small and insignificant number to generalize. maybe it's the location/country. the price of the cars were in the mid USD20k region. in msia, i've seen 2 or 3 lady drivers of the celica, and none for dc5. pardon me if didn't see enough to know.
if the celica had better looking taillamps and rear end, i would have loved it. i really have no idea what's going on at the back when the front looks so sleek and sharp. the standard rear spoiler does not even belong there, then TRD fixed it with a tall "goal post" wing. the rear just looks like the designer had too much fun doing up the front and really proud of it, then got half ass lazy with the rear end. it looks like a mock up for an unfinished design. that's only my opinion, to each his own.