Toyota Celica ST205 GT-Four

So good at rallying, Toyota got banned for it

The ST205 was Toyota’s rally weapon for the road: a turbocharged 3S-GTE, all-wheel drive, and homologation numbers built so the WRC car could exist. Then in 1995, the factory team was caught with a turbo restrictor modification so clever it fooled scrutineers until it didn’t. Toyota was excluded from the season and banned for 1996. The road car kept its reputation anyway, and arguably gained one.

This one comes in black, and it’s 285 pieces built to the real car’s low, smooth, rally-bred proportions. The doors, bonnet and boot all open. Not a generic coupe shape wearing a Toyota badge.

What you’re getting

• 285 pieces
• Finished size: 16 x 7 x 6cm
• Colour: Black
• Opening doors
• Opening bonnet
• Opening boot
• Builds in under an hour, no glue, no engineering degree required

This isn’t an officially licensed Toyota product. It’s a brick-built tribute, designed by people who actually care whether the proportions are right.