• Landmark Japanese sports car • Exported new to Mozambique • Resident for 30 years in Portugal • Brought to the UK in 2012 • 'Best in show' 2022 London Concours "Rare, stylish and exquisitely engineered, the Toyota 2000GT revolutionised the Japanese motor industry..." - Octane magazine.

Somewhat ironically, it was rival firm Nissan's cancellation of Albrecht Goertz's Yamaha-built design study that led to Toyota acquiring the rights to the pretty two-seater coupé that would become the 2000GT.

Yamaha were retained to build what was envisaged as a low-volume model, work on the project commencing early in 1964.

The 2000GT was one of the stars of the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, though production proper did not commence until May 1967.

Beneath the 2000GT's aerodynamic coupé coachwork was a Lotus Elan-inspired backbone chassis equipped with double-wishbone independent suspension at all four corners and disc brakes all-round, the latter a first for a Japanese car.

A five-speed all-synchrom...