That drone shot at the 21 minute mark with the mountains in the background and vegetation either side of the trail is gorgeous. 👏 There are “professional” car review productions that employ a team of people whose final product cannot hold a candle to this video. Thank you as always, Sarah. 👍👍👍
@@SarahnTuned Yup! Part time assistance from Angel. Don’t forget to mention the creativity that goes into these productions and editing graphics is all you. Should you ever tire of putting your body through the abuse you experience creating your content you absolutely could start a video production business. Thank you again, Sarah. 👍👍👍
Remember Car & Driver back in the late 90s or early 2000s? The fact there YT channels producing content that blows what was on TV back then out of the water is 🤯
I know car reviews of everyday vehicles don't get as many views but I appreciate you doing them. I don't need a new Aston Martin but I do need a reliable daily driver.
it IS something that she actually does a full showing of vehicles and sees things the talking-heads dont. like how the rear drive shaft is steel vs the taco's alum piece. along with REAL numbers on specific bits and parts. thank you for that.
@@SarahnTuned Indeed, your delivery is stilted, carbon copy to a word: "braking is courtesy of so-and-so inch rotors..." The walk under and the "rally" drive are the high points.
I lost my FJ to long covid poverty, and, as I slowly rebuild my life, the Land Cruiser is my one big material goal. Thanks for this great video gorgeous!
I really enjoy your vehicle reviews, Sarah. You have a nice blend of specs vs. subjective findings. Having the lift in the shop is a big help in adding value to the tech review, and your production values are terrific. Yours is one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work!
This is the most comprehensive and best review of this vehicle on the internet 😂 It’s the only one that looks under the vehicle, which is the thing that anyone who knows cars actually cares about. 👍👍 Give that hairy cardboard the hot soup! 😜
In general, the reviews Sarah conducts are both informative and entertaining. If anyone is interested in purchasing a vehicle her channel is an excellent source for in-depth information. What would be nice is her getting the opportunity to review more performance based vehicles as I think she gets a kick out of it and the audience does as well. The rally stage is a good example of this.
Wow, omg,I love the rooftop shots with the horizon lock on the rally stage. It really gives a sense of the terrain. Thanks for the content, from reviews to weeks of robot spaghetti, I love it all
One of the great things about your reviews is the nuances in how you describe things on a vehicle. For example, the fact that the suspension on this is great off-road but the tires are a very poor choice for off-roading. Or the way you describe understeer/oversteer happening. I get such a better sense of the vehicle from your reviews. Great job!
Sarah, I love watching your reviews and th builds you are working on. You keep progress going despite running into issues. You are doing a great job, and you look amazing! Keep up the great work, but remember, take a break occasionally so you don't get burned out. A little bit of "me time" without pressure to get the next video out is refreshing.
Given that it includes that critical feature to control starfish from attacking traffic cones, this looks poised to sell well. The street acceleration and stability on the rally route indicate the suspension tuning and handling are well designed. Let's hope they have corrected the engine problems. Also the LACK of moon roof is a huge plus. I never use them and they are ASTRONOMICALLY expensive to fix if the seal leaks.
Love your videos. You provide enormous clarity in an entertaining way on auto terms, insights and often components that I’ve heard, but may not know a lot about.
I had two LC’s in the ‘70’s, FJ40 and FJ55. Both rusted away from Wisconsin road salt. We had a lot of fun while the ran. I put a 350 Chevy in the FJ55.
@@chele-chele there were small diesels from everyone, the "baby duramax" in the Colorado & Canyon for example. VW's cheating which resulted in the Dieselgate scandal pretty much killed off small diesels.
Don’t blame VW. It’s the EPA. You can also thank them for us not getting the pickup Toyota sells in other countries that uses a lot of 80’s parts. I believe it’s the Land Cruiser 70.
