Japan enters the GT market
Toyota and Yamaha used the 2000GT to move Japan into the GT market. It paired a 150 PS twin-cam six with four-wheel independent suspension and disc brakes. Delivery market, specification and restoration separate results.
Market value · road
$850K–$1.1M
Typical $1M · 7 sales · -40% vs ’20–’22
Market & Price
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: Toyota-Shelby 2000 GT · MF10-10001 — $2,535,000 · Gooding Amelia Island · 4 Mar 2022; Road 2000GT · U.S.-delivery LHD — $1,155,000 · RM Auctions Don Davis Collection · 27 Apr 2013. 24 documented road sales on file · 2013–2025.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | -2.1% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | -8.7% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +2.3% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $866K | $1.0M | $1.2M |
| +12M | $841K | $1.0M | $1.3M |
| +24M | $816K | $1.1M | $1.5M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
24 of 24 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
A restored U.S.-delivery car crossed $1'000'000 in 2013. A right-hand-drive Japanese-market car made $511'000 in 2018; public road-car results recovered to $912'500 in 2020 and $995'000 in 2025. The $2'535'000 Shelby sale belongs to one of three competition cars, not the standard curve.
Floor
$850K
Typical
$1M
Ceiling
$1.1M
Estimate band for good road cars. 7 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. US dollars, standard road cars. Factory competition cars and the two Bond prototypes are excluded.
Road record
$2,535,000
Toyota-Shelby 2000 GT · MF10-10001
Gooding Amelia Island · 4 Mar 2022
Road record
$1,155,000
Road 2000GT · U.S.-delivery LHD
RM Auctions Don Davis Collection · 27 Apr 2013
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Ledger totals remain in their published USD amounts. No currency conversion is used; non-USD sales are excluded from the ledger.
Overview
Toyota formed the 280A project after the 1964 Japanese Grand Prix. Jiro Kono led it; Satoru Nozaki handled design and Shinichi Yamazaki the chassis. Toyota set the layout, design and basic parameters; Yamaha raised the Crown-derived engine's performance, completed detailed body and chassis engineering, built the prototypes and assembled the production cars.
The first prototype was complete in August 1965 and a second appeared at the Tokyo Motor Show that October. Before sales began in May 1967, development cars finished third at the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix, took first and second at the Suzuka 1'000 km and set the Yatabe endurance records.
The 1969 update changed the driving lamps and added comfort options. Production ended at Iwata in October 1970, three years after launch.
Reference
The records
0
World records
Yatabe speed trials · October 1966
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International records
1.5- to 2.0-litre E class · same trial
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Cars per month
Toyota Museum's stated maximum
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Toyota 2000GT file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
The register separates the 2000GT into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
MF10013 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The cars
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
08 documented · public records
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Toyota 2000GT.
Project leader
Led Toyota's small 280A development team.
Design lead
Headed the in-house body design for the low two-seat coupe.
Chassis lead
Handled chassis and suspension development for the 280A team.
