The reason the servicing is at 6 months is to keep the vehicles reliable. Other companies put ridiculous service intervals which causes engine issues in the long run. I mean Toyota cars are reliable even if maintained poorly but it's better to service the car at Toyota intervals.
If you work out the GVM and GCM figures on this vehicle with 3500 kg caravan hooked up , it’s almost impossible to travel legally. Not worth the money for touring. If consumers started to work this out prices would drop because most vehicles are not fit for purpose.
The 200-series skipped locking diffs for a whole generation. It did fine without it. Of course me personally I would prefer having both electronics like CRAWL and actual diff-locks so I can choose.
Could not agree more. The interior also does not look 143k. That's a lot of money. And what's with the 6 month service intervals? It's a farce when people harp on about "Toyota Reliability" when it needs a service every 6 months. Even Chinese manufacturers have better service intervals than that!
@v8motorhead if you don’t understand why 6 month service intervals are better for a vehicle than longer ones especially diesel cars you simply don’t understand the internal combustion engine……
Tom you came across a little cynical in this review but I don't blame you. $143,000 for the vehicle but as you said it has loose steering, average sound system, some safety aids don't work. You said when things don't work just turn them off. Big time delays with the electric seats. I know there are positives but a lot of negatives when you spending this amount of coin!!
I just try to call it as I see it. Everything has positives and negatives, and yes at this kind of price we need to make sure to prove if there is value (or not).
The V8 is missed by many but the old 6 speed auto isn’t. The biggest loss for those of us who use these things for touring and camping is the loss of the split tailgate.
Is it genuinely quiet at motorway speeds on coarse chip? One independent Aussie 4x4 youtuber says his biggest issue with his 300 Sahara ZX (on factory wheels and tyres) is the road noise. He says its got more road noise than his 200 series. I just sold a next Gen V6 Everest cause the road noise was terrible. All the reviewers says its a quiet car but I found the opposite. Tom, do you think the 300 series is a lot better than next Gen Everest for highway noise?
I thought it was quiet enough on coarse chip, but given it is clearly a key factor in your purchase choice I strongly recommend finding one you can test drive on 18” wheels and trying it yourself.
They’re supposed to make newer models better. They haven’t. Less space in the front row. Less in the middle. Suspension that absorbs big bumps but amplifies the tiny ones. I’m glad Toyota did what they did, because it rules them out completely and narrows the selection of my next purchase.
I test drove one the other day it was great vehicle to drive. I have intentions of buying a VX to tow my caravan $125k , but was seriously disappointed with some of its lack of features that have become standard in other vehicles. No heated steering wheel, No auto rear door, no head up display My wife’s run a round Hyundai has that for half the price. 😮
@@markstemmett5296my GR has got it too. I believe that Hyundai can have a troubles to tow a caravan on corrugation on the way to National Park in the middle to nowhere.
I find it interesting that the luxury top-spec 300-series in NZ (VX-limited which is the same as OZ's ZX) gets the same body style as the Sahara albeit with 20 inch wheels.
@@chasingcars It does. It’s as if you put the 20 inch on this sahara. I don’t understand the ZX’s lower hanging front/rear bumper and the integrated sidestep.
Hot V6 eating oil everyone that I know with one is using liters of oil between services. Seems Toyota is getting away from its core less and less about reliability.
what a shame that Toyota invested in a new model but did such a mediocre job on delivering better towing . The payload of only 650 kg is too small for serious towing of heavy vans.
I bought one today. If money was no option I would have gone for a Range Rover sport but I didn't have an extra 80K. I also looked at the defender but for a similar spec it was 180K.
The only problem leaving your spare tyre changing tools in the factory location, cargo like a fridge etc must be unloaded , an inconvenience over sight in my opinion.
The range rover sport is like a hatchback and not an suv which makes it one of the best suvs to drive and do offroad in. The big range rover l460 is a full size suv. The range rover sport will beat the lc almost everything but there is a charm of driving a landcruiser 300
@@herizorakotomavo Thanks. I think i'm going to go for the RR sport as the variant i'm looking at is only $20/30k more. Yes it's a lot of money but for that you get much better quality materials, better tech, more performance and in my opinion a much better looking vehicle in and out. As i only go off roading a dozen times a year, all be it not very extreme off roading the added reliability and durability of the LC300 isn't much of an issue.
