Editing Toyota Celica (section)

=== Liftback ===
[[File:1973 Toyota Celica 01.jpg|thumb|left|1973 Toyota Celica Liftback 2000 GT (RA25, Japan)]]
[[File:1973 Toyota Celica 02.jpg|thumb|right|1973 Toyota Celica Liftback 2000 GT (RA25, Japan)]]

The [[fastback]]-styled [[hatchback]], called the ''[[Liftback]]'' by Toyota, was introduced for the Japanese market in April 1973 but not until July 1974 for export models.<ref name="Automobile"/><ref name="Newsday">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/in-the-garage-1977-toyota-celica-gt-1.4815567|title=In the Garage: 1977 Toyota Celica GT|date=2013-03-15|publisher=Newsday|first=David|last=Fluhrer|access-date=2020-09-07|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124161221/https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/in-the-garage-1977-toyota-celica-gt-1.4815567|url-status=live}}</ref> Models for the [[Japanese domestic market]] Liftback were the 1600 ST, 1600 GT (TA27), 2000 ST, and 2000 GT (RA25 and RA28). The North American liftback (RA29) was only offered with a 2.2-liter 20R engine for the 1976 and 1977 model year. All the liftback models have flat noses. Although there is no "B" pillar in the Liftback, the rear quarter windows are fixed in place and do not roll down (as they do in the hardtop coupe).

The Liftback was often called the ''Japanese Mustang'' or the ''Mustang Celica''.<ref name="Newsday"/> The liftback styling was largely inspired by the 1969 [[Ford Mustang]] fastback, including C-pillar louvers and the vertical bar tail lights that are a signature Mustang styling cue and pay overall homages to the muscle-car era.<ref>{{cite web |last=Joseph |first=Jacob |date= 2015-09-23 |url=https://www.topspeed.com/cars/toyota/1970-toyota-celica/ |title=1970 – 1977 Toyota Celica |publisher=TopSpeed |access-date= 2016-07-10 }}</ref><ref name="Automobile"/>