“Here is a Toyota with real fire, a real sense of purpose, its personality for once not smothered by compromise and a desire to please all of the people all of the time.” This is one line that stands out from this publication’s February 1987 road test of the first Conquest RSi.
Complete with its hard-to-ignore 16-valve livery and sharply squared-off lines, this “wet look” hatchback would, indeed, introduce an entirely new generation of South African enthusiasts to the otherwise admittedly conservative Toyota brand.
While the RSi badge would continue to showcase this Japanese brand’s penchant for upstaging the establishment – including on the local racing scene – many felt that its legacy peaked with the high-revving, 4A-GE-powered
