Toyota has all but eliminated V8 engines from its lineup. Until this decade, V8s were a staple of the body-on-frame truck lineup. But the Toyota Tundra, Toyota Sequoia, and Lexus LX have downsized to V6 power. With Lexus paring down its car lineup, the last V8 vehicle left for 2026 will be the LC500 sports car. But that could be about to change.

Toyota confirmed to Australian media that it's building a new V8 engine to replace the outgoing 5.0-liter V8, and it may not be just for supercars. 

Toyota Is Developing A New Hybrid V8

Takashi Uehara, the head of Toyota's powertrain company, provided details to Australian media about a new V8 engine Toyota is developing. We knew Toyota was developing high-performance 2.0-liter inline-four engines. This engine, effectively, combines two of those to create a 4.0-liter V8. It would use twin-turbochargers with an electric motor in a hybrid layout. According to Drive, the combined output could be around 834 horsepower.

The engine is a conventional hybrid rather than a plug-in hybrid, which would be heavier and more complex. The choice of a V8 was more for reliability than nostalgia. Uehara also confirmed there could be "more gentle" or "more muscular, heavy-duty versions" for different vehicles. And he confirmed that using the engine for the J300 Toyota Land Cruiser, which America gets as the Lexus LX, could be a theoretical possibility.

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