Toyota Motor Corporation has produced a wide variety of automobile engines. The company follows a simple naming system for their modern engines:
The first numeric characters specify the engine block's generation
The next one or two letters specify the engine family
The suffix (separated by a dash) specifies the features of the engine:
Gasoline/Petrol
Straight-4
1939 - Type C - OHV
1939-1941 - 2.3 L (2259 cc) C
1947 - Type S - OHV
1947-? - 1.0 L (995 cc) S
1953 - R - OHV/SOHC/DOHC
1953-1964 - 1.5 L (1453 cc) R
1964-1969 - 1.5 L (1490 cc) 2R
1959-1968 - 1.9 L (1897 cc) 3R
1965-1968 - 1.6 L (1587 cc) 4R
1968-1986 - 2.0 L (1994 cc) 5R
1969-1974 - 1.7 L (1707 cc) 6R
1968-1970 - 1.6 L (1591 cc) 7R
1968-1972 - 1.9 L (1858 cc) 8R
1967-1968 - 1.6 L (1587 cc) 9R
1968-1971 - 1.9 L (1858 cc) 10R
1969-1988 - 1.6 L (1587 cc) 12R
1974-1980 - 1.8 L (1808 cc) 16R
1971-1982 - 2.0 L (1968 cc) 18R
1975-1977 - 2.0 L (1968 cc) 19R
1974-1980 - 2.2 L (2189 cc) 20R
1978-1987 - 2.0 L (1972 cc) 21R
1980-1995 - 2.4 L (2366 cc) 22R
1959 - P
1959-1961 - 1.0 L (997 cc) P
1961-1972 - 1.2 L (1198 cc) 2P
1972-1979 - 1.3 L (1345 cc) 3P
1966 - K - OHV
1966-1969 - 1.1 L (1077 cc) K
1969-1988 - 1.0 L (993 cc) 2K
1969-1979 - 1.2 L (1166 cc) 3K
1978-1989 - 1.3 L (1290 cc) 4K
1983-1989 - 1.5 L (1496 cc) 5K
1998-1998 - 1.8 L (1781 cc) 7K
1970 - T - OHV/DOHC
1970-1979 - 1.4 L (1407 cc) T
1970-1985 - 1.6 L (1588 cc) 2T
1977-1985 - 1.8 L (1770 cc) 3T
1970-1983 - 1.6 L (1588 cc) 12T
1977-1982 - 1.8 L (1770 cc) 13T
1978 - A - SOHC/DOHC
1978-1979 - 1.5 L (1452 cc) 1A
1979-1986 - 1.3 L (1295 cc) 2A
1979-1988 - 1.5 L (1452 cc) 3A
1980-1998 - 1.6 L (1587 cc) 4A
1987-1998 - 1.5 L (1498 cc) 5A
1989-1992 - 1.4 L (1397 cc) 6A
1993-1998 - 1.8 L (1762 cc) 7A
2004 - 1.3 L (1342 cc) 8A
1982 - S - SOHC/DOHC
1982-1988 - 1.8 L (1832 cc) 1S
1982-1987 - 2.0 L (1995 cc) 2S
1985-2005 - 2.0 L (1998 cc) 3S
1987-1998 - 1.8 L (1838 cc) 4S
1990-1995 - 2.2 L (2164 cc) 5S
1982 - Y
1982 - 1.6 L (1626 cc) 1Y
1982 - 1.8 L (1812 cc) 2Y
1982-1998 - 2.0 L (1998 cc) 3Y
1985-1993 - 2.2 L (2237 cc) 4Y
1985 - E - SOHC/DOHC
1985-1994 - 1.0 L (999 cc) 1E
1985-1998 - 1.3 L (1295 cc) 2E
1986-1994 - 1.5 L (1456 cc) 3E
