The Curren was mechanically a Celica wearing a different face — Toyota restyled the front purely so it could be sold through a separate dealership network.
Median 247 hp across 133 similar cars
Lead trim: Curren TS 1.8 4S-FE (123 hp) · up to 168 hp
Toyota Curren T2001994–1998
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FactThe Curren was mechanically a Celica wearing a different face — Toyota restyled the front purely so it could be sold through a separate dealership network.
The Toyota Curren ("current") is a sport compact coupé built from January 1994 to July 1998 (42,000 units) at Tahara on the T200-series Celica chassis, sharing the Celica coupé's interior and rear end but with rectangular headlamps instead of four round ones — a traditional halogen look that let Toyota sell it at Vista Store dealers, as the Celica was exclusive to Corolla Store — and directly replacing the Toyopet-Store-exclusive T160 Corona Coupé. In 1994 it came as the ST206 (FS, XS, ZS and ZS Sport Selection, the last with a limited-slip differential and leather steering wheel; the FS and XS with the 2.0-litre 3S-FE at 103 kW / 138 hp and the ZS with the 2.0-litre 3S-GE at 125–132 kW / 168–177 hp) and the ST207, the XS Touring Selection (3S-FE) with four-wheel steering and Toyota's TACS active suspension (dropped in 1997); in 1995 the XS and ZS S-Package (rear spoiler, rear wiper, alloys, slightly more power on the ZS) arrived, and the ST208 base model (TS and TS Private Selection, 1.8-litre 4S-FE at 92 kW / 123 hp). The 1996 facelift brought a new front bumper, clear front turn signals and a new grille, with darker-tinted taillamps. It shared its chassis with the Celica GT-Four (ST205), Corona, Corona EXiV, Carina and Carina ED (with a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic).
Collectors Spotted in the Toyota Curren Lineage
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curren FS / XS 2.0 3S-FE (138 hp) | 1994–1998 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 137 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Curren TS 1.8 4S-FE (123 hp) | 1995–1998 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 123 hp | 120 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Curren XS Touring Selection 2.0 3S-FE four-wheel steering (ST207) | 1994–1997 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 137 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Curren ZS 2.0 3S-GE (168 hp) | 1994–1998 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 168 hp | 141 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Toyota built just 300 units of the Curren TRD Sports for Japan only — a vanishingly rare trim on a coupe most people have never heard of.
The Curren was mechanically a Celica wearing a different face — Toyota restyled the front purely so it could be sold through a separate dealership network.
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