Toyota 2000GT
Toyota 2000GT wata ƙayyadaddun ƙirar gaba ce ta tsakiyar injin, motar baya, kofa biyu, motar wasanni mai kujeru biyu / babban mai yawon buɗe ido wanda Toyota ya kera tare da haɗin gwiwar Yamaha . Da farko an nuna wa jama'a a Nunin Mota na Tokyo a 1965, 2000GT Yamaha ne ya kera shi a ƙarƙashin kwangilar tsakanin 1967 da 1970. Motar halo ga mai kera motoci, a Japan ta keɓanta ga tashar tallace-tallace ta Toyota ta Japan mai suna Toyota Store .

2000GT ya kawo sauyi ga ra'ayin duniya na kera motoci game da Japan, sannan kuma ana kallonsa a matsayin mai kera motoci masu kwaikwaya da tsayayye. A matsayin sleek, high-performance fastback coupé, ya nuna ta automakers iya samar da wasanni mota don kishiyantar mafi kyau marques na Turai . Da yake bitar 2000GT da aka riga aka yi a cikin 1967, mujallar Road &amp; Track ta taƙaita motar a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin motoci mafi ban sha'awa da jin daɗi da muka tuka", kuma idan aka kwatanta da ita da Porsche 911 . A yau, ana ganin 2000GT a matsayin motar Japan ta farko mai tattara gaske da babbar motarta ta farko. Misalai na 2000GT sun sayar a gwanjon da ya kai US$  a shekarar 2013.

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Mallakar motoci a Japan a ƙarshen 1950s da farkon 1960s ya fara ɗauka, kuma Toyota ya lura cewa yawancin masana'antun ƙasa da ƙasa suna da babbar motar wasan motsa jiki ko babbar motar yawon buɗe ido, wacce za ta jawo abokan ciniki cikin ɗakunan nuni da dillalai da kuma fitar da siyar da wasu samfuran masu araha. . Ford kwanan nan ya gabatar da Thunderbird, Chrysler yana da C-300 yayin da GM's Chevrolet Division yana da Corvette . A Turai, Mercedes-Benz yana da 300SL, BMW a takaice ya ba da 507, Porsche yana da 356, Jaguar yana da E-Type, Aston Martin yana da DB4, Ferrari yana da 250 GT Coupé, Maserati yana da 3500 GT . A Japan, Nissan ya ba da Datsun Wasanni, yayin da Honda ya gabatar da S500 da Prince ya ba da Skyline Sport Coupé . Toyota ya riga ya fara samar da Sports 800, amma injin ya yi ƙanƙanta da yawa don a yi la'akari da motar wasanni a duniya, kuma sun yanke shawarar cewa suna buƙatar bayar da wani nau'i mai mahimmanci 6-Silinda.

Yawancin ƙirar 2000GT ta masana'antar babur Yamaha ne, wanda kuma ya ba da gudummawar tallafin kwangila ga sauran masana'antun Japan, gami da Nissan. A cikin 1959, Yamaha ya kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Fasaha don haɓaka motar motsa jiki na kansu, kuma sun gina motar motsa jiki ta YX30 tare da injin 4-Silinda wanda ke rarrabuwar 1600cc, yana samun wahayi daga injin MGA B-Series 1600 DOHC na Burtaniya.   Saboda matsaloli daban-daban, babban jami'in gudanarwa na Yamaha ya yanke shawarar rufe cibiyar bincike a cikin 1962, amma sha'awar haɓaka motar motsa jiki ta haifar da haɗin gwiwa tare da kafaffen kera motoci. An gina wani samfurin da ake kira "A550X", amma Nissan ta soke aikin kuma ta gabatar da jigilar Nissan Silvia a hankali a cikin 1965.   Daga nan Yamaha ya ba da shawarar zayyana ga Toyota, wanda su ma suka yi aikin kwangilar, sannan aka yi la'akari da su a matsayin mafi ra'ayin mazan jiya na masu kera motoci na Japan. Suna son inganta hotonsu, Toyota ta karɓi shawarar, amma sun yi amfani da ƙira daga mai tsara nasu Satoru Nozaki.