Toyota · 2000GT

Toyota 2000GT (MF10)

Years: 1967–1970
Chassis: MF10
Drivetrain: FR

Story

Production was entrusted to Yamaha Motor and assembled by hand at the factory. Even at the price of two Crowns it always sold at a loss, and it served its role as an image leader.

Stories

Stationed at Yamaha, a second car in two months

The 2000GT was built with the cooperation of Yamaha Motor, whose GT car development with Nissan had fallen through. Toyota's core staff were stationed at Yamaha, and the first prototype was completed in August. Making the most of a small, elite team, they displayed the second prototype at the motor show just two months later.

Jiro Kono

Chassis

Front

Double wishbone

Rear

Double wishbone

Curb weight: 1,120kg

Production plants

Yamaha Motor Iwata Plant
Iwata, Shizuoka

US import eligibility

Earliest cars: Eligible since May 199225 years after sales began in May 1967
Last cars: Eligible since 199525 years after sales ended in 1970 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Jiro Kono

Project leader for the Toyota 2000GT (project code 280A).

Hidetaka Takagi

Responsible for the engine design of the Toyota 2000GT.

Satoru Nozaki

Responsible for the exterior design of the Toyota 2000GT. He trained at Art Center in the United States and designed the Corona and other cars.