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Valuation · Toyota · ST185 · 1989-1993

Toyota Celica GT-Four

2.0L turbo DOHC four · 153 kW / 281 Nm · 5sp manual · AWD
BUYRated within the $30k to $100k band · 15 of 94 at this money
Model value
$31,000
Must gain each year to break even
+11.6%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
59/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Measured
Four or more recorded Australian sales
$31,000
$28,735 lowhigh $42,820
Calibrated to recorded sales
Four Australian results from April 2023 to July 2025, $21,500 to $35,050, and the spread inside them is distance. These prices reach this library through a third-party compiler rather than from the selling house: Collecting Cars publishes the car, the date, the suburb, the odometer and the condition report, and puts the final figure behind a login. They are carried as evidence on that basis and the provenance is stated here so it can be weighed.

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Should make, typical example
$31,000
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Price history

Today $31,000 · modelled median at five years $35,531
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $31,956 to $39,365
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($28,735 to $42,820). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

Strong within its price band. Scores 59/100, ranking 15 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Demand durability is the strongest input, risk resilience the weakest.
Running it costs about $3,990 a year (12.9% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $3,494 a year.
The model's five year median is $35,531, a +14.6% move, with the tenth percentile at $28,735.
Value calibrated to recorded sales.
Evidence
Measured4 recorded sales
Off its peak
at peak
Value band
moderate
Multiple recorded transactions plus an aggregate source. Treat the level as reliable.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$3,494 a year all in, +14.6% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$31,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
4 rows on record
$43k$31k$19k
202420252026
the value this record published, year by yearnow $31kwhat the model expects across 25k–170k kmsold
Every row, with its price and note (4) ↓
Library value against the sold record
4 sales · median $27,675
Value $31,000
$21,500$35,050
Jul 2025AutoMarkets$35,050Sold
SOLD. 8 Jul 2025, Sydney NSW, 42,697km. 1991 Celica GT-Four; recorded result, not individually verified at the primary platform.
Mar 2024AutoMarkets$22,100Sold
SOLD. 27 Mar 2024, Sydney NSW, 169,569km. 1990 GT-Four; recorded result, not individually verified.
Jun 2023AutoMarkets$21,500Sold
SOLD. 19 Jun 2023, Melbourne VIC, odometer not listed. 1991 GT-Four; recorded result, not individually verified.
Apr 2023AutoMarkets$33,250Sold
SOLD. 18 Apr 2023, Leichhardt NSW, 24,889km. 1991 GT-Four; recorded result, not individually verified.
4 completed Australian sales of 4 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
58/100+3
Scarcity25% of total
53/100even
Demand durability20% of total
74/100+8
Liquidity15% of total
68/100+16
Risk resilience10% of total
36/100even
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 59/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
58/100
Baseline84 pts
− 12.9% of value a year to run-32 pts
+ Below its Australian list price+6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)58 pts
Scarcity25% weight
53/100
Baseline20 pts
+ 450 survivors estimated in Australia+33 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)53 pts
Demand durability20% weight
74/100
Baseline58 pts
+ Homologated a car that won three World Rally Championships+14 pts
+ Sold new here in widebody export specification+8 pts
− The generation between the collectable ST165 and ST205-6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)74 pts
Liquidity15% weight
68/100
Baseline12 pts
+ 45 days on market+42 pts
+ 35 sales a year+14 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)68 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
36/100
Baseline56 pts
− Rust in arches, sills and sunroof surround is the usual finding-12 pts
− The Carlos Sainz cars are a different model and a different price-8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)36 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 3,714 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$3,990a year
Share of value per year
12.9%
Scheduled servicing$96024%
Tyres, annualised$48012%
Registration and CTP$44011%
Insurance$84021%
Sinking fund (failure table)$1,27032%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$32,240
Running costs × 5 years$19,950
Median exit, net of selling cost$34,721
All-in annualised over 5 years$3,494/yr
Share of value per year11.3%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
11.6%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+2.8%a year
The projection falls 8.8 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$31,000
Stamp duty$1,240
Running costs x 5 years$19,950
Selling cost at exit, 2.6% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$53,590
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine2.0L turbo DOHC four
Power / torque153 kW / 281 Nm
0-100 km/h7 s
Transmission5sp manual
DriveAWD
Kerb weight1,390 kg
Built worldwide21,000
Delivered to Australia1,050
Effective AU survivors450
Australian sales / year35
Typical days on market45 days
Launch price$45,460

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Original factory colour, unresprayed+6%
Super White, the rally colour+3%
Resprayed after arch repair-9%
Options
Numbered Carlos Sainz Limited Edition, documented+55%
Rust-free with documented arch and sunroof surround+20%
Original turbo with no history of overheating+12%
Odometer sensitivity±1.2% per 10,000 km vs 130,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$35,531
+14.6% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $31,000.
Even odds it lands between $31,956 and $39,365.
$28,735 lowhigh $42,820
The shaded range is even money and 23% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A stronger five year outlook than 69% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$4,531 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $19,950.
Duty and expected selling costs: $2,050.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $17,470, or $3,494 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

Sold new in Australia at $45,460 in full widebody export specification, and it homologated the car that won the World Rally Championship three times. Low-kilometre cars are already pulling away from the rest.

The case against

It sits between the ST165 that started the run and the ST205 that finished it, and neither its performance nor its rarity is remarkable. Rust in the arches, sills and sunroof surround is the normal finding.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Rust in rear arches, sills, sunroof surround, hatch and screen seals
Risk 2The 150 Australian Carlos Sainz cars are a separate and dearer model
Risk 3Head gasket failure and warped head from a history of overheating
Rust in rear arches, sills, sunroof surround, hatch and screen seals$6,250
Head gasket failure and warped head from overheating$5,250
CT26 turbo failure from turbine wear and oil-feed coking$4,500
Torsen rear diff and viscous centre coupling wear from mismatched tyres$3,750
ABS accumulator and pump failure, parts scarce$2,750
Cracked intercooler ducting and perished vacuum lines causing boost faults$1,000

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueMeasured · 4 recorded sales
Carried value
$31,000
Historical price
2016 · $22,9002026 · $31,000
Measured
Multiple recorded transactions plus an aggregate source. Treat the level as reliable.
This car homologated three world titles and Australia bought it new

The ST185 sold here at $45,460 in full widebody export specification with 153kW, and roughly twenty-one thousand were built between October 1989 and August 1993. The Australian delivery count was never published; the figure carried here is a midpoint estimate and should be read as one.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (2 more)
Do not confuse three cars

Toyota built a further five thousand Group A homologation cars on this shell, and Australia took one hundred and fifty of them as the numbered Carlos Sainz Limited Edition - an estimated forty to seventy per cent premium, or $45,000 to $65,000 for a good one. Separately, the later ST205 Group A Rallye came here in a run of seventy-seven at $78,000, and it is a different generation entirely; it has its own record in this library. Three cars, three prices, one badge.

Four results, and distance orders them

$21,500 in June 2023, $22,100 in March 2024, $33,250 in April 2023 and $35,050 in July 2025 - a spread of better than three to two, with the low-kilometre cars pulling away while the middle stays still. That is what the early stage of a re-rating looks like, and it is also what four results look like: enough to see a shape, not enough to fit a line through it.

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This model, today$31,000
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