SALT LAKE CITY — Toyota’s honored Land Cruiser nameplate rejoins the model’s U.S. lineup subsequent 12 months in a trimmed-down and less-expensive type a lot nearer to the off-roader’s roots than its bloated predecessor, which had advanced to overlap comparable body-on-frame Lexus fashions.
The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser will likely be smaller, extra nimble and outfitted with a hybridized turbocharged powertrain, a number of infotainment and driver help options and a boxy look that evokes its early heritage.
Imported from Japan and based mostly on the Land Cruiser Prado that Toyota sells in Japan and different international markets — badged within the U.S. because the Lexus GX — the U.S. model of the Land Cruiser will begin within the mid-$50,000 vary, Toyota stated. Compared, when Toyota suspended U.S. gross sales of Land Cruiser in 2021 after a 63-year run, the low-volume off-roader began at $86,880, together with transport.
“This icon belongs in our lineup,” Toyota division head Dave Christ stated in a written assertion. “For 2024, Land Cruiser returns to its origin with a heritage-inspired design paired with the legendary functionality and sturdiness Land Cruiser is thought for, and it’ll take much more prospects on adventures throughout the globe because it has accomplished for generations.”
The 2024 Land Cruiser is 4.4 inches narrower than the earlier model and 1.2 inches shorter, and it’s constructed on the automaker’s international F1 body-on-frame platform. With floor clearance of as much as 8.7 inches, it has an method angle of as much as 31 levels, max departure angle of twenty-two levels and a breakover angle of 25 levels.
Underneath the hood, it will likely be powered by a turbocharged 2.4-liter engine mated to an eight-speed computerized transmission that has an built-in 48-hp electrical motor and small, separate battery. The iForce Max hybrid powertrain generates as much as 365 hp and 465 pound-feet of torque. Gas financial system will likely be revealed sooner or later.
Toyota will unveil a double-wishbone entrance suspension with twin-tube shocks, with a multi-link and coil spring setup within the rear. The 2024 Land Cruiser will function full-time four-wheel drive with an electronically managed two-speed switch case and center-locking differential. Toyota says the 2024 Land Cruiser will likely be able to towing as much as 6,000 kilos.
By way of security, the Land Cruiser will come commonplace with Toyota Security Suite 3.0, the automaker’s suite of driver help applied sciences that features lane retaining, dynamic cruise management, automated high-beam headlights and pre-collision help with pedestrian detection.
The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser will arrive in U.S. dealerships within the spring.