2024 Toyota Land Cruiser debuts with retro seems, mid-$50,000 worth

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser is formally right here, and its arrival marks the return of Toyota’s legendary Land Cruiser nameplate after it took just a few years off. Should you had been pondering this new Land Cruiser would simply be a slight revision on the final one, then assume once more. The 2024 mannequin is smaller, cheaper, hybrid-only and far more purposeful trying.

Its design is a large departure from the final Land Cruiser and as a substitute adopts parts from its earlier historical past. The squared-off physique and upright stance is a timeless off-roader look, and we expect it fits the brand new Land Cruiser fairly nicely. Toyota made the brand new mannequin 4.4 inches narrower and 1.2 inches shorter general to enhance its nimbleness off-road, and it seems dramatically smaller in individual. Curiously, there are two headlight designs, with one being an oblong look harking back to the FJ62. In the meantime, the “1958” (just under) and “First Version” trims get spherical headlights.

When the earlier technology left us, the Land Cruiser was rocking a giant, naturally-aspirated V8 engine as its solely choice. Now, Toyota is making its i-Drive Max hybrid powertrain the one obtainable type of motivation for the brand new Land Cruiser. It consists of a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine and a 48-horsepower electrical motor built-in with the eight-speed automated transmission, all of which can also be used on the brand new Tacoma. Complete system output is a good 326 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque. That places the brand new mannequin at a 55 horsepower deficit to the earlier mannequin, however due to the facility of turbocharging and electrical motors, the brand new Land Cruiser is up 64 pound-feet of torque. Towing maxes out at 6,000 kilos, a quantity that may come as a disappointment for a lot of, because the earlier Land Cruiser was rated for 8,100 kilos. As for the hybrid system and effectivity, Toyota says it’s utilizing a 1.87 kWh nickel-metal-hydride battery pack to energy the electrical motor, however we’ll want to attend for gasoline financial system estimates.

As you might have anticipated, the Land Cruiser is constructed off Toyota’s TNGA-F body-on-frame platform identical to different Toyota vehicles and Lexus SUVs (like the brand new GX). It incorporates a new double-wishbone entrance suspension design and a multi-link rear suspension paired with coil springs. A entrance sway bar disconnect (works with the push of a button) comes on all however the base 1958 grade. Toyota says floor clearance is 8.7 inches, and also you get strategy, break-over and departure angles of 31 levels, 25 levels and 22 levels respectively. That stated, the 1958 grade has a barely degraded strategy angle of 30 levels because of its barely totally different wheel and tire bundle.

A Land Cruiser having correct off-road chops is with out query at this level, and the brand new one delivers, too. Each Land Cruiser comes commonplace with a full-time four-wheel-drive system that incorporates a center-locking differential and an electronically-controlled switch case with each a excessive and low vary. You additionally get an digital locking rear differential to separate energy 50/50 to the rear wheels must you want to take action. Different {hardware} you’ll be blissful to see on the menu are non-obligatory rock rails and a full battery of high-strength metal skid plates. Entrance tow/restoration hooks come commonplace on each grade.

And talking of these grades, there are three in complete named Land Cruiser 1958, Land Cruiser (sure, that’s it) and Land Cruiser First Version (straight above). Even the fundamental 1958 mannequin comes nicely outfitted with 18-inch alloy wheels, LED fog lamps, heated seats, heated steering wheel, a Crawl Management operate and Downhill Help Management. Stepping as much as the “Land Cruiser” grade nets you key extras just like the entrance stabilizer bar disconnect, Multi-Terrain Choose (packages for several types of off-roading), Multi-Terrain Monitor (cameras for navigating trails), Inflexible fog lights and far more tech. The First Version ups functionality even greater with a entrance skid plate, these aforementioned rock rails, leather-based seats and an entire lot extra. You may dive deeper into the trim construction in our separate trim breakout publish proper right here.

Two totally different display setups will grace the inside of the brand new Land Cruiser, with the 1958 mannequin getting an eight-inch touchscreen and the opposite two getting a 12.3-inch touchscreen. Each include wi-fi Apple CarPlay and wi-fi Android Auto as commonplace, and Toyota says they will obtain over-the-air updates as the corporate pushes them out. The 1958 mannequin additionally has a smaller digital instrument cluster flanked by analog gauges, whereas the opposite trims have a full-screen cluster with no analog gauges. Identical to all new Toyota fashions nowadays, the corporate’s Toyota Security Sense 3.0 system comes commonplace, which provides you the total assortment of driver help controls. Each Land Cruiser will take pleasure in niceties like adaptive cruise management, lane-tracing help, auto high-beams, blind-spot monitoring and way more. 

Left: Land Cruiser trim; Proper: 1958 trim

Quite a lot of tech is offered relying on which trim you spring for, however even when you don’t get the fully-loaded First Version, a Premium Bundle is offered that provides energy heated/ventilated leather-based seats, a 14-speaker JBL audio system, head-up show, digital rearview mirror, moonroof and extra.

Toyota hasn’t put its finger on a precise worth but, but it surely says the brand new Land Cruiser will begin “within the mid-$50,000 vary for that base 1958 trim. Listening to “Land Cruiser” and “$50,000” in the identical sentence is downright astonishing contemplating the earlier mannequin ended life with an over $87,000 beginning sticker. Gross sales are scheduled to start within the spring of 2024, and the primary two months shall be restricted to only 5,000 models of the First Version mannequin. After that, the opposite trims will come on-line, hopefully with better manufacturing quantity.