Editing Toyota Celica (section)

=== Rallying ===
[[File:Toyota Celica Gr.A 001.JPG|left|thumb|Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST165) Group A rally car, 1990 Safari Rally winner driven by Björn Waldegård.]]
[[File:Toyota Celica rally.jpg|right|thumb|TTE's Celica GT-Four (ST185) Group A rally car, 1995 Safari Rally winner driven by Yoshio Fujimoto.]]

In [[motorsports]], the Celica is known for its [[rallying]] prowess. The first [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC) event for the Celica was 1972 [[RAC Rally]] when [[Ove Andersson]] drove the 1600 GTV (TA22) into the ninth place. The first victory came in the 1982 [[Rally of New Zealand]] with [[Björn Waldegård]] in a 2000GT (RA63). From 1983 to 1986, the [[Group B]] Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64) won all six WRC events in Africa they entered.

After the demise of Group B, the Celica GT-Four competed in [[Group A]] [[World Rally Championship|Rally]] racing from [[1988 World Rally Championship|1988]] to [[1997 World Rally Championship|1997]]. The car won two manufacturer's titles and four driver's titles. [[Carlos Sainz Sr.|Carlos Sainz]] was its most successful driver, winning WRC titles with the ST165 in 1990 and the ST185 in 1992. The ST185 also won the 1993 and 1994 titles with [[Juha Kankkunen]] and [[Didier Auriol]], respectively. The ST185's fourth consecutive [[Safari Rally]] victory came in 1995, which was also Toyota's 8th victory in this event. The ST205 became a center of controversy when the works [[Toyota Team Europe]] was banned for 12 months from the WRC because of use of an illegal turbo air restrictor.<ref name=shalco/> When TTE returned to the WRC, TTE switched to the shorter Corolla based on the European [[Toyota Corolla WRC|E110]] 3-door liftback and the new [[World Rally Car]] regulations, although the ST205 continued to be used by some regional Toyota and private teams.