Toyota Re-Pops The Series 70 Land Cruiser!
It’s been a while since TTAC crackled and buzzed with the latest Toyota news all the time — but this morning, we’re changing that!
Toyota is producing the 1990s-era Series 70 Land Cruiser in two body styles as a year-long, Japanese-market love letter to its most ardent fans. The pricing is bargain basement — about thirty-four grand for either style — and the drivetrain pairs a 228-horse four-liter V6 with a five-speed manual transmission and part-time 4WD. Locking diffs are optional, as is a winch.
What a lovely, desirable, heirloom-quality vehicle. Can’t get it here, though — “here” being “anywhere but Japan”, to misquote Mona Simpson. And the original Series 70 Cruisers can still be found in the United States, although condition may vary (you can buy them as commercial vehicles in Australia as well). This rebuilding thing is brilliant, though. Now if only they’d do the final Cressida, the first LS400, the ’94 Supra Twin Turbo, the 2000GT…
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Just in time for the war with ISIS. Replace that new age video soundtrack with some Arabic pop music or death metal, and you're good to go. I've been noticing in various pictures online that the ISIS guys were driving Toyotas, but the Kurds were driving Nissans. This doesn't bode well for our side, now does it?
The 70 Series Land Cruiser has never seized production, in colombia has been sold since 1984, today still offered as a short wheel base 2 door, long wheel base 4 door wagon, long wheel base 2 door trooper carrier, and a 2 door cab and chassis. http://ww0.autoamerica.com.co/toyota/land-cruiser/galeria/