just to note both can be as unreliable as each other.
Celicas suffer from crank walk in later life, head gasket issues, and have 21 concealed vacuum hoses which if one springs a leak, will cause mind numbing fault finding issues.
They have issues with sticking calipers, soft turbos, dog bones and figure of 8s need to be in good nick on a 205. Beware dodgy clutches as the engine and box will ened to come out together, due to a little flap of metal on the 3sgte which can be ground off once out allowing future changes with relative ease.
The pulsar. god. where do i start.
Soft gearboxes. DO NOT buy one on a stock box. It WILL break your heart.
Prone to overheating. If the water pipes at the back let go, prepare to remortgage. Poorly designed hubs perish in our climate. As does the shell.
The EAT plugs for lunch, and poor gap will lead to endless missfiring.
Heavy on fuel, poor build quality, gash seats, sound like a transit inside when you close the doors, god, even the doors flap at near 100 as the wind tries to force them open.