The New Toyota Land Cruiser Kills On AND Off-Road! 

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6:30 when he says “toyota tacoma trd pro” a tacoma drives past and when he says “4runner” a 4runner passes

With just a rear locker, that 80 series would be a beast...

15 mpg for the 80 because the agreed upon miles was 241 from Google and what was used for the new LC calculations.

That's why I love my 2018 LC 200. Some tech, but too much. It has a 2" lift and off-road tires and does really well. And not some overly complex powerplant

You'd think companies loaning cars to TFL would know to load up their cars right because TONNNSS of truck/off road guys are watching this channel. Tommy literally has convinced me to seek out a first Gen Sorento and were the first guys to find the new Tacoma issues. Oh well

You know what never thought about it but turbo hybrid ensures you dont lose power at high altitude

LC 300/LX and LC 250/Prado/GX are basically a Land Cruiser family.

Awesome! You just gave me all the confidence I need to get mine out on some harder trails.

Thats amazing economy for anything with the Land Cruiser badge. Better than I got on the highway with the GX550 too.

Couldn’t agree more re nanny notices! They get even more dangerous on highways where passing a semi truck brakes applied full lock when vehicle senses imminent rearend collision prematurely.

The 80 series any day of the week.

If the base model Land Cruiser is the one you wanna off-road then it should at least be able to option the sway bar disconnect . If I remember right it went 9 inches further up an articulation ramp with the sway bar disconnected . Big difference when off roading. How much could a disconnecting sway bar option cost compared to stepping up from the 1958 to the next trim up ?

Wow! That old Land Cruiser is still thee king!

When I did a comparison drawing of the LC80 and LC250 on Instagram, I was shocked by the comments. Every second person repeated that it’s not a Land Cruiser, it’s a Prado. No arguments about the overall frame, dimensions, etc. worked. It's great that you did a live comparison test. And no matter how much I love the FZJ80, which I had for five years and it was practically new (16K km), today I have to look for a new everyday car with a nice 4x4 potential. I'm sure that the J250 will be a good „Land Cruiser“, not the Prado :)

I find the battle with the Yaris too relatable 😆I have a 2nd gen 4runner and I have to use the climbing lane going through passes. Semi trucks even pass around me sometimes going up steep slopes. Wouldn't trade it for the world 💪

FJ80 is indeed badass. But so is the new efficient, nimble beast. Just add split tailgate and remove all of those god awful sensors and the choice will be clear. Great ep!

I would love to see a comparison between the new Land Cruiser and the last V8.

I went to Toyotafest in Long Beach, California yesterday. Finally got to sit in the new LC. It definitely looks great and is comfortable. I was also able to find a gas station near there with $4.09 per gallon regular gas ⛽️ to put in my FJ Cruiser.

Thanks, again for an excellent video I owned a 94 Camry with 170,000 miles and only changed the water pump Toyota makes great cars and trucks. After I got another 2005 Camry then 2012 Venza, finally a hybrid getting over 500 miles on a 17-gallon tank, one thing I learned from my 3 years of mechanic training the master mechanic taught us about the break in period of new cars is 1,000 miles. You have a chance to read your owner's manual it tells you not to go over certain speeds and well as oil change that leaves me to frequency of oil change it says10,000 miles I do 5,000 miles. Remember the days of 3,000 miles, a friend owned a Volkswagen Jetta he tells me they told him every 20,000 miles no way you're going to have sludging. A manager at Toyota tells me I don't need to change the oil that early, really any car I owned I changed the oil at 1,000 miles for those cars reason micro to small particles of metal could be there. That being said 2023- 2024 tundra has a problem with small metal parts however is that just the gas version because I'm not hearing that for the hybrid equivalent. My cousin brought a ford raptor for $90,000 that truck broke at 10,000 miles where a Ford expert came out to looked at it and couldn't explain why it isn't working. You know what ford offered him a new Raptor. You have to give me my money back that's two 5,000 miles oil changes and that truck is breaking already that's nothing new the broncos had valve issues of low miles engines blowing up. That 1980 Landcruiser it is still running great that truck has been known to have over 500,000 miles I'm sure that test with the hybrid Landcruiser is the case very impressed with those street tires going up that stone smooth surface wow. look forward to you next video.

Old land cruiser is living legend. but overall i prefer the new land cruiser because of design

Sad how many Toyota LC/4R/FJ owners don't know the joy of off roading! I'm so lucky to have lived off road the last 20 years so I get to off road every day in my commute! I'm a lucky man! Get out and explore folks! (+1 the nanny alerts - hate 'em!)

Base model+bone stock+street tires=SUPER impressive

Roman is wondering why Toyota didn’t send a tester with off-road tires. I wonder if anyone else besides me has noticed there is no off-road tire option on the Toyota website or build sheet. I think Toyota left it as a dealer add on option.

