The 1LR-GUE V10 was produced specifically for a single, limited-run production model, the Lexus LFA, to underpin its performance metrics. Working with Yamaha, the Toyota team created a 4.8L V10 ...

However, at one point, the sweet music made by the 1LR-GUE, co-developed with Yamaha, was baked into a normal car. It was more of an experiment to discover how the high-revving, even-firing engine ...

Codenamed "1LR-GUE," the musically tuned ten-cylinder mill revs to 9,500 rpm. Here's why the even-firing naturally aspirated 4.8-liter engine sounds this good: "The engineer overseeing sound ...