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Every one of Toyota’s 1990s performance icons has a legend all of its own. The Supra is synonymous with the 2JZ and the MR2 is synonymous with pirouetting in the hands of bad drivers. But the ...
At this point, Toyota was becoming a dominant rally-racing force, so its next Celica had to be even better. In 1994, the Japanese automaker announced the arrival of its sixth generation Celica ...
If you’re of a certain age, the reveal at SEMA of Toyota’s GR86-based Rally Legacy Concept played a digital soundtrack in your head and set any quarters in your pockets a-jangling. A two-door ...
Possibly my favorite rally car of all time is the ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four that was introduced in 1994 — you may remember it as the car that was banned from the 1995 World Rally Championship ...
The concept emulates the Celica GT-Four's rally car look but cloaks the GR Corolla's 300-hp turbo three and trick all-wheel-drive system under the GR86's body.
That’s all well and good, but forgive me for arguing that Toyota just won SEMA with this masterpiece: a GR86 done up in the style of the old Castrol-liveried Celica WRC rally cars, with the ...
Celica fans, patiently, rejoice! According to Japan’s Best Car magazine, a Toyota executive at Rally Japan has confirmed the Celica will return to Toyota’s lineup.The Celica’s rebirth would ...
Toyota GT86 CS-R3 rally car presages for-sale customer racecar. Rallying may enjoy a very strong association with all-wheel drive, but it wasn’t so long ago that the World Rally Championship was ...
Ever since the debut of the Scion FR-S way back in 2013, Toyota has talked about building "three brothers" of sports cars — a lineup to match the Supra, Celica, and AE86 Corolla of old. The ...
This news comes only a couple of weeks after the Celica’s revival was teased in a Toyota anime web series, in which a whiteboard showing future plans had “Celica Mk8” written on it.
At the 2024 SEMA Show, Toyota unveiled the GR86 Rally Legacy Concept, a tribute to its rich rally heritage. This concept reimagines the 2024 GR86 by integrating the turbocharged 1.6-liter three ...
Personally, I don’t see Toyota teaming up to produce an all-new Celica sports car. The iconic nameplate is a cultural legend after all. Instead, I figure one of Toyota’s new 1.5- and 2.0-liter ...