Ever wondered what was Toyota’s first Japanese super car? It was the Toyota 2000GT, the first sports car ever produced by the Japanese auto maker. It was first seen at the Tokyo Motor Show back in the year 1965 and went into production between the years 1967 and 1970. The sports car was made to show that the Japanese are also capable of producing sports car that could very much rival those created in Europe. It has also changed the view of the car enthusiasts in Japan as well as the view of those car aficionados who do not believe in Japanese vehicles.

The car went into pre-production in 1967. The Road & Track magazine sent it into a road test which made them say that the car was the most exciting and enjoyable car they have ever driven. It was even compared to Europe’s Porsche 911.

The Toyota 2000GT is now being considered as a collectible car. It was named “The First Japanese Super Car” but it sure did come along with a fair price, too.

The car appeared to look like the Jaguar E-Type because of the Goertz lines that it has but it was surely Toyota’s very own design. On its exterior body parts one can find pop-up headlights as well as large driving lamps in fixed locations on either side of the grille. These lamps come with plexiglas covers that cover them. It also features bumpers and plexiglas driving lamp covers.

It appeared on the Bond Movie “You Only Live Twice” where the car was made into top-down as the actor Sean Connery was not able to fit in the car. The car was modified slightly and the lamps and the shape of the turn signals were the ones that received some changes particularly.

The 1903 Model A Rear Entry Tonneau, car no. 30, is the third Ford model built by Henry Ford in 1903. Of its more than a hundred years of existence, only four owners were noted to experience driving the said car. The first owner was Herbert L. McNary, a butter maker from Britt, Iowa. And according to the records of the company, the first owner paid an initial deposit of $170 on the $850 car.

The model A propels on a 72-inch wheelbase and features a two-cylinder, 8 horsepower, 100 cubic-inch engine; two-speed transmission; live axle rear suspension with full-elliptical leaf springs at the rear; and mechanical brakes.

A historic-car collector from Waterloo, Iowa Harry E. Burd, bought the car from the McNary family for $400 around the year 1950. Burd had flourished and restored the car to its previous elegant state.

Later, Burd sold the vehicle to a Ford dealer in Switzerland for $6,500, and in the 1980’s, the Swiss owner loaned it to the Ford Motor Works in Cologne, Germany where it spent the next 15 years being on display in the company’s foyer at the Museum of Nurburgring and the Engineering University of Aachen. The current owner purchased the car from the Swiss dealer in 2001.

Now, the oldest surviving Ford car is being auctioned at RM Auctions’ "Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona" which is held at the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix starting last January 19. According to the RM founder, Rob Myers, the model A is one of the most historically significant automobiles they have ever offered. The world’s oldest Model A is expected to bring between $400,000 and $500,000.

Who knows that the first modern electric car came from the Henney Motors Company? This vehicle is the 1959 Henney Kilowatt. The classic car is compared to today’s more recent battery electric vehicles such as the EV1 from General Motors.

The creation of the first electronic car also contributed to the development of the modern electric hybrid cars you see today. Isn’t that very amazing?

The company gave the Kilowatt a 36-volt system of 18 sequential 2-volt batteries. The first electric car can run in a speed of 40 mph when fully charged. However, the company finds it very impractical. So as to solve this problem, they built the Eureka Williams in 1960 which was a 72 volt system and this amount of power comes from its 12 sequential batteries. In 1960, the Kilowatt was also revamped to have the capacity to reach 60 mph on a single charge.

GM took its concept from the Henney Kilowatt and was able to produce its own EV1 which came out in 1996. The production of this GM vehicle ended on 1999. Like the Henney Kilowatt, EV1 is also a two-door, two-seat electric car. GM was able to release 800 units of EV1 out of about 1100 produced. The car is available in California and Arizona and could only be serviced at designate Saturn retailers.

I wonder if these cars have its powertrain and fuel parts as well…

Well, I am only kidding… Of course, I know the answer to that.