Latest Emira Production Update

[centerpunch]

Worldwide. Toyota is closing the 2GR-FE production line Last engine delivery will be Q3 2025 and they're basically allocating the remaining quantity among the varies OEM that still use this engine.

Does someone other than Lotus use the engine?

 

[Wiz33]

Source?

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a45836319/2025-toyota-camry-v6-dead/?fbclid=IwY2xjawILpGVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXJC5o6V3ZZIxZnL_VWt98RHAX36c8IHuh7XYtMc4-wUsmgcAHHeOEUmQA_aem_5pz1vHKnWeLnUa9-duSrbw

 

[Wiz33]

Does someone other than Lotus use the engine?

Some other small OEM but Toyota no longer use them since 2023.

 

[Nick in Sydney]

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a45836319/2025-toyota-camry-v6-dead/?fbclid=IwY2xjawILpGVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXJC5o6V3ZZIxZnL_VWt98RHAX36c8IHuh7XYtMc4-wUsmgcAHHeOEUmQA_aem_5pz1vHKnWeLnUa9-duSrbw

All that article (from 2023) says is that Toyota is no longer using the V6 in the Camry. It doesn't say they will no longer produce the 2GR-FE and it doesn't mention stopping in Q3 2025. In fact, it says "It will live on in the . . . Lotus Emira".

I'm not giving you a hard time, but I've yet to see any definitive evidence that Toyota has or soon will shut down production of the 2GR-FE V6 engine, just lots of rumours.

 

[centerpunch]

Some other small OEM

Like who?

 

[JohnnyB]

Don't remember the name, but it's smaller than Lotus and they buy even fewer engines than Lotus does.

 

[Wiz33]

Like who?

Bolwell Nagari 300 and I think there are also some non-automotive industrial application or for Marine products..

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Don't remember the name, but it's smaller than Lotus and they buy even few engines than Lotus does.

Bolwell is a tiny car company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded by the Bolwell brothers in the 1960s, one of whom briefly worked at the Lotus factory. It is Australia's only car manufacturer now that the big guys have all closed their factories here.

In 2010, Bolwell put the Toyota 2GR-FE V6 engine in a new model called the Nagari 300, but they had a four-year delay in getting regulatory approval, and in the end only a handful (supposedly six!) were ever built.

In short, despite what Wikipedia may claim, Bolwell has not been a buyer of the Toyota V6 for many years.

 

[trackday14]

Saw this on the Emira FB group:

 

[Foxy87]

This is just a copy paste of the Mail that Wizz33 received AFAIK.

 

[Foxy87]

This on the other hand was already posted a week ago and its not clear what is meant exactly, as it says the closing date in Feb is for 2025 cars abd order books might open again for 2026.