im gearing towards getting one and im wondering what the public display of these cars are

I have a 2000 celica and my brother says, "total chick car".

yes, i think it is.

well if you get a celica gts then it wont be a chick car but if you get a gt then ya SUPER CHICK CAR

Slow but not bad looking with body kit. not too much can be done within reason to make perform better though. there is only 125lbs of torque in GT and 129 in GTS and the band is , as expected with hp as it is 40-60 MPH. Get stick for sure. although you cannot make a fast car,i have seen some that look like small vettes with body kit, wheels and tires and change lights.