Originally posted by asianautica
I actually am completely opposite from you. When it first came out, I think it's butt ugly, but the more I look at it, now it think it looks ok. I still like the previous gen more but it doesn't look as bad anymore. I guess that's the thing about Toyota in general, in the beginning, it might look too plane or too weird, but eventually, the look just grows on me.
Honda's (and now BMW's) grow on me, but I can really say, Toyota's styling (minus the Supra) doesnt tickle my fancy at all. I really dont like the tall and fat in the middle look of the Camry, ES300, Echo, Prius; although I do think the Corolla is the best looking car to come out of that whole design theory.
As for the Celica, you can clearly see that the little grill is right under where the front bumper is. Also, check out
Celica's site at toyota.com, and you can see the GT-S has the ugly small grill while the Action Package has the larger, better looking one.
As for the 2003 non-action package Celica's, for some reason I think it looks like a fish or something, very very ugly. The ones with the action package do look much better, but I know in 3 years I wont like it at all.