Toyota G16E-GTS

1.6 L · inline-3 · turbocharged · petrol · 2020–present

Also known as: g16e-gts, g16e, gr yaris engine, 1.6 turbo three-cylinder toyota

Toyota's 1.6 turbocharged three-cylinder — the G16E-GTS — in the GR Yaris and GR Corolla.

⚑ It is the most powerful three-cylinder ever put in a production car, at around 200 horsepower per litre, and that figure is the whole context for everything else about it. This is a homologation engine, built for a rally programme rather than derived from an economy car.

Its construction reflects that: a closed-deck block, port-and-direct injection together, sodium-filled exhaust valves, and a large single turbocharger. Nothing about Toyota's other three-cylinders transfers, and the 1KR and M15A pages here describe engines with almost nothing in common with it.

A three-cylinder at this output is inherently unbalanced and hot. Oil grade, level and interval are not routine advice here — they are what protects the turbocharger and the bearings on an engine with very little margin.

Intake-valve carbon is mitigated by the port injectors rather than absent, which is one of the few places this engine is easier than its peers.

It is too new for a settled long-term record, and cars that have been tracked are a different population from cars that have not.

Cars fitted with this engine

1 generation, across 1 make. From the authored catalogue — an absent car means the catalogue has not reached it, not that the engine was never fitted.

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Yaris XP210 2020–present

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