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Toyota S20A-FTS

2.0 L · inline-4 · turbocharged · petrol · 2021–present

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Also known as: s20a-fts, s20a, 2.0 turbo highlander, rx 300 engine

Toyota's 2.0 turbocharged four — in the Highlander and, in China, the Lexus RX 300.

It is a Dynamic Force engine with a turbocharger, and the useful consequence is that M20A results largely apply — the high compression ratio, the port-and-direct injection pair, and the chain are all shared.

It is a small engine in a large vehicle, which is the framing that matters: it is worked hard even when the car is driven gently, and the turbocharger's oil feed is what the service interval is really protecting.

It is too new for a settled long-term record, and the market-specific fitments make experience patchy — the Chinese RX 300 and the American Highlander share an engine and almost no documentation.

Cars fitted with this engine

2 generations, across 2 makes. 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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