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This car is a 1994 L GT4. Its in black and is very nice throughout. It has 82K miles and has had cam belts replaced at 60K. The car was imported by Vine Place in Feb 05 and has had two services done since that time. We have just fitted stunning new 18" RS alloys with new tyres which update the look of the car.She has a factory electric sunroof, air conditioning with climate control, power assisted steering, front fog lights and strut brace a remote central locking Thatcham cat 1 alarm system, a performance exhaust system, Blitz blow of valve and full electric pack as well as power steering, electric windows, central locking and of course Toyotas full time 4 wheel drive system. The Japanese specification cars benefited from having air con and climate control as standard feature as well as having 250BHP engines as oppose to the 239BHP in the UK spec car. As usual the Japanese cars are corrosion free.

 Price....£4490

The Toyota Celica GT-Four...... The Toyota Celica GT-Four is a high performance model of the Celica with a turbocharged engine, and full-time 4WD. It was created to compete in the World Rally Championship, whose regulations dictate that a manufacturer must build road-going versions of the vehicle in sufficient numbers. These vehicles are referred to as "homologation special vehicles." The GT-Four came in three generations produced between 1986 and 1999. However it is the last cars we are interested in as they were produced between 1994 and 1999 and are still in plentiful supply in the condition that Vine Place are happy as a company to sell. These cars are known as ST205s. The previous 3 versions of the GT4 had all had success in the World Rally Championship before Toyota announced the last version in 1994, which duly became official rally car in 1995 with one WRC victory. It also won the 1996 European Rally Championship.The significance of the Toyota Celica GT-Four in WRC history, previously dominated by European manufacturers, is that it was the first time a Japanese car manufacturer entered the WRC with an AWD turbocharged car and took trophies and won races, turning the WRC world upside down. Today, it is common to see Japanese manufacturers like Mitsubishi and Subaru dominating the WRC, but at the time it was unheard of. Toyota preceded Mitsubishi (Lancer Evolution and Galant VR-4) and Subaru (Legacy and Impreza). Unfortunately, while Mitsubishi and Subaru are still currently campaigning with their latest iterations of the Lancer Evolution and Impreza in the WRC respectively, Toyota exited to concentrate their racing efforts in Formula One. T his version was to be the most powerful Celica produced to date, producing between 239 (Europe)-255 (Japan) BHP from an updated 3S-GTE engine. Influenced strongly by Toyota Team Europe, Toyota's factory team in the World Rally Championship, the final version of the GT-Four included improvements such as an all aluminium hood and front quarter panels to save weight, four-channel ABS, an improved turbocharger, and "Super Strut Suspension". The 2500 homologation cars built to allow Toyota to enter the GT-Four as a Group A car in the World Rally Championship also sported extras such as all of the plumbing required to activate an anti-lag system, a water spray bar and pump for the front intercooler, a small hood mounted spoiler aft of the windscreen washers and an extender spoiler mounted on risers. Out of 2500 GT-Four WRC, 2100 stayed in Japan, 300 were exported to Europe, 77 for Australia, and few to the general markets. Japanese WRC models had ABS as an option and also received climate control as standard. Officially WRC models in the initial 2500 were only produced in 1994 as required by WRC homologation rules. The ST205 makes a superb practical performance car. It is very easy to drive, even for a first time sports car buyer and rarely gets its driver into difficult situation unless driven completely recklessly. Its 2.0 turbo engine is powerful yet provides good economy and is one of the toughest engines around, giving long service with little trouble. The car, despite its age still turns heads today and responds well to the addition of aftermarket alloys and some of the body kits that are readily available. As well as cosmetic additions the GT4 has a huge amount of tuning products available and can easily be turned into a 400 BHP+ track car, with some tuners getting in excess of 600BHP!

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