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Toyota Corolla WRC #3 C. Sainz / L. Moya Safari Rally 1999 AUTOart 1:18

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Toyota Corolla WRC #3 C. Sainz / L. Moya Safari Rally 1999 AUTOart 1:18 89982 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Toyota Corolla WRC carries Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya's number 3 livery from the grueling 1999 Safari Rally, one of the WRC's toughest events.
Toyota Corolla WRC #3 C. Sainz / L. Moya Safari Rally 1999 AUTOart 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Toyota
Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
89982
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About the Toyota Corolla WRC #3 C. Sainz / L. Moya Safari Rally 1999 AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: This AUTOart 1:18 diecast recreates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya's number 3 Toyota Corolla WRC from the 1999 Safari Rally, one of the most punishing events on the World Rally Championship calendar and a genuine test of both car and crew.

Few events tested a rally car and its crew as harshly as the Safari Rally, and Carlos Sainz's Corolla WRC needed every bit of its reinforced construction to survive East Africa's brutal terrain in 1999.

AUTOart's Detail Work on a Safari-Spec Rally Car

A Safari Rally car carried more underbody protection, raised ride height, and reinforced lighting than a European gravel or tarmac entry, and AUTOart's casting reflects that with visibly beefed-up bumpers and skid plates integrated into the body tooling. The zinc alloy construction gives the model appropriate heft for a car built to survive dust, rocks, and river crossings rather than smooth stages, and the wide arches over the Corolla's rally tires are cast with clean, consistent lines. Opening doors, a regular feature on AUTOart's rally-spec models, reveal the stripped interior and roll cage that mark this out as a genuine WRC entry rather than a road-going Corolla.

Sainz, Moya, and the 1999 Safari Rally

Carlos Sainz's partnership with co-driver Luis Moya produced one of the most successful driver pairings in WRC history, and the Safari Rally's reputation for mechanical attrition made any strong result there a genuine achievement rather than a routine finish. The Corolla WRC itself represented Toyota's factory effort during a period when Japanese manufacturers were engaged in intense competition across the championship, and this number 3 livery places the model squarely within that fiercely contested era.

Where This Corolla Belongs in a Rally Collection

At 1:18, the Corolla's raised, reinforced rally stance gives it a distinctly different profile from smoother tarmac-spec cars of the same period, and it pairs naturally with other Safari-spec entries from Subaru or Mitsubishi. For collectors focused specifically on the WRC's toughest events, this livery carries weight that a generic Corolla WRC casting from an easier round simply would not.

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