Toyota 2000GT: The Toyota That Lived Twice...

[Digby]

Some retro goodness...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYzxFW2EXNE

[LarJammer]

Forget the E-Type, this is probably the prettiest car ever made.

[Tryke3]

Only a knob would use the word holy grail

[Heaveho]

Tryke3 said:

Only a knob would use the word holy grail

That's 2 words fella........sorry, couldn't help it!

[RBH58]

It's a stunning car. I've only seen one "in the flesh" and it was in Japan. It was a completely original looking white one, being driven by a very stylish looking middle-aged grey haired gentleman. I got to walk around it in a carpark just before he turned up, and I was able in, my limited Japanese, to say "Utsukushī" (beautiful) and smiled and thanked me. Turns out that he spoke excellent English (thankfully) and he said he'd inherited it from his father who had owned it from new, and that it had been repainted 5 years prior but was otherwise pretty much original. It was beautiful.

[Shoegrip]

The one in the video is almost identical to mine. One major difference being that mine is 1/18th of the size of that one.

Still pretty to look at.

Imagine how affordable these cars would still be these days had they been made in the same volumes as the 240z.

[Heaveho]

I bought ( and still own ) an early Mitsubishi Evo 8 13 years ago through a broker in London that belonged to her late husband, Henry, and was his daily runaround for the first 8 months or so of it's life. Dull fact of the day!

[aka_kerrly]

The 2000GT has to be one of the most stunning Japanese designs and ranks dam high in the most beautiful cars ever!

RBH58 said:

I got to walk around it in a carpark just before he turned up, and I was able in, my limited Japanese, to say "Utsukush?" (beautiful) and smiled and thanked me. Turns out that he spoke excellent English l.

I have a similar story about a not so beautiful car but a very rare on none the less. I was in Spain last year and spotted an VW Polo G40 with a Treser Targa conversion. I managed to track it down in a car park and was having a good look around when the owner approached me.

Using my incredibly limited Spanish I managed to muster "hello & i like your car".. fortunately the chap laughed and spoke to me in fine English.

[GravelBen]

aka_kerrly said:

The 2000GT has to be one of the most stunning Japanese designs and ranks dam high in the most beautiful cars ever!

Its up there on the list and a lovely thing, but I always preferred the 240Z. Personal taste!

[PositronicRay]

Very pretty, let down by details, gopping lights front and rear.

[Neith]

Saw one of these at the Toyota History Garage in Odaiba when I was in Japan last year. Absolutely beautiful car; people call it the Japanese E-Type but I've always preferred it.

[clonmult]

PositronicRay said:

Very pretty, let down by details, gopping lights front and rear.

Its those details that result in me preferring the Opel GT - which has similarities, but ultimately looks a little better.

[Dave Hedgehog]

LarJammer said:

Forget the E-Type, this is probably the prettiest car ever made.

hence they sell for many times more than an e type

[generationx]

Dave Hedgehog said:

hence they sell for many times more than an e type

Plus there´s only about 350 of the Toyota

[Rich_W]

RBH58 said:

...and I was able in, my limited Japanese, to say "Utsukush?" (beautiful) and smiled and thanked me. Turns out that he spoke excellent English ..

aka_kerrly said:

Using my incredibly limited Spanish I managed to muster "hello & i like your car".. fortunately the chap laughed and spoke to me in fine English.

Funny how an interest in cars is a universal language