It’s hard to imagine seeing a Japanese car at the supercar auction site, and it was finally marked with a surprisingly high price. There is indeed such a legendary sports car in history, which is hung with the Toyota emblem, which symbolizes closeness to the people. It has a beautiful appearance and minimal The output has become the highest-priced Japanese car in history. This car is the Toyota 2000GT that came out in 1967.
In the 1960s, the design of sports cars was deeply influenced by Jaguar E-Type. After all, this car was inspired by the founder of Ferrari , Enzo. Ferrari praised it as the most beautiful car in the world. The golden ratio of the long front and the short rear still affects the design of sports cars. At that time, a Japanese car factory on the other side of the world was trying to show off with great fanfare. Car designer Albrecht Goertz said Nissan put forward a design proposal, but was rejected by Nissan's senior management. He simply proposed to Toyota and was accepted, so the legendary Toyota 2000GT was born.
This sports car has a similar body profile to the Jaguar E-Type, with a long front with a slant back and a short tail. The engine is a 2.0-liter inline 6-cylinder engine built by Yamaha, with a maximum horsepower of 152. Originally this sports car was regarded as Toyota's entry The cradle of the top performance car was priced at about US$6,800 in the United States that year. Although it was cheaper than Porsche or Ferrari in the same period, the manufacturing cost of the Toyota 2000GT was too high. Toyota executives felt that this car could not make money at all, and it was announced that it would stop production in 1970. , Only 351 vehicles were produced in total.
2.0-liter inline 6-cylinder engine with a maximum horsepower of 152 horsepower.
It is worth mentioning that Toyota 2000GT used to be 007's car. Young fans may think that 007 only drove the British supercar Aston Martin, but 007 not only drove BMW. In 1967, the 007 movie "You only Live Twice" (You only Live Twice) In, by Shi En. Sean Connery (Sean Connery) played 007 while driving a Toyota 2000GT. Connery is too high to sit in the small cockpit of Toyota 2000GT, so Toyota created a convertible version of Toyota 2000GT especially for the film crew. Unfortunately, the convertible version was not mass-produced.
Because Toyota 2000GT is rare and legendary, it was sold at auction for 1.2 million US dollars. On May 1 this year, a famous American racing driver Otto Linton (Otto Linton) bought it and saved 30. The Toyota 2000GT, which was resold and fully restored after the year, is ready for auction, and this car is one of the 62 left-hand drive cars built for the US market that year. It is more rare. Is there a chance to break the new transaction record? I can know the answer.
