
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 #18 T. Katsuta / A. Johnston Rally Monte Carlo 2025 IXO 1:43

Specifications
- Car Brand
- Toyota
- Model Manufacturer
- IXO
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- RAM972E
- Year
- 2025
- Era
- 2020s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- WRC Modern
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4895102349562
About the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 #18 T. Katsuta / A. Johnston Rally Monte Carlo 2025 IXO 1:43
TL;DR: IXO's 1:43 diecast Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 #18 reproduces Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston's entry at Rally Monte Carlo 2025. Katsuta drives as Toyota Gazoo Racing's Japanese representative in a manufacturer built on home soil, and this diecast pairs naturally with team-mate entries for a complete current WRC line-up.
Toyota's WRC effort carries genuine home-market significance, since Gazoo Racing is Toyota's own competition arm rather than a satellite outfit. Katsuta drives as the team's Japanese representative, and this Monte Carlo 2025 entry captures that role at 1:43.
A Companion Piece Within IXO's Current WRC Range
This #18 car shares its tooling with IXO's other current GR Yaris Rally1 releases, including team-mate liveries from the same season, and that shared basis is exactly why IXO's rally range rewards collecting more than one entry at once: the aggressive Rally1 aerodynamics, deep splitter, roof scoop, and oversized rear wing, stay consistent across cars, while the tampo-printed number boards and sponsor decals change to track each specific crew and event. Diecast construction gives the model genuine weight at 1:43, and the finish holds the number 18 and Gazoo Racing branding sharply despite the compact scale. Collectors who already own a Rovanperä or other team-mate entry from the same event will find this Katsuta car slots in as a natural pairing rather than a duplicate purchase.
Katsuta's Role as Toyota's Home-Market Driver
Takamoto Katsuta holds a distinct place within Toyota Gazoo Racing, driving as the team's Japanese representative within a manufacturer effort that Toyota runs from its own competition division rather than through an independent outfit. Co-driver Aaron Johnston has partnered him through much of that WRC career, and the pairing has become a consistent presence across recent seasons, including events like Monte Carlo where mixed ice and tarmac stages test a crew's adaptability as much as raw speed. For a manufacturer as closely tied to Japan as Toyota, having a Japanese driver on the factory roster carries genuine symbolic weight, and this #18 entry represents that specific dimension of Toyota's WRC programme.
Completing a Toyota Gazoo Racing Line-up
Collected alongside other current Toyota entries, this Katsuta car rounds out a season display with a driver pairing that tells a different story than the championship-leading car alone. IXO's consistent diecast quality across the range means the two sit together comfortably on a shelf, sharp livery work and matching scale doing the work of tying a full team roster together.