Anyone that suggests this is a great improvement is blind and has no vehicle sense what so ever. Light torsion bars the vehicle sits bum high front low if you think this is good handling dynamics again you have no vehicle sense, park the latest RAV beside it not a lot of difference ugly square guards not much bigger for a premium high end vehicle.
Driven a lot of 200 series, and a lot of 300 series. I can tell you that the latter rides marginally better and handles significantly better, and still retains good off-road capability, some of which is demonstrated here
@@chasingcars Driven both and they are both terrible for a premium priced vehicle as for off road the 200 is terrible 300 is better thanks to the competition making the 200 look as capable as an XD falcon off road. Biased much fan boys.
It’s expensive but it’s the best built SUV on the planet and therefor worth every penny mate. Enough people are buying them that the demand is sky high.
Tom, LC 300 is pretty reasonable car to buy. However may be Nissan Patrol Y62 is even better 4x4? Its more powerful, more prestige and just more interesting as a car. Unfortunately in Australia and New Zealand RHD Patrol still have dated dashboard and infotainment system, but does it really matter? Gorgeous V8, excellent reliability and stunning look are more essential points. Toyota's LC 300 V6 engines can not any longer provide such confidence as older LC 200 V8 did.
Yep, Nissan basically acknowledges that problem but sees that they are selling every Patrol they bring in, especially because of the Land Cruiser shortage - so why would they pay to update the interior?
@@chasingcars because it is their reputation:) As far as I know, Nissan is currently testing the Y63 Patrol, which basically is heavily modernised Y62. And fabulous V8 motor will gone: there will be only V6 too (3.0 Turbo or 3.0 na + hybrid power train). So that is why I personally recommend buy Y62 Patrol as far as it will be selling.
Not that it's everything, but the Y62 is now 13 years old. Don't fall into the trap of judging the engine by its cylinder count and capacity - engine technology has moved on significantly and there's good reasons why smaller capacity turbos now rule the roost.
The major takeaway I have from this is: if you buy one and don’t go hardcore off-roading on a regular basis, you really are going to look a bit of a tool.
Based on the amount of Land Cruisers you see toiling away in country Australia, I think that might be putting it a bit strongly! Perhaps not the best urban crawler though.
@@jeremybean-hodges6397 I agree completely. It's also a better people mover. There's way more space for 7 people in the Carnival than in the LandCruiser. I don't understand why people buy 4WDs and SUVs if they need to seat 7, and ignore people movers like the Carnival.
@@chasingcars perhaps! But it's a huge price penalty to pay *if* you're not going to take advantage of the significant off-road capabilities. I'd suggest that for a lot of LandCruiser buyers, a RAV4 sized vehicle with AWD would do them just fine - but a Landy is a decision that's made with the heart as much as the head. There's absolutely nothing wrong with buying something because you want it, but there are significant compromises in buying a LandCruiser (weight, price, on-road handling) in order to accommodate its excellent off-road capabilities.
Gee, it’d be awkward if you were both weirdly impolite and completely wrong. Like confusing the GR Sport’s mechanical rear locker with the Sahara ZX’s electronic torque-sending limited slip rear differential (very much not the same thing, you’ll find) - and I said at 11:01 that the ZX is not a three-row vehicle.
Fair point, I think it was referenced a little more ambiguously. Given the GR and ZX have two unique rears - that would be an interesting video. Particularly given the praise for the Sahara’s road handling - isn’t the ZX meant to be better again? I wonder how it compares to the GR too..?
GR Sport review based on 4000km coming soon. Might have lobbed back a little sharp there, reason being I am a guy that prides himself on being very much in the detail.
The Defender will break regularly. The Toyota won’t. Mind you, if the Toyota does break you can be assured that Toyota will find a reason not to honour the warranty.