The 70 series is the one us avid off roaders would love to see imported into US. This is a Prado which has been the Lexus here for a long time

Please do a towing test with the new Land Cruiser. Talk about the transmission shifts; does it hunt for gears while towing maybe something like a four thousand pound travel trailer. Can you shift manually to keep it in a certain gear while climbing hills?

Funnily enough, fat 4Runner is how we described the cruiser back in the 90’s

In South Africa we call it the Prado. We only get Toyotas 2.8 GD6 4 cylinder diesel engine. Drove it the past weekend. Very quiet and comfortable as expected.

The fact that many new cars require premium fuel is really annoying. Gas is expensive enough as it is without having to buy premium fuel. Its probably cheaper to run my 4Runner at 17 mpg on regular than run the new land cruiser at 22 mpg on premium. I don’t feel like doing the math though.

100% agree about Toyota overkill with the Nannies.

Would love to see a three way off road comparison between these cousins- GX550 , Landcruiser and 4Runner

Great video and review, thank you!

This is a great compare // similar size and relative market pricing when new. Bonus / Nathan!!

Something I learned on my 3rd gen that seems to be the same on my 4th gen Taco is that the locker will turn on if you are rolling forward in 4L. I’ve never been able to activate it while I’m not moving.

As always, great job guys! But Roman said it all. The Series 80 is bad ass. If I had to pick, that is the one I’d choose.

Lol, when 4 dollars a gallon came up I went "whoa! That's cheap!!!!!" From LA...definitely a bargain 😂

I'll take the new Cruiser. Add a slight lift and 265/70/18's and I'm good to go.

Since most people drive off road suvs for the looks, why not make an all season tire with the side walls that look like it can go off road.

Love the Falken tires. I have them on all our vehicles in Colorado and they are fantastic!

I like turtles 🐢

Great video guys! Very entertaining with these two dudes "Going to need to save for Roman's hair plugs" 😂😂😂😂😂

I just want to learn where to get that 75 cent coffee.

Let's not forget the factory twin-locked version of the 80. That thing would walk over this trail.

You guys are legends! ❤

As much as I love the 80-series, used to drive that a lot when I lived in Tanzania in 1993-1996 I still want the new Land Cruiser Prado 2024 more than the old one. I really love the look of it, and I will not do rock crawling in Sweden ;).

You can turn those warnings off, my 23 tundra is the same when you put it in 4lo. It’s in the settings on the driver info dash screen (whatever the one in front of the driver is called. )

good comparision.

i love 80 series are best off road ever!!

So happy that most Land Cruiser customers seldom (never) go off-road, so off-road enthusiasts can find good ones to modify in 10-20 years.

Moving TO California. Haven't heard that in years. My apologies lol. Good video. I'd still take the 80.

Fj80 with 3fe was hugely under powered. 3fe lasts forever. Your FZJ 80 was still anemic but had an additional 45+ hp. The head gaskets on that motor usually go around 200-250k. TFL really means don’t really know what we’re talking about. For example, when Roman talked to Jeep about the original rubicon and kept stating it had a sway bar disconnect.

Fun to see a retake haha. Thanks editor 😀

Not going to lie, as an Australian, it triggers me to no end hearing it called and compared to the full size LandCruiser 😂 😂 as that name plate is sacred down here and reserved solely for the 300 and 70 series, with the Landcruiser Prado being reserved solely as our countries favourite soccer mum car 😂. Jokes aside, Atleast you still got the Prado as a minimum though in your market, they are good tourers and will get you to some awesome places.

such a fun channel to watch

Is Nathan the one person bucking the trend and moving “to” California?😂 I love my 2015 LX570. Descent bumper/ tire carrier and off road tires and wheels.

I regularly got 18 mpg on the highway with my 93 80 series. Granted that included no mountains.

All season tires with skid plates and rock rails???

My 60 series Land Cruiser, 2F engine, is factory rated at 135 HP, new, at sea level. It now has220k miles, lost some ponies, and let's include an altitude of 10666, Vail pass, according to an altitude loss calculator, I am down 43 HP 😭. Now THAT is under powered.

Getting up The Wall in those crap tires @ stock pressure is impressive

One is a proper LandCruiser and the other is a Prado. 😛

Roman - If you hit the back arrow button showed on the message, does the alert go away?

I love that Nathan is taking advantage of the Cannabis freedoms in Colorado. Maybe I am just high. haha

You had me at Moab.

I love the toyota land cruiser and will buy the base 1958 model when available at msrp

Before I even know that a Land Cruiser, I thought it was FJ cruiser 😂

I absolutely love that you guys call out the trolls.

I was told by a mechanic technician to never over top the fuel tank! It could cause evap system issues! That’s what happened to me when I used to fuel my truck. I ended up replacing the evap system and sensor in the engine!

