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.

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.

 

[Emiro]

mmm.... descontinuation of the V6... possible.... but possible that not quite yet.... I wonder if this February 15th last order thing is a plot of some dealers to squeeze a few more sales early in the year... I talked to my dealer and they said they did not know anything about discontinuation or final orders on Feb 15th.

 

[JohnnyB]

There's no plot by dealers. Lotus is allocating V6 production and dealers need to place orders by Feb 15 because the last engine shipment from Toyota will be Q2/Q3 and there's not an infinite supply of engines.

 

[VR1]

Is there a source for the 2GR production run ending in Q2/Q3 ‘25? Been trying to find more info

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Is there a source for the 2GR production run ending in Q2/Q3 ‘25? Been trying to find more info

Lotus hasn't announced the end of the V6 Emira. So far, it's all just rumour and speculation. "My dealer says" or "I heard on the factory tour".

If there's any genuine 'hard' evidence that Toyota is ending production of the 2GR-FE then Google and Chat GPT can't find it!

Toyota are very good at short run batch production and have effectively been making the 2GR-FE exclusively for Lotus for years now. They may well be happy to keep producing 3,000 units a year for Lotus for as long as emissions regulations make it possible to keep using the engine.