Toyota Vios is a Japanese subcompact car from the Toyota Motor Corporation. Manufactured since 2002. Since 2013, the third generation of the model has been produced. Assembly shops are located in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. Under the real name, the car is better known in the South Asian markets. In Australia and North America, the car was sold under the name Toyota Yaris. The official name of the model is Belta, derived from the merger of the Italian phrase “beautiful people”.
The 1.3-liter Toyota 8A-FE gasoline engine has been assembled in Tianjin since 1998 and is installed both on models of the Japanese concern and on cars of Chinese companies. Such a unit on Lifan cars is known as LF479Q3, and on Geely under the index MR479Q.
The 1.5-liter Toyota 2NR-FE engine has been assembled since 2010 at the company’s Japanese plant. The motor is available in two versions: with the Dual VVT-i phase control system, as well as without it. There is a separate modification on bioethanol 2NR-FBE and two Chinese 5NR-FE and 7NR-FE.
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 1.6-liter Toyota 1ZR-FE engine has been produced at several factories at once since 2006 and is primarily known for the most popular models of the Japanese concern Corolla and Auris. There is a version of this unit for the Chinese market under its own index 4ZR-FE.
