Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95

The Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95 is a 1995 WRC rally car produced by Toyota. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and has been featured in all subsequent mainline games except Gran Turismo Sport. In Gran Turismo 7 the car was included as part of Update 1.27.
The car from Gran Turismo 4 to 6 appears to be the #1 driven by Didier Auriol, who was disqualified from the 1995 WRC season. The car in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and Gran Turismo 7 appears to be Juha Kankkunen's car from the same season, although without driver names in the former and without a race number in the latter.
==In-game description==
"The rally machine that left an impression on many fans, though it only competed for a short time."
===Legend Cars (GT7)===
The Celica is one of Toyota's most popular two-door coupés but it is also known for its long career in rallying, particularly when Group A cars became the main the competitors in the 1987 World Rally Championship. Toyota introduced the GT-Four which was basically a rally-prepared model of the base production Celica. The GT-Four model was available across three generation, with works cars and those with most race history the most valuable. This particular Group A rally machine is a 3rd generation GT-Four developed from the ST205 Celica. As was essential in the golden years of Group A,Miswritten as "Groupe A" it's four-wheel-drive and is fitted with a turbo anti-lag system. The Toyota works team began competing with this car for the 1995 season of the WRC; however, in the penultimate round, the car was found to have illegal turbo restrictors. The resulting penalties stripped the drivers of points and the works team was banned from the WRC for one year. You could say it's a car with history. For rally fans, the combination of the classic Castrol livery and the aggressive design makes this an all-time Group A classic.
==Acquisition==
==Trivia==
*This car is the only rally car from GT4 to be featured in GT5 with a detailed interior.
*As with the car's description, the loophole on the turbocharger gave it an illegal advantage when the Rally Catalunya event came about, therefore stripping the drivers off of all points in the overall championship standings, and banning Toyota as a factory team the year after (the car was entered by privateer and regional Toyota teams, though), until their return in 1997 with the Toyota COROLLA Rally Car '97.
**While the description text contains a historical revisionism that implied Toyota pulled out instead of being punished by FIA, the revisionism is absent on the description in GT7's Legend Car Dealership, and discusses more on the truth behind it.
*In GT7's GT Auto, fog lights used for night stages can be installed.
*It is unusually placed in the Gr.B category (which aligns with actual Group B rally cars and rallycross supercars), despite the car's design and structure being under Group A regulations.
**A possible Gr.A category was teased back in GT Sport during a Daily Race event back in 2018, but never materialized into anything, and was replaced with Gr.4 cars.Did Polyphony Digital Just Accidentally Reveal a New Car Class for GT Sport? - GTPlanet
**It is possible to bring the Celica up to the performance level of the other Gr.B cars by installing a Low-RPM Turbocharger, a performance part not available on the other vehicles categorized as Gr.B, except for the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evolution 2 '86.
==Pictures==
Toyota Celica GT Four GTHD.png|The Celica GT-Four Rally Car in GTHD.
Toyota Celica GT-Four Rally Car (ST205) '95 (GT3, rear).png|The Celica GT-Four Rally Car from the rear as it appears on GT3, with "K-AM 5362" license plate and no rally event sticker.
Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR (ST205) '95 (Back).jpg|The back of the Toyota CELICA Rally Car (ST205) '95 as it appears in Gran Turismo 4. Its license plate now says "K-AM 999" and has a George V Rally sticker next to the Castrol logo on the rear bumper.
Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR (ST205) '95 (Premium, Back).jpg|The Premium version of the Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95 as it appears in Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6 when viewed from behind. There is now a white-on-black Gran Turismo logo above the driver number. The license plates now say "K-MA 205". Also, the George V Rally sticker is now replaced with the Gran Turismo Rally sticker, which changes when the player is on one of the rally tracks or Tokyo R246.
Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95 (GT7, rear).jpg|The Celica GT-Four Rally Car from the rear as it appears on GT7, with "K-AM 3103" license plate and no rally event sticker, in essence reverting back to the GT3 appeareance except for the lack of race number and different license plate.
Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR Rally Car Vehicle Banner.png|The vehicle banner as it appears in Gran Turismo 4, also used by the ST185 Rally Car.
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