Toyota Land Cruiser News
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Toyota is months away from unveiling the new 300-series Land Cruiser boasting a new platform and powertrains. However, the automaker still offers in some markets the old 70-series model that has been in continuous production since 1984, albeit with updates along the way. One of those markets is Australia where the classic Land Cruiser, available in SUV and pickup body styles, is popular with mining companies, due to its reliability, ruggedness and ease of maintenance. To ensure the 70-series Land Cruiser has a future in a world of zero emissions, Toyota has teamed up with mining giant BHP to...
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It's over: Toyota Land Cruiser exits the US after 2021
The current Land Cruiser is dead after 2021 in the U.S., but Toyota says it's committed to the large SUV segment.
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Dealer source: Toyota killing Land Cruiser in US after 2021
After almost 70 years, it appears Toyota Land Cruiser will exit the U.S. after the 2021 model year.
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Icon's FJ40 Roadster is old-school cool, simplified and modernized
The Icon FJ40 is a new minimalist and modernized version of the historic Toyota FJ Land Cruiser for fans of vintage off-roaders.
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This vintage Toyota Land Cruiser is electric but still has a crate "V-8"
As EV conversions become more and more popular for vintage cars and trucks, they've transitioned from the early "just get it done" mindset to being somewhat of a commodity—one that can be packaged just about any way the customer wants. Enter Electric GT, a California-based shop developing a...
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Toyota has sold 10 million Land Cruisers
Toyota has sold 10 million examples of the Land Cruiser and its derivatives since 1951.
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The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition adds a modest $2,330 to the cost of the base model.
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Toyota "committed" to Land Cruiser for U.S.
The dinosaur of the Toyota lineup won't go extinct anytime soon, one of the automaker's top North American-market executives told Motor Authority Wednesday at the 2019 New York International Auto Show. "We are fully committed to the Land Cruiser for the foreseeable future," Toyota senior vice...
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Icon restomods Joe Rogan's Toyota Land Cruiser
Icon continues to work its magic with numerous vintage SUVs, and the latest to go under the knife is a 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser. It also happens to be Joe Rogan's personal vehicle, and it's clear the 51-year-old comedian has pretty good taste in modifications. According to a video Icon's Jonathan...
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1989 Toyota Land Cruiser fire truck visits Jay Leno's Garage
While Americans are used to enormous bus-like emergency vehicles, things are different in other parts of the world. Case in point is this 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser fire truck, which was a real emergency vehicle in Japan. Its owner, Brian Corsetti, recently visited Jay Leno's Garage to talk about the...
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2020 Toyota Land Cruiser gets nostalgic with Heritage Edition
The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser remains a little slice of 20th-century motoring, but the brand has given the SUV a nostalgic twist with a new Heritage Edition model. Toyota announced the Land Cruise Heritage Edition on Wednesday ahead of its public debut at the 2019 Chicago Auto Show. It's the little...
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Jay Leno inspects a trio of 1980s-era Toyota Land Cruisers
Classic and vintage SUVs are big business right now. That's because these well-aged machines have timeless style, the ability to go anywhere and bring your family along, and usually don't cost too much. That last trait is changing quickly, though. Jay Leno welcomes a man profiting from this SUV...
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Back in 2007, SCORE turned to Icon and Jonathan Ward for a run of special Baja Edition FJ40 Land Cruisers. Those trucks were priced at $145,000 and boasted far more aggressive off-road chops then the average Icon build. Fast forward to today, and Icon has been tasked with revisiting the style and capability of those old rigs but for a one-off FJ40 built for a special customer. It's called the Icon FJ40 Baja Edition. This truck serves as a thank you between business partners. Years back, one partner told the other that he'd build him a special Icon truck if the company hit a certain financial...
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Watch the FJ Company restore a Toyota FJ40
Vintage SUVs are a big business right now. Icon was ahead of the trend when it came to establishing a market for restored classic utility vehicles. Now there are a few companies out there ready to exchange a perfectly restored vintage brute for a healthy sack of cash. One of them is The FJ Company...
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1978 FJ40 Toyota Land Cruiser with just 5,000 miles up for sale
This is the nicest example of a classic FJ40-generation Toyota Land Cruiser that you're likely to find. It's as clean as can be, free of rust, and shows just 5,265 original miles on its odometer. It's also for sale on Bring A Trailer, and if you want it you'll need a massive pile of cash. With one...
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8 things you need to know about the 2017 Toyota Land Cruiser
The Toyota Land Cruiser is a dinosaur living in modern times. It roams the roads and off-road trails with zero regard for time marching on, and yet it retains its legendary status in the automotive landscape. For those who aren't intimately familiar with the Land Cruiser, it can be confounding as...
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Toyota Land Cruiser Prado made more refined
The Toyota Land Cruiser has grown to become quite the behemoth when compared to earlier generations. But that’s not the case for the version sold in some other markets. Known as the Land Cruiser Prado, the mid-size member of the Land Cruiser family is more closely related to the Lexus GX we...
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Wild Toyota Land Cruiser hits 230.02 mph
Toyota’s Land Cruiser is one of the most capable vehicles for going off-road. Toyota, however, has built one that’s right at home on a race track. Called the Land Speed Cruiser, the wild SUV was first shown at the 2016 SEMA show, and last week it was driven to a top speed of 230.02...
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Someone out there is apparently pretty darn good at paperwork. That could be the only explanation for how they managed to get not one, not two, but three Toyota Land Cruiser 70 trucks into this country. The person behind the importation says he/she is keeping one, one is already sold, and the other, featured here, wound up on eBay Motors before being yanked for a local deal. The listing, which you can still view, says that the car is legally titled and registered in the state of Pennsylvania. We're not quite sure how that's at all possible, but the ad claims the following: "I purchased three...
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Toyota builds a Land Cruiser that can hit 220 mph
Have you ever looked at a Toyota Land Cruiser and thought "You know what, that thing needs to go much faster." It's possible that someone has said that, and we're not talking just a little bit faster. We're talking about reaching supercar speeds in the rugged off-roader. Don't believe it could be...
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Toyota Land Cruiser 70 lives on thanks to updates
Like the Mercedes-Benz G-Class—and until recently the Land Rover Defender—the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 has been in continuous production for decades. Production started in 1984 and while the popular workhorse has been updated over the years it still resembles the iconic original. Toyota...
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2016 Toyota Land Cruiser preview
Yesterday we brought you a first look at the 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser. Now we have photos and details for the version headed to showrooms in the United States no later than the fall. The tough, go-anywhere Land Cruiser receives some significant updates for the 2016 model year, mirroring the changes...
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2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Preview: Video
Toyota’s tough, go-anywhere Land Cruiser is receiving some significant updates for the 2016 model year, just like its corporate cousin, the Lexus LX 570, which appeared in updated form for the first time during this month's Monterey Car Week. Like the LX 570, Toyota’s latest Land...
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Lexani Motorcars Unveils Uber-Luxurious Armored Land Cruiser
Like the Cadillac Escalade we saw from Lexani Motorcars last September, the interior of its latest Land Cruiser features some seriously next-level luxury. MUST SEE: Yes, Lexus Has Indeed Made An Actual Hoverboard: Video There's Italian leather, a gigantic flat-screen television, a pair of six-way...
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