Cutaway: You've Never Seen Toyota's Awesome V-12 Engine Like This

Remember when Toyota built a V-12? It wasn't so long ago. Production of the 1GZ-FE engine wrapped in 2017 after 20 continuous years, coinciding with the end of the second-generation Toyota Century. The 1GZ was conceived in the 1990s, the same decade Toyota launched its first mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle, setting the company’s future in motion.