The ST165 Celica GT-FOUR was not only Toyota’s first all-wheel drive competition rally car but also the first Toyota capable of competing at the highest level of the World Rally Championship (WRC). After a steady debut year in 1988 and taking its first WRC win in 1989, Carlos Sainz would go on to secure the 1990 WRC Drivers' Championship at the wheel of an ST165 GT-FOUR.

To date, the ST185 Celica GT-FOUR will be remembered as Toyota’s most successful rally car. In the three years it competed it racked up 16 WRC victories, three WRC drivers’ titles and two WRC manufacturers’ crowns. Instantly recognisable by its famous white, green and red Castrol livery, the ST185 GT-FOUR would blast Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol to WRC titles in style.

On paper, the ST205 GT-FOUR had all the ingredients for success: championship-winning DNA, superior aerodynamics and a unique anti-lag system. Sadly, bar Auriol’s Corsica victory and highlights such as a tremendous two-three-four finish in New Zealand, its potential was never realised and the team shifted its focus to the new Corolla in 1998 instead.