Ok guys this has been driving me nuts! I have been around for quite some time and I've known about the Celica for decades! From day 1 I have known it to be pronounced as CE-LI-CA not SELL-EE-KA its freakin driving me nuts!! I got to a parts store and say ' I have a 90 CE-LI-CA and the fucker has to repeat it and say ' "OH A 90 SELL-EE-KA, I SEE' like im a freak who pronounced it wrong!! I've had it! Everyone in the states that I know pronounces it CE-LI-CA but it seem like only Canadians (not all fo them) love making the damn car FRENCH! I looked up Celica commercials and it is pronounced CE-LI-CA. For those of you who still wish to correct me when I go to buy parts at you auto parts shops please see these commercials FROM TOYOTA, and stop correcting my asian ass! I may drive slow and eat rice but I can pronounce Celica properly.
YouTube - Toyota Celica - 1993 - Commercial
YouTube - 199X TOYOTA CELICA Ad
YouTube - 1991 TOYOTA CELICA Ad