Are you a fan of '90s rally racing, when Group A cars raced on the tracks? Or perhaps you were a fan of the Toyota team, which dominated until their car was discovered to be cheating. If so, Toyota has a proposition for you.

The opening day of the 2024 SEMA Show in Las Vegas was a hotbed of automotive excitement, and Toyota certainly did not disappoint with its GR86 Rally Legacy Concept. This isn’t just some shiny new paint job.

What is perhaps more interesting is the mechanical package of the concept. Instead of the 2.0-liter flat-4 and rear-wheel drive of the stock GR86, Toyota has dropped in the turbocharged 1.5-liter inline-3 and all-wheel-drive system from the current GR Corolla hot hatch.

Everything you need to know about the Toyota GR86 Rally Legacy Concept at the 2024 SEMA tuning show in Las Vegas – and why it's inspired by the Celica GT-Four

A couple years ago Toyota took over the showcase space in the Center HJall of the Las Vegas Convention Center that was held by Ford since Henry was an engineering student. And every year thereafter Toyota has made the most of it.

In a world with Lamborghini Huracán Sterratos and Porsche 911 Dakars, why not a Toyota GR86 with serious off-road chops? That’s probably the question the Japanese automaker was asking, although the answer it has come up with will not go beyond this week’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

Evasive Motorsports stuffed the Toyota GR Corolla's 300-hp three-cylinder and all-wheel-drive system into this nostalgic GR86 build for SEMA.

At the 2024 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Toyota unveiled the GR86 Rally Legacy Concept, a thrilling tribute to its iconic rally heritage. Designed as a modern reimagining of the legendary 1990s Celica GT-Four rally cars,