Toyota May Give the Land Cruiser Another Run in the U.S.
Toyota killed the Land Cruiser for the United States after the 2021 model year, but the legendary off-roader has remained on sale elsewhere. The J300 Land Cruiser uses a twin-turbo V6 in place of its predecessor’s thirst V8 but remains a superbly capable SUV. Lexus still sells the related LX here, and we’re now hearing that Toyota may bring back the Land Cruiser, despite its slow sales numbers.
Speaking to MotorTrend, Toyota president of sales Jack Hollis said that the brand will likely bring the SUV back to the States, but he declined to elaborate on how or when it could happen.
“Obviously, Land Cruiser is such an important part of our heritage and has done such a great job.” He continued hinting that he’d seen designs and potential ideas for a new North America-bound Land Cruiser but said he had nothing to announce.
As MotorTrend notes, it’s a good idea to look past the current Land Cruiser generation for an answer on what a new model could be. Though it has gone to great efforts developing new EVs and advertising its progress, Toyota isn’t as deeply committed to moving to EVs as others and instead believes a mix of alternative fuels is best. Hydrogen is likely out of the picture due to limited availability, but a hybrid or plug-in hybrid Land Cruiser could be interesting, and that’s before we talk about an electric model.
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Putting two and two together with the Grand Highlander writeup from yesterday, look for the Land Cruiser and the Grand Land Cruiser.
Bring back the 100 series and its I6 diesel.
The FJ Cruiser would be a better comeback candidate. The gang back at Toyota HQ must be looking at all those Broncos flying off Ford lots and kicking themselves.
Please bring back the FJ!!! We love ours!