The 2021 Land Cruiser Heritage Edition is Toyota's Final Send Off to the Series 200 LC 

Peraonally I’m not the biggest fan of these old Toyota trucks. Sure they are reliable but cmon for 85k I could get a BMW X7. The Toyota 4Runner is a much better deal.

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@@kristians2704 bmw x7 junk car. It’s not even a competitor man. Body on frame vs unibody. Land Cruiser is a real SUV. It has the real off road ability. X7 is sedan chassis. Not even close. U have no vechile knowledge

@@kristians2704 And in the US most BMW is for lease. If you take 85k for the BMW X7 u are really idiot. After 3yrs the resale value only 45k might be. Lease 3yrs x7and return to dealer that it. No one gonna buy it. Who buy land cruiser and lease bmw X7 are different group of people man

@@xavierx447 The X7 isn’t a “junk car”. Almost all reviews of it have been positive and it has one of the nicest interiors and best tech of any car. I know that it isn’t body on frame but I will never go off-road and so that doesn’t matter.

You are absolutely right. That’s why I bought one pre announcement in late December with a nice discount. And yes I can attest to post announcement of it being discontinued, the order time the heritage model is longer and the dealer doesn’t want to discount them anymore.

Yeah I got mine back in December 2020 not long after the announcement. I’d been kicking it back and forth for a year, and decided to pull the trigger when I found out the new model would not be coming here. I actually got it a decent amount below sticker. The dealership I bought it from told me they had sold more LC’s that month than they had sold in the last three years lol.

Really? How many do you personally see driven regularly? Go to any weekend classic car show and you can see many antique cars that are still roadworthy.

Every single one of them? BTW, that was only one fact.

and they where affordable back than land cruiser was not the price of 2 or 3 Toyotas

Remember most American classic and antique cars have been repainted and refurbished to the nines. The 50's Landcruisers will be running without the upgrades.

Well in 3rd world countries not in America for instance

I could NOT agree more!

It will never come back as a crossover. Land Cruisers are trucks pretty much by definition. The Land Cruiser isn't made for the US market. It is designed for less developed places and it isn't being discontinued in most of the world. It is only being canceled in the US due to poor sales. When the Land Cruiser is eventually refreshed it will still be a truck or at the very least something like the modern Range Rovers. Either way it will be a dedicated off roader. Whether they actually end up selling the new version in the US is questionable. Regardless the Lexus LX is literally a Land Cruiser with a better interior and because it is basically the same price there is very little reason to buy the current Land Cruiser except for nostalgia for the name. The LX already sells multiple times more than the Land Cruiser. Discontinuing the Land Cruiser will just increase sales of the LX further.

@@LoganNolag they said that about the Nissan Pathfinder and the Chevy Blazer and Trailblazer and look what happened to them. all the OG SUVs are reduced to these castrated beta-mobiles. All of which are driven by guys whose idea of an adventure is switching from Jersey Mike's to Jimmy John's every Thursday

@LoganNolag the pathfinder and Chevy were US driven vehicles. The Land Cruiser has a world following in other markets where it is more popular. The biggest concern is “if” it comes back to the US market.

@@TheFolkTube Exactly.

4 runner

A new, true Troopy. No frills. The ultimate but middle class affordable, offroad family truxster.

@@curtmckay8977 Exactly.

These are also sold with V8 diesels and A MANUAL TRANSMISSION outside the usa Here is an example ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YNuXL9joHEU.html

@@johneldepresso Thanks for the link. To this point I have not seen a new 300 Series Land Cruiser with a manual.

Exactly!

@@rightlanehog3151 reward companies for making good products!

Nailed it mate

Agree

@Nomen Clature - Yeah, at $80k +, I don't understand it.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH It caters to a niche market for real rugged utilitarian users. Moreover, its indestructible. When you go into a rural area that's what will keep you alive. It's definitely not for city slickers as they cannot appreciate it or enjoy it the way its meant to. Even the reviewer has no clue what it means. Its like a getting a McDonalds server rating a Michelin Rated restaurant, Absolutely no cohesion. This vehicle represents the pinnacle of off-road motoring. It is nothing less than legendary.

it is 50k but for lower options like v6 only available in the middle east and Australia

After 25 years, the cost of fuel of this over a tesla can get you a brand new m5 even if the gas price don't change, although i will never get a car with no engine

Same can be said for a $30k 4Runner. This price is insane for something lacking any semblance of luxury.

Landcruiser can go anywhere so said every australian its worth the money

@Nomen Clature No, for that price, they missed the point.

@@lukewarm2075 This American, who took one across the Outback, agrees. Amazing vehicles.

You answered your own question. $$$

...As an EV crossover coupe

@@SaintMecha 😳 I sure hope not...😏

@Nomen Clature Be prepared though. The 5.7ltr will 'not' be returning in the new 2022 Tundra. They're going for I believe a newly designed, V6. Most likely with dos turbolos...😆

@Nomen Clature it's confirmed. 2022 " LC300 gen" will only have 3.5 V6 turbo. www.caradvice.com.au/915464/2022-toyota-landcruiser-300-series-spied-for-the-first-time/

@Nomen Clature - No thanks. Not spending $80k to go off roading. I'll buy a used Wrangler or Grand Cherokee for $15k to do that.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH Expensive off roading and cheap off roading are too different things it would seem. I mean why else make a 392 Wrangler?

Most Toyota fanboys can't afford the Land Cruiser new or slightly used.

They are launching a new LC very soon, the only question is whether it comes to this market.

My bet is that of course they will bring it here. Demand for large 4 wheel off road SUV is huge and its profitable. They will use their production line to fill orders in their big markets of Australia, Middle East, China and Russia and then when that demand tapers off, they will be back. Forget the V8 though, the turbo V6 will replace it and yes, the “modern people” will get their apple play too.

