Posted Friday, March 13, 2026 at 10:45pm

Toyota in the USA is 39 years in the making

For Björn Waldegård or Lars-Erik Torph read Seth Quintero. And for Supra, read GR Corolla Rally RC2.

Toyota is back Stateside with a factory rally car once more.

The last time the Japanese manufacturer sent a works effort to an American stage rally was the 1987 Olympus, when Waldegård and Torph were each handed a Supra and as many rear tires as they needed to get down the baking Washington gravel roads, 39 summers ago.

While Quintero’s Toyota Gazoo Racing-engineered Corolla is tailor-made for stage, the Supra wasn’t.