The Landcruiser got 23.5 MPG with street tires, but throw on some A/T tires and a roof top tent (because this vehicle will be mostly a tourer/overlander) and now it's getting 10-13 MPG because turbos burn alot of fuel when pushed out of their parameters. I've seen the same thing happen to Jeep Wrangle Rubicon 4xe. Keep it stockish, and that's pretty decent. Having to use premium fuel will make this a no go for many people. Also, the Landcruiser feels more like a slightly larger Subaru Forester, it's a tiny thing.

For us in OZ its a Landcruiser Prado our Landcruiser is a 300 series

There’s an after market company already running 37 inch tires with their lift and they say no trimming or very minimal on the new landcruiser . So they say . If so that’s a huge plus for the new Land Cruiser

Will the new 4Runner require Premium fuel too? Pro, Trailhunter, and Limited share the same engine as the LC, yes?

The OME upgrade with the overland pkg on the GS550 a d some 33's and all is good. I'm willing to bet the warnings will get netter with the first few software updates in the future.

Another great video, gentlemen, so I have a question that is a bit of a tangent. Will the 4 runner and Taco hybrids also require premium fuel. If not, then how are the engines in those vehicles different from that in the land cruiser?

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." - Hal and Landcruiser

The proximity sensors you should be able to hit mute. You can in my 23 tundra and I’d bet there’s the same options in the LC

What was the music you played at one tree hill, please? Kind regards.

Regular gas by me in steger Illinois 2 weeks ago was 4.25 a gallon

Wow. The new Land Cruiser is such a serious off roader.

Love your channel. Quick question. You guys ever thought about getting a hitch skid plate to protect the receiver when you are at Moab? Will save damage to the hitch when dragging your tail on those rocks.

TFL / Roman / Nathan: Why does the new LC require premium fuel if it has the same powertrain as the new Tacoma, which I hear does not require premium? Is there some sort of difference in the powertrain or the software? Also, I, too, was impressed with the LC's performance on the wall with street tires fully aired.

Does the new LC feel underpowered at all with that 4-cyl hybrid? It looks pretty heavy.

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WOW, someone is moving TO California!

I just spent 6 days off-roading in Southern Utah (Mexican Hat to Hanksville back to Blanding, we’ve avoid the Moab area anymore) in my 80 Series locked Lexus with 272k on the clock. Flawless the whole trip. Changing the oil today, and back to daily driver status tomorrow here in Scottsdale amongst the poser Broncos, Defenders and G’s. I’ve had her for 11 years now and I don’t plan on ever selling. The 90’s were peak Toyota IMHO, and the 80 series was part of that.

Get a Skidmark 4x4 to use when testing.

Are the tires bigger than stock on the 80 series?

The Wall is the obstacle just off the side of Fins and Things, right next to Sand Flats Rd, near the restrooms/campsites? That 80 could have made it easy, my XJ did it on 31s and open diffs.

I don’t think a 4 Runner can follow that Land Cruiser 😂👍🏻

Thank you for the review. I've always loved the Land Cruiser - but priced out of my range. Skeptical with the small size and engine. now, what is more reliable, Land Rover Defender or Toyota Land Cruiser? Why couldn't they put in a 4cyl diesel

I'll take the old LC over the new one any day of the week. Add a rear locker to that thing and it will go anywhere you want to go. Add a front and rear locker and it will go anywhere you are afraid to go.

That's an impressive MPG score for the FJ80. I'm lucky if mine gets 13 downhill with a tailwind ... It's great that the new LC performs well, even with nannies and terrible tires. Thanks for comparing the legend with the new kid.

There are used LC 200’s for sale that are cheaper, and around the same price as the new LC 250. TFL should do an on and off road comparison of these two generations

Nathan moving to CA?

Guys great video for those of us who can keep things in perspective . Does this mean that Nathan is leaving the channel?😢

Why are people saying this new LC is "just a 4runner"? It's a Land Cruiser. A Land Cruiser PRADO, but a Land Cruiser nonetheless. In a way, it's not a successor to that 80-series at all, but it's what America gets.

In the rest of the World where the Landcruiser 300 Series are sold with 3.3Lt V6 Diesel or 3.5Lt V6 Petrol variants, the New 2.8Lt 4 Cylinder Hybrid is also sold in these markets as Landcruiser Prado ( Meadow in Spanish ) , where as the Lexus LX or LX Sport are sold in the USA with the 3.5Lt V6 petrol as a Extreme Luxury version of the Landcruiser 300 Series

Still going to wait for the 2025 4Runner...

Premium on the hybrid but only regular on the turbo version?

The stock tires on the LC are an affront to both God and man.

I owned a 2003 Land Cruiser, and hit a black bear at 60mph, and it barely put a dent into it. The old ones are built like tanks.