Launched in September 1991, Toyota made a limited number of 5,000 special edition GT-Fours to meet the FIA regulations, at the time requiring road going homologation models to be manufactured in order to allow the car to be used in WRC rallying.
In Japan it was called the GT-Four RC, while in Europe it was called the GT-Four Carlos Sainz and Australia got the GT-Four Group A Rallye.
The exterior is visually different to the standard ST185; instead of a scoop, the bonnet has a large central air vent and two smaller rear facing vents (to expel hot air). It also has a small forward facing round scoop to provide cooling air to the cam belt housing (found to melt during rallying on older models).
The front bumper has bigger openings for greater cooling efficiency, and is mounted on a lightweight aluminium inner bar.
Out of the 5,000 homologation models produced…
1,800 were for the Japanese domestic market
3,000 were allocated to Europe
150 were delivered to Australia
25 were delivered to Singapore
25 made a trip to New Zealand and other small markets\
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