
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 Red IXO 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Toyota
- Manufacturer
- IXO
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 18CMC001
- Year
- 1988
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Liftback & Fastback
- Vehicle Class
- JDM Sports
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4895102323326
About the Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 Red IXO 1:18
TL;DR: IXO's 1:18 diecast reproduces the Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 in red, the all-wheel-drive turbo coupe that carried Toyota to Carlos Sainz's 1990 World Rally Championship drivers' title. The liftback silhouette and boxy 1980s JDM styling anchor a focused rally-heritage piece.
The ST165 GT-Four was Toyota's answer to Group A rally regulations, and it delivered the brand's first World Rally drivers' title.
The ST165's World Rally Championship
Toyota built the Celica GT-Four around Group A homologation rules, pairing a turbocharged four-cylinder with all-wheel drive in a shape that still looked like the road-going liftback sold in showrooms. Carlos Sainz drove the ST165 to the 1990 World Rally Championship drivers' title, giving Toyota its first championship of that kind and establishing the GT-Four line as a serious rally platform that would continue through several further generations. That title also cemented the GT-Four nameplate as one of the era's defining rally names, alongside the rivals it beat for supremacy. This red example represents the road-going or showcase side of that car rather than a specific rally livery, making it a flexible piece for a Japanese performance or WRC-adjacent display.
IXO's Detail on a JDM Performance Shape
The GT-Four's liftback profile and boxy rear hatch are distinctly late-1980s Japanese design, and IXO's diecast holds those lines with clean panel definition and a solid zinc alloy body that gives the model real weight for its size. The red finish shows even coverage without the deep clear-coat gloss of a costlier resin piece, a fair trade-off at this accessible price point. Set beside European rally cars of the same era, the ST165's shape stands out as unmistakably Japanese, much of the appeal for a collector building a global rally or JDM-focused shelf. Either way, the GT-Four's rally pedigree gives even a road-spec finish real standing in a WRC-themed collection.














