One of the baddest affordable cars big-timer Toyota has ever made, the Toyota Celica has a rich racing history. From its stepping on the WRC scene in the late 80’s with its Celica GT-4 WRC ST165, to its winning of the 1993 Safari Rally with an unheard of 1-2-3-4 finish, to its ST205 cheating scandal that got Toyota Team Europe banned from World Rally Championship, this car would make a fantastic reality TV star with all the drama surrounding it. We’re going to talk about the Celica’s power, AWD system, lightness, and all the things that made it a suitable replacement for the beloved (and albeit more stylish) Toyota Supra.
Three renowned Group A drivers drove the Celica in the mid 1990’s and won the coveted drivers title. Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen, and Didier Auriol won the coveted top-spot of the WRC Driver’s Title in 1992, 1993, and 1994 respectively. Besides its cheating asterixis, the Celica has won 30 races in just 6 years, giving it the street respect it needed to become a beloved $23,000 ($43,600 in 2022 money) automobile in the mid-90’s that was deeply connected to the racing world.
Production of the cult classic began in 1970, and ended in 2006. The Celica was sort of replaced with the Supra, which actually came from a Celica design, and is kind of like the GS Yaris, but really, there is no actual true successor to the Celica lineup.
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11 июл 2024
