It's a long story. I could have rebuild an accident damaged genuine TA22 GT a while back, but considering that the chassis is identical in all Lt, ST, GT and GTV Celica's I didn't see any point trying to fix it. Instead I transferred all the GT parts to my TA22.
Everything down to the compliance plate. So as far as I'm concerned its the real thing.
I'm not that hung up about "genuine", "factory made" or whatever. I just really like GT stuff.
The 3T GTE and paint colour aren't genuine either, so it depends on how you want to look at it.
A genuine TA22 GT in stock form isn't really for me, I much rather the GT look with upgrades like engine, wheels etc etc.