The Toyota MR2 is a line of two-seater, mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports cars, manufactured in Japan and marketed globally by Toyota from 1984 until 2007 over three generations: W10 (1984-1989), W20 (1989-1999) and W30 (1999-2007). Toyota very nearly had its own version of the Ford RS200, a mid-engine, all-wheel drive rally car called the 222D. Based loosely on the first-generation MR2, the 222D was Toyota's planned entry.
The Eifel Rally Festival in the little town of Daun, Germany is an absolute dream for historic rally car fans, and a few years back in 2016, to mark the 30th anniversary of their banning, 64 monstrous Group B cars were brought together for the biggest gathering of the fabled supercars since their mid-'80s heyday. The 222D is extremely different from the MR2, chosen as the most suitable candidate for Group S rallying from Toyota's lineup because of its mid. Group B rally racing's collapse also brought down its successor category, the more prototype-oriented Group S, and all the cars meant to race in it.
One of them was Toyota's MR2-based 222D, an. When Toyota realised that the Celica Twincam Turbo wasn't very competitive outside of Africa, Toyota Team Europe (TTE) started work on a new contender - the 600 horsepower Mk 1 Toyota MR2 Group S Rally. The rally car was codenamed 222D and was being developed for Group S and possibly Group B.
A ground up tube chassis car was constructed. It was completed but never competed. Let's take a look at Toyota's forgotten rally monster.
Group S was a stillborn class of rallying which was canned alongside Group B in 1986. Originally slanted to replace the. Toyota 222D: The Story Behind Toyota's Secret Group S MR2 Rally Car Other Vehicles & General Automotive Discussions.
Toyota is back in rally racing, so what better time than now to celebrate one of its more exotic rally cars? Check out photos of the MR2 Group S here. The Toyota 222D is the company's secret rally project that never saw any action, as it was set to participate in FIA's stillborn Group S category. The Group S was destined to replace the.