How? It’s the most outdated thing ever. Euro cars are cool, fast, tons of tech and features and so many different models.

@Nomen Clature I'm not going to Elk country so for me that doesn't matter and most people aren't taking cars like this offroad.

It's just a simple and classic car, and sometimes that's all people are wanting~~ The Land Cruiser also just has a certain presence to it in my opinion.

I don't think he missed the point... I think you missed his. Your use case of "being out in the middle of nowhere" can be equally fulfilled by a 4runner or GX rather than the Landcruiser which is literally double the price. The Landcruiser's pricing is what makes it a poor value proposition, not a lack of capability or reliability. The price of the Landcruiser is ostensibly high and that's why both it and the LX has continued to sell like crap here in the US. The LX has the same issue- there isn't $40k in value for that vehicle over the GX. The competition in the US for fullsize SUVs is much more stiff than the rest of the world because they sell so well here due to cheap gas. Also let's not act like having a Ford, GM, or Dodge fullsize SUV in the middle of nowhere is some major liability- they have more experience with V8s than Toyota does by light years.

@@sly9263 I have owned every vehicle you mentioned in your reply, with the exception of an LX. You're simply incorrect. The TLC is absolutely much better than any of them. The only thing that even comes close off road is an older P38 Range Rover. I had two of those. They are amazing off road, until they break, which is often. So the TLC is a better choice all around. Taking a GX or a 4Runner as possibly viable options, you're right, sort of. But they are much smaller. So your gear is more limited. And to do the things that a stock TLC can do, one would have to modify both the 4runner and GX, which costs significant money. The good news is that for now, we are still free to have our own opinions, and we can agree to disagree. Cheers!

@@mattphillips1910 if TLC was "as better" as you claim it would sell well... but it doesn't. That's why it's peer, large luxury SUVs outsell it by 5-10-20 times over. No, the TLC and LX are not radically bigger than a GX or 4runner. Go look at the actual seating dimensions and body length. In some cases its actually smaller seating dimensions. The TLC is closer in size to the GX or or a midsize than it is to every other large luxury SUV.

@@sly9263 The TLC and 4 Runner are not comparable. The TLC and GX are comparable, but the GX is lacking in about 14 different ways, unless it's modified. I'm not sure what point you're trying to prove? Have you ever driven a TLC in serious off road conditions? I have. A lot. There is absolutely no comparison between modern TLC, 4 Runner and GX. (If we are talking about all stock.) Is a TLC too expensive? Well, probably yes. But in my experience, you get exactly what you pay for. I have walked Land Cruisers out of places that track-laying heavy equipment gets stuck in. I don't know what else to say. There really is no comparison. The only thing that I am aware of that ever came close is a P38 Range Rover. The reason Toyota stopped selling it in the US has nothing to do with price. It's all about the EPA regulations. It is one of the best selling vehicles in Australia. Gee, I wonder why? If you want a 4x4 that can carry people, tow a trailer, and perform off road reliably, there really isn't anything else out there, bone stock, that even comes close. Cheers!

@@mattphillips1910 there is zero use case for 99.99999% of drivers to put their off-road vehicle in a place where "track laying heavy equipment gets stuck". You're using an edge case as a defense for why it's supposedly that much better than it's comparable peers- it's irrelevant. There is no value proposition for double the price any way you cut it. They sold poorly in the US and it ate into LX sales so they were just inbreeding sales. Australia has far less vehicle options in that market than we do.

Keep working.

I feel you, everybody wants 38 inch screens that are gonna be outdated in 2 years, then bigger screens which will make no sense in about 10 years. Keep it simple with 8 to 10 inch screen.

@@kellyoubrejr544 so true sadly. a 10 inch screen is more than enough as you said. in fact i don’t even bother with infotainment since my phone can do the job. but still a sad thing cars like these would likely disappear

@@zhila5958 Yep, and my thing is this... Why update a screen that "todays people want", it's gonna look the same way as this Landcruiser in 2+ years... But if that's what people want these days, give them what they want 🤷🏽‍♂️.

@@kellyoubrejr544 honestly you’re right. people nowadays don’t make any sense. i miss when cars had a radio instead of a glued iPad.

@@zhila5958 Facts 😂.

LC sells like corona virus in USA unlike our market. So that why Toyota is killing in that Market. In GCC we also don't see many sport cars and european hot hatchback

@Nomen Clature this v8 is indestructible

Sequoia is larger and it probably isn’t as robust or high quality as the LC, and to me the LC looks way more upscale. It definitely doesn’t have the status of the LC.

about $50k go after the bronco /wrangler where its roots started

Used market isn’t much better. These things are still over $30K with 100K miles.

1.5 yrs later. Be prepared to drop literally $80k+ for this lol. I’ve seen them as high as $130k (!!!!!!!!!!)

Why not get the Lexus version?

This looks better imo. Probably better off road as well.

My 2003 Mercedes has it. This thing is an anachronistic overpriced pig at almost 6000 lbs. People talk like they're going to use these during the apocalypse, fantasy crap. First, people won't be going anywhere, they'll be sheltering in place. Second, there won't be a power grid or any fuel during an apocalypse, and this oinker gets 10 mpg combined with a tiny fuel tank. Good luck going anywhere.

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And it will have a CVT.

Lexus GX, LX, the Sequoia and Land Cruiser are all way overpriced in 2021. Super outdated and old fashioned

Land cruiser is step up from gx and its bigger. U get land cruiser instead of gx simply because u can afford it

@@kristians2704 u sounds like a loser

@@xavierx447 no, I just like good cars that don’t feel like they come from 2005