Yamaha 4.4l DOHC V-8 (Volvo)

Latest addition to my my Ford Motor Company engine section: high-res images of the Yamaha 4.4l DOHC V-8 engine, as used in the Volvo S80 and XC90.

And possibly in the future Five Hundred and MK-S? The Five Hundred is an unknown (nothing announced), and the MK-S is officially only a concept. However, it’s been widely discussed for the Five Hundred and the MK-S with this engine is understood to be a 2008 production Lincoln (not a replacement for the LS, but larger).

Question is where the engine will be built for Ford & Lincoln usage: in the United States or will it be brought in from Japan at greater cost?

Street talk says this engine is related to the earlier SHO “Yamaha” engine. While the stroke is the same, the bore is far larger (entirely different bore spacing), the engine is architecturally very different (both blocks and head), it is cast entirely differently, and nothing else is in common. Certainly there are Yamaha family similarities here – Yamaha has been designed engines for Toyota, for example, for many years. But, these are not at all the same engine.