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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #2 C. Sainz / L. Moya Winner Rally Monte Carlo 1991 Kyosho 1:18

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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #2 C. Sainz / L. Moya Winner Rally Monte Carlo 1991 Kyosho 1:18 08961B Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 reproduces car #2, driven by Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya to victory at the 1991 Monte Carlo Rally for Toyota Team Europe. Opening doors and hood reveal cabin and engine bay detail on a zinc alloy body finished in period Toyota livery. A strong companion to other early-1990s Toyota WRC liveries for a chronology-focused rally shelf, priced at a standard mid-tier diecast level.
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #2 C. Sainz / L. Moya Winner Rally Monte Carlo 1991 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Toyota
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
08961B
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About the Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 #2 C. Sainz / L. Moya Winner Rally Monte Carlo 1991 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 recreates car #2, driven by Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya to victory at the 1991 Monte Carlo Rally for Toyota Team Europe. Opening doors and hood suit a mid-tier diecast built for a Toyota World Rally Championship collection.

Toyota Team Europe built its World Rally Championship reputation one event at a time through the early 1990s, and Monte Carlo, the championship's technical season opener, was exactly the kind of result that mattered most to a team chasing consistency across a full year.

Kyosho's Toyota Team Europe Livery in 1:18

White and Green Body Detail

Kyosho renders the ST165's boxy three-door silhouette with the correct wide-arch flares and roof-mounted spotlamps that defined Toyota Team Europe's early-1990s rally cars, finished in the team's white body with green and sponsor graphics applied in flat tampo print. Race number 2 registers sharply on the doors and roof, matched precisely to the Sainz/Moya entry rather than a generic placeholder livery, and the panel lines around the opening doors and hood stay tight enough that the model reads as a single cohesive shape when closed. The rally-spec front splitter and underbody protection detail nod to the car's competition preparation, and the wide wheels sit correctly within the flared arches rather than tucked too far inboard, matching the ST165's genuine four-wheel-drive rally stance rather than a road car's proportions.

Mid-Tier Diecast Construction

Doors and hood open on metal hinges to a simplified but legible cabin and engine bay, positioning this Celica in the same mid-tier diecast range as Kyosho's other early-1990s World Rally Championship subjects. That bracket sits above entry-level castings with fixed panels and flat paint, and below the sealed-resin tier that trades opening features for sharper shut lines. For a Toyota chronology built around several ST165 liveries from consecutive seasons, mid-tier accessibility across multiple cars serves a collector better than concentrating a budget in one premium resin build. The zinc alloy body carries genuine weight in the hand, a small but real signal of the metal construction underneath the paint and graphics. The interior, while simplified compared to premium resin builds, still separates dash and seat colors rather than molding the cabin in a single flat tone, a detail that keeps the model presentable with doors open on display.

Carlos Sainz and Toyota's Early-1990s Form

Monte Carlo's Mixed-Surface Test

Monte Carlo Rally opens the World Rally Championship season on roads through the French Alps that can shift from dry tarmac to ice and snow within a single stage, forcing teams into constant tire and setup compromises that other rounds rarely demand. The ST165's turbocharged 2.0-liter engine and permanent four-wheel drive gave Toyota's drivers a genuine platform for that unpredictability, and a strong result here traditionally set the tone for a team's championship season in the eyes of rivals and press alike. Sainz's win in this Celica came during Toyota Team Europe's strongest competitive stretch, a period when the manufacturer treated the World Rally Championship as a genuine priority rather than a secondary program, and results at events like Monte Carlo backed that commitment up directly. Co-driver Luis Moya's pace notes were essential to managing that surface unpredictability at speed, since a single misjudged patch of ice could end a stage in seconds.

A Piece for a Toyota WRC Chronology

Paired with a Safari Rally-liveried ST165 or a later Celica generation, this Monte Carlo winner helps trace Toyota's rally program across specific events rather than a generalized season summary. The car's compact rally proportions, at roughly 21 centimeters, fit comfortably into a standard display cabinet alongside other early-1990s WRC subjects, leaving room to expand a Toyota-focused shelf as additional liveries are added over time.

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