The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser will begin at $57,345, in line with Toyota. That worth consists of the $55,950 base MSRP plus a $1,395 vacation spot cost. That is an enormous drop, and welcome information in an period the place companies continuously ratchet up costs underneath the guise of inflation.
In actual fact, Land Cruiser costs have not been this low in virtually 20 years, when the 2005 100-series began at $55,325. However the hard-core off-roader grew in dimension and luxurious content material, a lot to the chagrin of devoted four-wheeling fanatics preferring a “no-fluff” method to their rigs. The final Land Cruiser bought earlier than a three-year hiatus, the 2021 200-series, began at $86,880. That is a whopping $29,535 worth reduce.
Accompanying the lighter sticker is a return-to-basics method. The Land Cruiser not has three rows, or a V8. The engine is not shocking, as gas-guzzling 8-cylinders are going the way in which of the brontosaurus. A brand new turbocharged 4-cylinder with hybrid electrical system makes 326 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque. That is virtually pretty much as good because the 5.7-liter V8’s s 381 horsepower and 401 lb-ft of torque, although towing capability is down a bit, from 8,100 kilos to six,000. Making up for it’s the truth that the brand new powertrain yields an EPA-estimated mixed gas economic system score of 23 mpg versus the previous one’s 14 (although decrease than an preliminary estimate of 27 mpg).
There’s fairly a bit of recent tech within the 2024 mannequin as effectively. It isn’t simply the protection gear like lane tracing help, pre-collision braking with pedestrian detection, and radar cruise management, although these are customary. Tech, on this case, additionally consists of helpful tools for whenever you’re roughing it: customary heart and rear locking diffs, a entrance stabilizer bar disconnection mechanism for higher suspension articulation, low-speed crawl management with 5 selectable speeds, and a multi-terrain monitor that makes use of exterior cameras to behave as spotters.
The SUV will are available in two grades, with the Land Cruiser 1958 as the bottom mannequin. (The Land Cruiser is one among Toyota’s oldest nameplates, courting again to 1958 within the U.S. and 1954 in Japan.) The improve trim, known as just-plain Land Cruiser, will provide extra creature comforts. And there might be a restricted run of First Version fashions.
With a extra inexpensive worth, the Land Cruiser ought to return to its rightful place because the go-anywhere off-road truck that breaks trails, not banks. If you need all of the bells and whistles, there’s all the time the Lexus LX.