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376The ex-Toyota Team Europe1993 Toyota Celica ST185 Turbo 4WDGroup A Rally CarChassis no. JT164STJ500014894Following the success of the Celica GT4 ST165, the Turbo 4WD ST185would build on its predecessor’s foundations and be the class of the fieldthroughout its three years of service in the World Rally Championship(WRC). It was the car to beat, scoring a hat trick of drivers’ titles forCarlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol respectively. Of equal, ifnot greater, importance to the Japanese manufacturer was the fact thatin 1993 the ST185 delivered Toyota its first ever WRC manufacturer’schampionship, a feat it repeated in 1994.The all-conquering ST185 featured a stiffer bodyshell, improved cooling,an up-rated turbo intake system, X-Trac six-speed transmissionand, most importantly, a suspension package that permitted a widerange of adjustment. They were sometimes headed by other cars onunfavourable surfaces but the ST 185 Celica was, arguably, the bestall-round package.Until its exclusion from the series after 2002, the Safari was the toughestrally on the WRC calendar - a gruelling event on difficult terrain in avariety of conditions, which has always made it a signature event. TheST185 Celica was unbeaten on the Safari as a works entry and scoreda trio of overall victories for Sainz (1992), Kankkunen (1993) and IanDuncan (1994).The example on offer is a Safari-specification works rally car entered bythe Toyota Team Europe (TTE) in the 1993 FIA Kenya Safari Rally anddriven by local hero Ian Duncan with Ian Munro co-driving (as certifiedby Toyota Motorsport GmbH). It was built originally on a works bodyshellnumbered ‘TC554’.1 and 2In action on the 1993 WRC Safari Rally, Kenya3Entire Toyota factory team prior to 1993 Safari Rally. This car withDuncan and Munro is number 3, third from left.1 2312 | Goodwood festival of speed