By Jeff Glucker 
Hey all, I’m in Detroit for some sort of car show. So far, I’ve only seen a few things though, and, disappointingly, none of them have been roving gangs of Robocops. One thing I did see, however, is very cool and I snapped a few pics for you real quickly.
This is a Toyota 2000GT, and it’s electric (boogie woogie woogie). Yes, the wheels don’t work, but everything else about the car is rather entertaining. See for yourself after the break. Also, sound off in the comments with cars you want me to try and grab photos of, thanks!
Kamil Kaluski
I really, really hope that's a kit car… I mean, it's cool and all, but they only made about 300 of these…
Edit: Fuck… http://green.autoblog.com/2012/07/14/does-the-toy…
I would rather have this than any of the other 299
Going by the NAIAS site there doesn't seem to be any weird fringe manufacturers there.
The fringe are the best.
Like Vector. Or Bricklin. Or Bitter.
Better big wheels to clear big (regenerative?) brakes than big brakes to fill big wheels, I suppose.
Classic cars are cool, electric car conversions are cool but hacking up an uber rare sports is not. They should have used a 240Z or something.
Oh and neon green in the interior? Worse than the wheels for decade clash.
Well it is Toyota, so some kind of '70s Celica would probably be the best choice for this.
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I4PjsLyIz-M/SkyMUhp7TiI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/aOe4noMrb8s/s400/seppuku.gif">
I hereby dub this shade of green, Seppuku Green.
F@#$%Ing AWESOME!!!!!
Jeff, if they have an NSX there, please take a picture. Thanks.
Also, maybe if they have a Raptor as well: I really need a new one for my avatar.
HALO version?
<img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/12/halo4raptor530.jpg">
IMG from joystiq.com
I think I need one of them.
They have an NSX there, but it's electric.
Well, just forget it then!
I'll grab it for you later today.
Well, at least they haven't robbed it of its charismatic exhaust note. They did what now?
Hmm. I consider myself as keen on preserving our natural environment as the next guy. But disemboweling 2000GTs is not the way to go about making a change.
So if the new Corvette's back opens somehow a photo of how would be nice. I imagine it's a real deal breaker.
If you can get everyone to get the hell away from it, I'd like to see the Corvette in straight-on profile.
The people responsible for butchering that car should be hanged.
Amen…. Hopefully, it will show up on eBay at some future date, along with the original parts to make it right again.
You sacrificed a 2000GT? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detai…
It looks like they took the wheels off of an Rx7 Spirit R
Apparently, it's been set up so it can be converted back to gas power down the line. Couple that with the 30hp boost it got (admittedly, probably with a weight penalty), and I approve.
If nothing else, if they're successful with the modularity of the powertrains, it shows that classic cars could be very easily retrofitted to whatever future we end up with.
And this, friends, is how you take one of the most beautiful cars ever built, and make it hideous. Shameful.
Cool? This isnt cool. This is supremely STUPID! These A******* deserve to be hung by the 'nads with 00 uninsulated battery cables, connected to the batteries they stuffed into this classic. No, dont ask me how I REALLY feel about it. S***H***s!
My God, such a beautiful body…ruined. When are we going to get cars designed like that again?
How is it ruined?
Wow. That's awesome. Now I want to find whoever did this to a 2000GT, insert a glass rod up his urethra, and then smash it with a sledgehammer.
Ouch
Everything about messing with a one of 300 car has been said, so I won't repeat it. But is anyone else tired of seeing green used for a lot of EVs? I mean, I'm pretty sure we all know why they chose to use green. How about be a little more original? I dunno, maybe I'm just sick of the word green being used for every tiny little supposedly planet saving thing out there.
yes.
I know it's sacrilege. I agree with everyone, but it was still cool seeing a 2000GT right near the press room.
If this is the coolest thing at the show, I'm canceling my trip now. Awful, shameful, & ugly. They stripped this car of all it's cool.
There's a doorless Copen. Here at the Chicago show they have a few sections with older cars plus the army vehicles, those are pretty neat too.
I'm all for this car , at least it won't spend the rest of its days in a controlled environment never seeing the light of day again