Toyota Platz is a Japanese hatchback / sedan compact car from Toyota Motor Corporation. Manufactured since 1999. The first generation of the car, produced before 2005, was called its real name. Today the general name of the model is Toyota Vitz / Yaris. The translation of the model name means “explosion” or “explode”. For the international market, the model was produced in a sedan body. In addition to Japanese factories, the car was also assembled in the United States and China.
2NZ engine – 4-stroke 4-cylinder gasoline with electronic fuel injection and ignition control system, in-line cylinders and pistons rotating one common crankshaft, with two overhead camshafts (usually with a variable valve timing system VVT-i). The engine has a closed-type forced circulation liquid cooling system. Combined lubrication system: pressure and spray.
The 1.5-liter Toyota 1NZ-FE engine has been produced since 1999 at the company’s Japanese plant. The unit is placed on compact models and is equipped with a VVT-i phase regulator only at the intake. During the release, the motor received a number of updates and there are versions of 2003, 2005 and 2010.
The 1.0-liter Toyota 1SZ-FE engine was produced from 1999 to 2005 in Japan for the Yaris family of models only. The motor was equipped with a phase control system of the VVT-i type only at the inlet, and the gas distribution mechanism of the unit was driven using a Morse chain.