You are easily besting any other off road reviews you have done in every area of performance, comfort , speed and agility this magnificent machine is so good it even suprised you and your noisy equipment lol
Yes everyone knows that who's ever had a prius, well responsible owners. I always had to tell people to clean out the filter and not block those vents LMAO
Hands down the best review on the LC. Pointing out so many IMPORTANT tech items and much more real life driving applications that no other channels have on YT. A+ thanks!
Yes. The 1GD-FTV turbo diesel is one proven engine compared to the 2.5 and 3.5 liter turbo hybrids. The GD is the engine of the Hilux, Prado, Hiace, Innova, and Fortuner, not to mention the 70 series Land Cruiser. It gets superior fuel economy over the legacy 3.5 2GR-FKS and 4.0 liter 1GR-FE V6s while delivering better torque.
The only issue is they put the traction battery in a really stupid location. If you wanted to camp out and use it as a camping generator for some appliances the location makes it hard to put a fridge or anything heavy in the trunk area.
WOW!!!! Congratulations Sarah on your success in the car world that is watched on the Internet. I remember watching you day one and had to watch you grow. Keep the work up and have a great time
Hey Sarah, excellent review so glad it is a good vehicle. Also, as luck would have it the forerunner is also made in Japan. speaking of luck no luck with the Land Cruiser Penguin already gone, in my defense the video was up for over a half hour I’ll have to be quicker next time 🙂Have a great one as always.🐧🐧🐧👍
Great review. I agree, I'd rather have a Japanese built vehicle too. My now 20 years old Japanese built Toyota suv at over 300,000 miles still has no rattles or squeaks and drives like new.
Image on the left at 9:14 is the Diesel motor! Sorry mate, that's just for us Aussies! Bonus fact - The Prado has always been called the "Landcruiser Prado" in Australia however its treated like Anakin Skywalker at the Jedi council, "You are on this Council, but we do not grant you the rank of Master (Landcruiser)"
Sarah does it again! Squealing tires in the dirt. I'm glad you're still bringing your penguin friends along for the ride. That's one of the features in your videos that makes them so heartwarming. Keep up the great work.
I've been looking forward to this review. I really like what Toyota has done with this new Landcruiser. The 1958 edition would be the one I choose, just change out the tires. BTW, at 14:55, the camera operator has awesome taste in sun protection hats
I can't believe they sent you a new Landcruiser with highway tires on it!?!? What were they thinking!?!? *(update)* I posted that comment the minute I saw the vehicle, only to see that you end up making the same bewildered observation later in the video. I'm glad you agreed with me, Sarah.
30 degree dirt approach with street tires no problem is fairly impressive! Cool review. But if that thing breaks in wild in any way whatsoever, say a stream crossing dislikes electricity and batteries, well, it would be hard to get going again. And it’s a Land Cruiser pointed at the wildlands, etc, so that sort of possible system complexity and fragility might be viewed as a bad thing.
I love your Nm torque captions for us podriatrically challenged who only understand metric, didn’t see any this time. Anyway, if you need to optimise your workflow, fair enough, but I liked those
.. I might be late to the game. ..but regardless of where you came from to who you are.. You're awesome and have one of the best auto content on YT. Keep it up!
Haha, yeah. I was surprised that this is even possible. We always laughed when in these 1970's American movies all the cars had their tires squeal on dirt.
Is it because of the road tires? Are off road tires in america softer? Where I live (sweden) summer and winter tires is a thing and when dirt roads get hard as concrete in the summer tires squeals when braking hard. Our summer road tires even less offroad looking. Don't think I've heard winter tires squeal.
After what you said about the tyres I wasn't expecting it do that well off road, no worries didn't struggle at all, and looked quick on the rally stage.
Genuinely jazzed about the old school fabric on the seats. I'm also glad to see that manufacturers are offering smaller displacement options for the bigger and more fancy models. I'd do anything for the 2 door version 🤤😵
In the Middle East, the 2025 Prado is offered with the 2.7 4 cylinder and 4.0 v6. The USA really needs the 4.0 in a base model for people that value simplicity and long term reliability.
