GR Supra

Make
Toyota
Segment
Coupe

Long before the arrival of any Z, Skyline, or RX-7 (or even Supra, for that matter), Toyota introduced what is known today as Japan's first supercar. We're speaking about the utterly gorgeous Toyota 2000GT, a car that, earlier this year, officially became the most expensive Japanese car of all time. Some have tried to reimagine what the car could look like in the modern age, but the truth is that the original is wholly inimitable.

Today's crash regulations have determined that certain shapes are now illegal, and like the Jaguar E-Type, no modern recreation comes close. As we touched on above, this beauty has made the car worth an absolute fortune, but it was never offered in the US, so it remains forbidden fruit. Or does it?

Currently listed on auction site Bring a Trailer is a 1967 Toyota 2000GT, one of 351 examples built during the three-year production run. This one is even more special because it is one of only 84 ever made in lefthand drive. Chassis #10193 presents in Solar Red and was imported to Switzerland in January 1969 before being sold to its first owner in 1971. According to the advertisement, "the car is said to have been purchased by Toyota Switzerland AG in the early 1980s and used for promotional purposes before undergoing a refurbishment in 1993 that included a repaint in its original shade of Solar Red" because one of the owners had painted it blue at some point.

The car lived in the Emil Frey collection in the Swiss region of Safenwil for around 30 years, "undergoing an additional refurbishment in 2014 that included a rebuild and overbore of the numbers-matching 1,998cc DOHC inline-six, a refresh of the black vinyl interior, and overhauls of the brake and suspension systems." Its current owner took possession in 2015 and imported it to America.

The car is being offered with a clean Arizona title, a copy of its Swiss Wagenkarte (vehicle documentation), service invoices dating back to the 1990s, and refurbishment photos. The car, located in Texas, oddly, shows around 2,000 kilometers (around 1,240 miles) on the clock and, at the time of writing, had attracted a maximum bid of over $250,000. The auction ends on June 27 at 7:00 PM EST, so there's plenty of time for that number to climb.