Description[]
The Toyota 2000 GT (officially named Toyota 2000GT, note the lack of the space) is a 2-seat sports car produced from 1967 to 1970. Born out of a joint venture between Yamaha and Toyota, the 2000GT was the single car that rewrote how Western car makers thought of Japanese cars. The Toyota 2000GT was Japan's first supercar and the first seriously collectable Japanese car. Only 351 were made, with 60 being exported to the US. the rest being thinly spread across the globe. The 2000GT served as a design inspiration for Nissan when they were designing their Fairlady Z to phase out the Fairlady Roadsters.
The Hot Wheels Toyota 2000 GT was originally slated for the final series of Hot Wheels Racing in 2012, featuring all Japanese race cars, but the series was cancelled before it came to fruition. It debuted in the mainline the following year without being labelled a 'New Model'. The toy number for that unreleased version remains present on this casting, most notably visible on the windshield piece: W8305.
Versions[]
The Toyota 2000 GT has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
| Col # | Year | Series | Color | Tampo | Base Color / Type |
Window Color | Interior Color | Wheel Type | Toy # | Country | Notes / Variations |
Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176/250 | 2013 | HW Showroom: HW All Stars | Red | Black stripe on sides | Black / Plastic |
Clear | Black | Chrome Rim, Black MC5 | X1844 | Malaysia | Base codes: F05, F06, F07, F09, F10 | 
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| 176/250 | 2013 | HW Showroom: HW All Stars | Spectraflame Red | Black & Silver | Gloss Black / Metal |
Clear | Black | Chrome Rim, Black RR10SP | X2020 | Malaysia | Super Treasure Hunt Base code(s): F02 |
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| 192/250 | 2014 | HW Workshop: HW All Stars | Metalflake Black | Red and White stripes on sides and across top | Black / Plastic |
Clear | Gray | Gold Rim, Black MC5 | BFD66 | Malaysia | Base codes: F29, F32, F36, F40 | 
|
| 192/250 | 2014 | HW Workshop: HW All Stars | Yellow | Black and Blue Stripes | Yellow / Plastic |
Smoke | Black | Gray MC5 | BFF53 | Malaysia | Base codes: F49, G03 | 
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| 2015 | RLC Exclusive | Pearl White & Red | "33" on sides & hood; CP, Goodyear, & Toyota logos on sides; Toyota logo on trunk; silver trim; painted taillights | White / Metal |
Clear | Black | NCRL | BLR30 | Malaysia | Named Shelby Toyota 2000GT 3,000 produced Base code(s): H16 |
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| 2015 | HW Road Trippin' 18/21 |
Metalflake Grey | 'Mount Fuji Drift Night', '22' & Blue & White stripes on sides | Black / Plastic |
Clear | Black | Black (Gold Rim) MC5 | DFL51 | Malaysia | Base code(s): H36 | 
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| 2016 | Car Culture: Japan Historics 4/5 |
Yellow | Green hood, green 'Toyota 2000GT' NGK, GoodYear, JCCS and Nostalgia Logos on both sides, red Hot Wheels Logo on both sides | Unpainted / Metal |
Clear | Black | Chrome & Gold RR8SP | DJF79 | Malaysia | Base codes: H52, J09 |
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| 184/250 | 2020 | Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 8/10 |
Burgundy | Pink & Dark Magenta stripes on hood and sides; "Tokyo 2020", "Karate" and karate illustration on both sides; Olympic rings, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo & "Tokyo 2020" on hood | Burgundy / Plastic |
Tinted (Smoke) | Tan | Gold Chrome Rim, Black DD8 | GHC98 | Malaysia | Base codes: N08, N09, N10, N11, N20 | 
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| 184/250 | 2020 | Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 8/10 |
White | Red & Dark Magenta stripes on hood and sides; "Tokyo 2020", "Karate" and karate illustration on both sides; Olympic rings, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo & "Tokyo 2020" on hood | White / Plastic |
Tinted (Smoke) | Maroon | Gold Chrome Rim, Black DD8 | GHF55 | Malaysia | Base code(s): N28, N29 | 
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| 2021 | Car Culture: Toyota 3/5 |
White | Detailed reflectors and taillights, "23", "CP", Goodyear logo on sides, blue accents | ZAMAC | Tinted (Light Smoke) | Black | Gray RR10SP | GRJ98 | Thailand | Base Code(s): P36, P39, P40 | 
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| 2023 | Japanese Classics 4/5 |
Cream yellow | Detailed taillights, Goodyear logo on front fender | Cream Yellow / Plastic |
Tinted (Light Smoke) | Black | MC5 | HLK15 | Malaysia | Base code(s): R44 | 
| |
| 2024 | Vintage Racing Club 2/5 |
Red | Gumball "3" on sides & hood; "CP", Goodyear logo, & yellow stripe on sides; yellow hood; detailed taillights | Chrome / Plastic |
Clear | Black | C5 | HRV07 | Thailand | Base code(s): T04, T05, T06 | 
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Trivia[]
- In 2016, the Toyota 2000GT was released in the coloring used on the real Toyota 2000GT that was used in the 1966 Yatabe Speed Trial, which broke the time's speed and performance records, stunning western carmakers into taking Japanese cars very seriously.
- The 2015 RLC Version is based on the real-life race car campaigned by Carroll Shelby for the 1968 SCCA Series.
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