Toyota’s original Land Cruiser reached its 50th Anniversary in 2000 and went on to a global total of 10m units in 2019. It is Toyota’s longest-running vehicle line.
The European Land Cruiser (J15) is known elsewhere as the Prado. In Spanish and some related languages it means meadow-land — from the Latin pratum.
The larger (J20) Land Cruiser is a much-evolved successor to the original. Briefly on sale in the UK and Ireland (1998-2000) as the ‘Land Cruiser Amazon’, it was a hugely accomplished 4x4 with an awesome 4.5-litre, V8-cylinder Diesel engine.
That, larger still Sequoia and Hilux pick-up-based 4 Runner/Hilux Surf don’t come here. Main markets are North America, Russia and Middle East with a whole range of big V6/V8 petrol engines – having oil wells in the neighbourhood clearly useful.
The European Land Cruiser (J15) is known elsewhere as the Prado. In Spanish and some related languages it means meadow-land — from the Latin pratum.
The larger (J20) Land Cruiser is a much-evolved successor to the original. Briefly on sale in the UK and Ireland (1998-2000) as the ‘Land Cruiser Amazon’, it was a hugely accomplished 4x4 with an awesome 4.5-litre, V8-cylinder Diesel engine.
That, larger still Sequoia and Hilux pick-up-based 4 Runner/Hilux Surf don’t come here. Main markets are North America, Russia and Middle East with a whole range of big V6/V8 petrol engines – having oil wells in the neighbourhood clearly useful.
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