The Toyota Celsior is a 4-door, 5-seater executive sedan from the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. Manufactured since 1989. In the international market, mainly in North America, the model is sold under the name Lexus LS. At the beginning of 2017, the production of the 5th generation of the model began. Over the first decade and a half, the car became the best-selling executive sedan class in its largest market, the United States.
The 4.0-liter V8 Toyota 1UZ-FE engine was assembled at the Tahara plant from 1989 to 2004 and installed on the most powerful rear-wheel drive models of the Japanese concern of that time. There are two generations of the motor: 1989 without a phase regulator and 1997 with the VVT-i system.
The 4.3-liter V8 Toyota 3UZ-FE engine was assembled at a plant in Japan from 2000 to 2013 and installed in rear-wheel drive passenger cars, including those manufactured under the Lexus brand. This power unit was equipped with VVT-i phase shifters on the intake shafts and the ACIS system.