1989-1998 - 1.3 L (1331 cc) 4E
1991-1998 - 1.5 L (1497 cc) 5E
1990 - TZ - DOHC
1990-2000 - 2.4 L (2438 cc) 2TZ
1997 - ZZ - DOHC
1997 - 1.8 L (1794 cc) 1ZZ
1999-2006 - 1.8 L (1796 cc) 2ZZ
2000 - 1.6 L (1598 cc) 3ZZ
2000 - 1.4 L (1398 cc) 4ZZ
1998 - RZ - SOHC/DOHC
1998 - 2.0 L (1998 cc) 1RZ
1995 - 2.4 L (2400 cc) 2RZ
1995 - 2.7 L (2693 cc) 3RZ
1999 - SZ - DOHC (by Daihatsu)
1999 - 1 L (997 cc) 1SZ
? - 1.3 L (1298 cc) 2SZ
2006 - 1.5 L (1495 cc) 3SZ
1997 - NZ - DOHC
1997 - 1.5 L (1496 cc) 1NZ
1999 - 1.3 L (1298 cc) 2NZ
2000 - AZ - DOHC
2000 - 2.0 L (1998 cc) 1AZ
2000 - 2.4 L (2362 cc) 2AZ
2003 - TR - DOHC
2003 - 2.0 L (1998 cc) 1TR
2003 - 2.7 L (2694 cc) 2TR
2007 - ZR - DOHC
2007 - 1.6 L (1598 cc) 1ZR
2007 - 1.8 L (1797 cc) 2ZR
2007 - 2.0 L (1986 cc) 3ZR
Straight-6
1935 - Type A - OHV
1935-1943 - 3.4 L (3389 cc) A
1937 - Type B - OHV
1937-? - 3.4 L (3389 cc) B
1948 - F - OHV
1948-1975 - 3.9 L (3878 cc) F
1975-1987 - 4.2 L (4230 cc) 2F
1985-1992 - 4.0 L (3956 cc) 3F
1965 - M - SOHC/DOHC
1965-1985 - 2.0 L (1988 cc) M
1966-1972 - 2.3 L (2253 cc) 2M
1966-1971 - 2.0 L (1988 cc) 3M
1972-1980 - 2.6 L (2563 cc) 4M
1979-1988 - 2.8 L (2759 cc) 5M
1984-1987 - 3.0 L (2954 cc) 6M
1986-1992 - 3.0 L (2954 cc) 7M
1979 - G - SOHC/DOHC
1979 - 2.0 L (1988 cc) 1G
1993 - FZ - DOHC
1993- 4.5 L (4477 cc) 1FZ
1990 - JZ - DOHC
1990 - 2.5 L (2491 cc) 1JZ
1993 - 3.0 L (2997 cc) 2JZ
V6
1987 - VZ - DOHC
1987 - 2.0 L (1992 cc) 1VZ
1987-1991 - 2.5 L (2496 cc) 2VZ
1987-1997 - 3.0 L (2958 cc) 3VZ
1993-1998 - 2.5 L (2496 cc) 4VZ
1995-2004 - 3.4 L (3378 cc) 5VZ
1994 - MZ - DOHC
1994 - 3.0 L (2995 cc) 1MZ
1998 - 2.5 L (2496 cc) 2MZ
2003 - 3.3 L (3310 cc) 3MZ
2003 - GR - DOHC/VVT-i
2002 - 4.0 L (3955 cc) 1GR
2006 - 3.5 L (3456 cc) 2GR
2003 - 3.0 L (2994 cc) 3GR
2006 - 2.5 L (2499 cc) 4GR
V8
1963 - V - OHV
1963-1967 - 2.6 L (2599 cc) V
1967-1973 - 3.0 L (2981 cc) 3V
1973-1983 - 3.4 L (3376 cc) 4V
1983-1998 - 4.0 L (3995 cc) 5V
1989 - UZ - DOHC
1989 - 4.0 L (3969 cc) 1UZ
1998 - 4.7 L (4663 cc) 2UZ
2000 - 4.3 L (4300 cc) 3UZ
2006 - UR - DOHC/VVT-i
2006 - 4.6 L (4608 cc) 1UR
2007 - 5.0 L (4969 cc) 2UR
2007 - 5.7 L (5663 cc) 3UR
V12
1997 - GZ - DOHC
1997 - 5.0 L (4996 cc) 1GZ-FE
