




LOOKING BACK - 23 years on
The Toyota turbocharger regularity saga had been bubbling away under the surface for some time. There was no doubt that the cars’ performance at Telstra Rally Australia put TTE under suspicion after the rally world witnessed the Toyotas’ impressive speed alongside the 555 Subarus on Riverside Drive, part of the Langley Park super special stage that year. Leaving the start line along the bitumen road, the Celicas were visibly quicker than the Subarus. Nicky Grist, who was co-driving for Toyota star Juha Kankkunen in the event, said recently that the drivers, and most likely team boss Ove Andersson, knew nothing about the turbo irregularities.
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