Toyota's Biggest Secret

One company has been secretly designing some of the coolest and most iconic engines in sports cars since the 60s. And no, it's not a supercar company, and it's not some fancy engineering powerhouse, it's a piano company.

That Company is Yamaha.

And Yamaha’s experience, not only in amazing motorcycles but also in music, is the reason many of these engines are so special today.

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[basithph]

Man Yamaha has to be one of the most overlooked brands in history despite them being like one of the biggest companies in the world
They make some of the best musical instruments, some of the best motorcycles, and some of the best engines ever made

[indraallian]

As a HUGE Yamaha fan this video was like an emotional thunderstorm. I always knew that Yamaha was the best in many many different branches but this was like the final comfirmation of the Yamaha factory magic. My love for this brand is just endless. Great video!

[MrGimmethreesteps]

Yamaha engines never fail to deliver. I used to work for a boat rental company and we would exclusively buy Yamaha outboards and waverunners because of how tough they were. The outbounds would out last Honda's. The waverunners would get heavily abused. They would run out of oil from customers flipping them and sucking sand into the water cooling impeller and would still run. The ecu would put the engine in limp mode. They would troll back to the dock, we would fill them up with oil and send them back good as new.

[dansmusic]

I first became aware of Yamaha in the '60s because of their quality motorcycles. Throughout the '60s, I thought Yamaha was the only bike equal to Honda. My first motorcycle was a brand new, bright yellow, 1978 Yamaha 400 enduro. Since then I have used their instruments, sold there audio systems, and driven their outboards and one thing I have always believed, if it says Yamaha on it, it is top quality, whatever the price tier.

[Cinoism]

Yamaha R1 still has one of the best sounding engines ever made.

[jamesfairmind]

Ferrari was the manufacturer you left out here. When they built the 355 they brought in Yamaha to develop the cylinder heads with their famous 5 valve configuration (hence the "5" in 355, standing for 3.5 litre 5 valve) and also Yamaha contributed their R 1 motorcycle derived variable exhaust system valve which was activated by manifold pressure to increase or decrease exhaust flow in the actual exhaust system. Later also used in the Ferrari 550 and most models thereafter. As a teenager I always rode Yamahas and considered that they were a cut above all other Japanese bikes. I now ride European bikes but Yamaha are still in a class of their own in my opinion.

[tom]

I’ve been a Yamaha fan for 40years. Motorcycles and musical instruments. What a company. I rate them as the best.

[ErcoupePilot]

I worked at Yamaha Motor in the mid to late 80's., have owner a half dozen of their motorcycles, and a Toyota MR2 with the twin cam 1.6 liter Yamaha engine. The motors were always gems. They have an amazing history and great products. Dan

[nomoremr.niceguy]

Yamaha was the first company to develop a snowmobile engine that puts out over 200hp and still meets noise and emissions standards for a stock machine. It’s a triple four stroke turbo of around 1000cc. Arctic Cat and Yamaha both use it. First year production prototypes were clocked on a frozen lake solidly in the mid 120s (mph) Beating the previous generation twin cylinder turbo built by Suzuki by as much as ten mph and cutting acceleration times by seconds. It’s taken the other manufacturers four or five years to make something that finally runs with it. 👍

[robeylemere]

As someone who has owned Yamaha trumpet, electric piano, quads, motorcycles, generators and a Taurus SHO. thank you for making this video as it really makes me appreciate how amazing this brand truly is.

[skythundersky]

Love the content! I really know a lot about cars and I know that Yamaha designed a lot of engines/engine parts, but I never would've looked deeper into this. Thanks for all the good content!

[lordraiden]

In 2014 and I found a totaly unmolested 4, 002 mile 1989 Yamaha FZR1000. It was so OG it still had the stock Bridgestone tires. There is a valve in the exhaust that opens between 6000 and 8000 rpm that reduces back pressure. The sound change is phenomenal motorcycle music.

[Salesman]

Owned Puma for few years, never knew the engine was Yamaha design. It was extremely fun car for FWD, was kind of sad when I had to sell it as Puma parts became too expensive.. at least it sold to a rally team so it lives on.

[BeerIndependenceAll]

Great video! My first motorcycle was a Yamaha RD350 two-stroke. Despite being a two-stroke I didn't have to mix the oil into the fuel because there was a tank under the seat for just oil and the bike mixed it. Nice touch! Later I was looking at Hondas and I realized that while Honda will put a computer into the tail of their motorcycle to control everything, Yamaha will accomplish the same thing through engineering. Just great mechanical design all over the place!

[thej]

Always love watching albon whenever he uploads, great content

[MrSloika]

The Taurus SHO engine was pretty much a straight bolt-in for the 1st gen Ford Probe, but such a combo would have left the V8 Mustang in the weeds, so that idea never got off the ground.

[flyingchicken]

Ive loved Yamaha once i knew they were quiety building high performance engines when i was young and just started to drive. I just thought it was cool to know motorcycle engine builder does this on the side. I have Yamaha soundbars, recievers and motorcycles because i just love this brand.

[RoyFJ]

Yamaha also launched the most advanced speaker in the late 70s aka NS-1000 that would come with exotic beryllium drivers and carbon fiber woofers that no other manufacturers had. Till today it goes toe to toe with modern high-end speakers.

[aurorajones]

27:54 The LFA was the relentless pursuit of perfection embodied. Its a shock to see that in a world focused on the "relentless persuit of profit" And see what you get from it. Long lasting love.

[jason]

Wow. I had no idea Yamaha was such a prolific consumer-vehicle motor designer. Amazing how many motors they had their hand in.