Toyota Celica Convertible MPG by year — every rating on record

The Toyota Celica Convertible has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 12 model years, from 1987 to 1999. Across those years its best rated version returned 26 mpg (1987) and its thirstiest returned 21 mpg (1992). The EPA record holds 25 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Minicompact Cars.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The Toyota Celica Convertible placed highest in 1989 at #1 of 12, and lowest in 1993 at #6 of 10. It spent 11 of its 12 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 25 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 1 of 4 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Celica Convertible fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1999 Toyota Celica Convertible burns 500 to 523 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 1999 model year is $2,700 to $2,850 a year in fuel, or $2,250 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Minicompact Cars

Across the 153 nameplates EPA classifies as Minicompact Cars, the median best combined rating is 21 mpg. At 23 mpg the Toyota Celica Convertible is 2 mpg better the median, which is worth about $167 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Minicompact Cars rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Toyota nameplates

Every Toyota model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.