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Toyota2000GT
Production1967–1970
Recorded originJapan
ClassSports car
Also known asToyota MF10
Power148 hp
Built337 units
Production
337
confirmed units built
every.autos editorialconfidence: medium
The car that proved Japan could build something beautiful — and made the world take notice.
In the 1960s, Japanese cars meant sensible and cheap. The 2000GT was Toyota's answer to that reputation: a low, elegant grand tourer built with Yamaha, often called Japan's first supercar. It looked and drove like nothing the country had made before, and it forced the established European makers to start taking Japan seriously.
Under the long bonnet sat a 2.0-litre inline-six making 148 hp — modest today, but wrapped in a car that handled and finished to a standard no one expected from Tokyo. It even earned a turn in the wider culture, appearing as a Bond car in the 1960s. Just 337 were built, which is part of why it became the first Japanese car to sell for over a million dollars at auction.
The 2000GT didn't sell in numbers or change an industry overnight. What it changed was perception — the moment Japan announced it could make an object of desire, not just transport.
Written and fact-checked for every.autos · every claim checked against the sources below · 2026-07
Background
The Toyota 2000GT is a limited-production front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door, two-seat sports car/grand tourer designed by Toyota in collaboration with Yamaha. First displayed to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT was manufactured under contract by Yamaha between 1967 and 1970. A halo car for the automaker, in Japan it was exclusive to Toyota's Japanese retail sales channel called Toyota Store.
Text adapted from “Toyota 2000GT” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1967–1969
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗3 years
Research notes
233 MF10 + 109 MF10L + 9 MF12L (larger 2.3L engine special models) = 337 total. Co-developed with Yamaha.