WRC HIGHLIGHTS
1973 TOYOTA’s first victory, Walter Boyce/ Doug Woods driving a Corolla TE20 on the Press On Regardless Rally (United States)
1974 Future World Champion Björn Waldegaard makes his TOYOTA debut
1975 First victory for TTE with Hannu Mikkola/Atso Aho driving a Corolla Levin in the 1000 Lakes Rally (Finland)
1982 TMG founder Ove Andersson drives in WRC for the last time, driving a Celica 2000GT
1984 First Safari Rally (Kenya) victory with Björn Waldegaard/Hans Thorzelius driving a Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64)
1986 TOYOTA’s third successive Safari Rally win, with Björn Waldegaard/Fred Gallagher driving a Celica Twincam Turbo (TA64)
1988 Introduction of the Celica GT Four, which would go on to win 29 WRC rallies and six World Championships (two Manufacturers’ and four Drivers’) in its ST165, ST185 and ST205 guises
1989 Carlos Sainz makes his TOYOTA debut, competing in seven rallies and finishing on the podium in three
1990 Carlos Sainz becomes TOYOTA’s first Drivers’ World Champion, at the wheel of a Celica GT-Four (ST165)
1991 TOYOTA’s first victory in the legendary Monte Carlo Rally
1993 TOYOTA becomes the first Japanese company to win the World Rally Championship
1994 TOYOTA achieves a second hat- trick of Safari Rally wins, with Ian Duncan driving a Celica Turbo WRC, and takes a second Manufacturers’ Championship title with five wins
1998 After a two-season absence, TOYOTA wins on its return at the first attempt, in the Monte Carlo Rally, thanks to Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya in a Corolla WRC
1999 TOYOTA’s third Manufacturers’ World Championship; only three companies have won more in WRC history
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