Toyota Celebrates 2022 Tundra’s New Twin-Turbo V6 Built At Alabama Plant

Toyota held an event at its Alabama plant to celebrate the new twin-turbo V6 that will find its way into the all-new Tundra pickup. The occasion will usher in the next era of powertrains being assembled in Huntsville, Alabama.

The new powetrain will be available in two forms, a hybrid twin-turbo V6 and a gas-powered twin-turbo V6, and is part of a $288 million investment that added 450 new jobs, the largest hiring need in Toyota’s Alabama factory history. The plant, which employs a total of 1,800 workers, will be the only one to produce engines for the 2022 Tundra in North America.

When it’s up to speed, the facility will produce both V6 powertrains for the Tundra. At 142-yards-long, the site is the longest Toyota engine line in North America and the workers will build a V6 unit every 58 seconds, with a capacity to build 18,000 engines each month. The two additional engines push the plant’s total capacity to 900,000 engines per year.

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The standard i-FORCE 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 produces 389 hp (394 PS/290 kW) and 479 lb-ft (649 Nm) of torque, while the i-FORCE MAX hybrid V6 delivers 437 hp (443 PS/326 kW) and 583 lb-ft (790 Nm) of torque, making it the most powerful engine in the Toyota lineup.

That is be enough to allow the Tundra to tow up to 12,000 lbs (5,443 kg), an increase of more than 17 percent over the outgoing model, despite the latter’s two extra cylinders. The maximum payload has also been increased by 11 percent and tops out at 1,940 lbs (880 kg).

“Launching the new twin-turbo V6 line and celebrating our 20th anniversary remind us here just how lucky we are to have such incredible team members who have made Toyota Alabama known as ‘the engine capital of the world,’” said Jason Puckett, president of Toyota Alabama.

Available in six trims, the 2022 Toyota Tundra will go on sale later this year.