The 2JZ-GTE is an inline-layout, six-cylinder, belt-driven dual overhead camshaft, air-intercooled, twin-turbocharged, cast-iron block, aluminium cylinder headed engine designed and manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation that was produced from 1991 until 2002 in Japan.Development and evolution of the engine was, principally, a response to Nissan's relatively new and then-successful RB26DETT engine[citation needed] which had achieved much success in FIA Group A and Group N touring car championships.