Old-school never died. This 1JZ-powered Z30 Toyota Soarer came back to the Nürburgring and delivered full boost nostalgia.

The 2JZ has also been discontinued since 2007, so these engines would be hard to find if you want a powerful inline-six for your Toyota project car. This is where the 1JZ comes in. Since it doesn ...

Toyota's 1JZ and 2JZ inline six-cylinder engines are among the most iconic powerplants the brand has ever manufactured, with a buzz far exceeding the popularity of the cars they were initially ...

Lately I've been contemplating buying a JDM right-hand-drive Toyota Soarer as a drift/street car project and in the process have found myself digging up information about the lesser-known 1JZ-GTE ...

See, this V12 engine was made by melding two Toyota 1JZ 2.5-liter turbocharged inline ... are clearly reminiscent of early 1960s Formula 1 cars. As for how he plans to use the open-wheel V12 ...

When you think of a Toyota Prius, you probably don’t think of tire-shredding performance. Instead, you probably think about fuel economy, hypermiling, and the sunlight that reflects ever-so ...

1.5JZ (1JZ head with a 2JZ short block), and 2JZ cars. Even non-Toyota cars fitted with a JZ series engine were eligible to enter. A mix of grassroots and professional D1 drivers were allowed on a ...

If you were to pick your perfect project car for drifting, you’d likely end up with one of the established options—older Nissans, maybe a BMW—but a Toyota ...

One car in particular stood out as a real sleeper, the Toyota Chaser Tourer V, which is a rear-wheel-drive sports sedan with the legendary 1JZ-GE engine within. This was a forbidden fruit for ...

So what are we dealing with exactly? Well, the 1JZ and 2JZ are both from the Toyota JZ engine family which was first seen in production cars in 1990 and effectively replaced the ageing M family of ...

Its codename was 1JZ, which is 2JZ’s predecessor. And finally, in 1993, Toyota manufactured the famed A80 Supra, considered by many car enthusiasts to be an engineering marvel. This new auto featured ...

So, if you're looking for a cool car but don't want to spend a fortune on it, consider these Toyota models. They all come with a 1JZ engine — however, not all are powered by the turbo GTE.