On March 7, foreign media neuwatlas reported that at the Amelia Island auction of Gudin Company a few days ago, Toyota 2000GT sold for 2.535 million US dollars (about 16 million yuan), once again becoming the most expensive Japanese car in the auction.
The car retained the title of the most expensive Japanese car since its launch in 1967, until it was overtaken by the Mazda 767B in 2017 and has now regained the title of "Most Expensive Japanese Car".
It is understood that when the car was first launched, it was priced at $7150 in the United States. For Americans who earned just $7,300 a year at the time, they obviously wouldn't be too interested in the model. Moreover, the Toyota 2000GT was priced 15% more expensive than the Jaguar E-Type or Porsche 911 at that time, and the Americans did not look at Japanese cars at that time, resulting in the sales of the car exploding, selling 62 units in the United States, and most of the 351 mass-produced vehicles were sold in Japan.
However, the Toyota 2000GT was indeed a very powerful car, with the most advanced automotive technology of the time. It is equipped with a 2.0-liter DOHC in-line six-cylinder engine, four-wheel double-wishbone suspension, four-wheel disc brake, radial tires, magnesium alloy wheels and retractable headlights. The speed is 220 km/h, which is comparable to that of European sports cars.
The car also competed in speed races before its release and set 3 world records as well as 13 international records, ranking very high in various races worldwide. Today, after 55 years, the value of the car has been rediscovered, and the sky-high price of 16 million yuan has been auctioned, which can also be regarded as a powerful name for the car.
However, the Toyota 2000GT's most expensive Japanese car title may soon be surpassed. The Lexus LFA Nürburgring edition is appreciating rapidly, already reaching $1.6 million. The Lexus LFA regular version was also auctioned for 808,000 and quickly moved in the direction of millions of dollars. The Lexus LFA Nürburgring edition is limited to 50 units, and the regular version is only 450 vehicles, and the collection value is also very high.
Although the world's major car companies are undergoing electrification transformation, the value of automobile collection is definitely higher than that of fuel vehicles. Although today's electric vehicles have a strong sense of science and technology, the internal electronic equipment, circuit devices, batteries, etc. are updated quickly, and they are also relatively easy to age and damage, and they cannot be collected and preserved at all. Therefore, fuel vehicles may be replaced by electric vehicles, but their future value may also be more precious.