page_title: Toyota M engine
section_title: M-E
hierarchical_section_title: Toyota M engine / M-E
caption_attribution_description: 1973 Toyota M-E Type engine. L6 1,988cc.
context_page_description: Toyota Motor Corporation's M family of engines were a longitudinally mounted straight-6 engine design. They were used from the 1960s through the 1990s. All M family engines were OHC designs. While the M family was born with a chain-driven single camshaft it evolved into a belt drive DOHC system after 1980. All M family engines used a cast-iron block with an aluminum cylinder head, and were built at the Toyota Kamigo plant in Toyota City, Japan.
  The M-E variant, available only in the Japanese domestic market, was the first Toyota engine to be equipped with fuel injection. The 4M-E was the first Toyota engine to be equipped with fuel injection for non-Japanese markets. The M family were Toyota's most prestigious engines for 30 years. They were commonly found on the large Toyota Crown, Mark II, and Supra models.
context_section_description: The M-E appeared in the 1972–1976 Toyota Corona Mark II LG sedan and hardtop as sold in Japan. It was not sold outside Japan.
  The M-E was redesignated as the M-EU for the Japanese market in December 1976 when it received the TTC-C (Toyota Total Clean), catalytic converter to meet anti-emissions laws.
  Applications (calendar years):
  1972–1980 Toyota Corona Mark II L and LG sedan and hardtop
caption: 1973 Toyota M-E engine.
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