It may interest you to know that the RA40 Celica liftback was the only model to be designed by Toyota California with the coupe be derived from the lftback by Toyota Japan. I guess that's why the RA 40 seems to have so much more room inside the cabin, especially the width, and the liftback area is also huge c.f. other model Celicas. I know, because I raised a family and have umteen opportunities to compare it with subsequent Celicas at the annual motor show. Sure its gutless, but it's smooth and quiet and has done a fantastic job hauling us around since we bought it new in Feb 81. I agree that the round headlight model didn't look as good as the B model (which I've got) - I had one of the early ones for a year before trading it on the B model which by 81 came with TST (Toyota Suspension Tuning) and other equipment which were extras on the A model. I've still got it. By the way, I made the big mistake of installing an exchange Veem engine which lasted barely 20,000 k's before the valves went and so did the warranty. Watch them! I ended up with another recon head and had hardened seats added so now I run it on Preium 95 octanne unleaded no problems.