Sports car – Toyota Celica GT Four ST205 – Sports car

One of the greatest rally queens of all time, but also a great road car.

В years 90 so-called replicas of sports rallies were in vogue: there were Delta, Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, Nissan Sunny GT-R and Ford Escort Cosworth, Toyota Celica GT Four enters this list of turbocharged and four-wheel drive vehicles: the third generation ST205 was probably one of the best cars of its kind.

I feel like yesterday that I was playing MIX RALLY in a bar in my village and it was a Toyota Celica GT Four with Castrol livery that was my star after dinner.

90s like the Malibu Rescuers Toyota Celica GT Four it had a much more aggressive and muscular look than the standard version, with a rounded bonnet topped with twin round headlights; while the rear sported a huge wing. When it was released to the market in 1994, it was heavily influenced Toyota Team Europe (WRC team leader), but the Japanese version boasted 255 hp. against 242 CV the export version, which, however, was equipped with 4-channel ABS as standard.

La Mechanics was one of the most challenging at the time: extensive use of aluminum for the frame to reduce weight and increase rigidity, a two-stage turbine, four-wheel drive with a rear limited-slip differential, 315mm ventilated discs front and rear, and a suspension based on those of racing cars.

Il engine 1998 cc 16 turbo valves solo 242 Cv up to 6.000 inputs up to 305 Nm of torque, but the Celica GT Four had a dry weight of 1.200 kg, so the weight-to-power ratio was extremely favorable.

In fact, performances do not disfigure even after twenty years: footage from 0 per 100 km / h for 5,9 seconds and touch i The maximum speed is 240 km / h. Circles from 17 " With 215 tires, they might not seem powerful enough today, but they actually gave the GT Four some truly impressive road handling.

Today Toyota Celica GT Fours are used at prices ranging from From 12.000 25.000 to XNUMX XNUMX euros, a depending on kilometers and conditions.