
Toyota Celica 1600 GT TA22 Red AUTOart 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Toyota
- Manufacturer
- AUTOart
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 78783
- Year
- 1970
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- Coupe
- Vehicle Class
- JDM Sports
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 674110787832
About the Toyota Celica 1600 GT TA22 Red AUTOart 1:18
TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Toyota Celica 1600 GT (TA22) in red reproduces Toyota's original coupe, styled in the pony-car idiom popular in the early 1970s. Doors and hood open. This is a used example, box showing traces of storage. An early Toyota performance coupe rarely seen in this scale.
The first-generation Celica launched Toyota into the affordable sporty-coupe segment, drawing visual cues from contemporary American muscle cars while running a compact, efficient chassis underneath.
AUTOart's Rendering of the Original Celica
The long hood and short deck proportions that define the TA22's pony-car silhouette come through clearly in this diecast casting, with red paint on zinc alloy holding an even gloss across the flat body panels typical of the era's design language. Doors and hood open to expose the cabin and a period-correct engine bay, both simplified but recognizable. Panel gaps stay consistent around the opening sections, and the model carries real weight in the hand befitting its metal construction. This is a used example, and the box shows traces of storage while the casting itself remains sound.
A Rare Early Classic on a JDM Shelf
Early Celicas are far less commonly modeled than the turbocharged JDM heroes of the 1990s, which makes this TA22 a genuine point of difference on a shelf otherwise stacked with Skylines and Imprezas. It tells the earlier half of Toyota's sporting story, before turbochargers and rally homologation took over the conversation, and it pairs naturally with other 1970s Japanese coupes for a display built around that decade specifically.














