2017 70 Series Land Cruiser

There are not many vehicles I'd trade my Tacoma for but this just might be one. I be willing to bet Toyota would sell millions if they brought them to the US. Call me old school but it's simple interior and classic looks are a thing of beauty.

Come on Toyota, a limited release in the US? Pretty please.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2017-toyota-70-series-land-cruiser/

 

^Will not happen because the LC70 can't meet current US crash safety requirements.

Note even the 2nd gen Nissan Xterra doesn't meeting current US crash safety requirements. The re-engineering costs contributed to its demise: http://www.autonews.com/article/201...-regs-kill-nissans-car-that-saved-the-company

You can always buy one in Latin America, drive it over the border, and do a VIN plate swap with an old beat-up US-model Land Cruiser that's ready for the scrap yard...

 

You could go another, previously-owned route.
http://www.landcruisersdirect.com/ or http://www.nicanorth.com/

Get ya one of these.

 

I'd love a single cab ute. That interior is to die for!

 

Double cab in action. I wonder if he made it.

 

Yeah, the double cabs are chops with a lengthened frame.

 

Nice truck. A Land Rover Defender or this in my garage would be pretty amazing

 

Edited for correctness. I don't disagree as I am a little more old school to and that is awesome, but no way that would sell in even remotely respectable numbers for this market regardless of how old school and stout it is built.

Tyler

 

I'd get one.
When does the 70 series LC group buy start?

 

Land of the free, home of the regulated. It all started with MADD

 

Not the ideal DD, but man would it be cool to travel around in that thing.

 

Looked at the specs on Toyota Australia. It has a 34 gallon fuel tank.

 

I would love to have that in the garage, left hand drive,w/diesel, dreams.

 

wouldnt be too bad to drive everyday. Probably Wouldn't be too different from my Tacoma

 

I want one so bad!

 

These are cool looking but I wouldn't want to own one over a modern pickup for daily driving. Expensive to service, slow, and the ride sucks. Cool for a novelty, agricultural work or occasional pleasure driving but crappy for everything else.

 

Can't be worse than a '96 f-350 crew cab. Unfortunately you're right though, most Americans are now more concerned with ride smoothness over raw practical badassness. Although, I do see a bunch of mall-crawling wranglers on 37's with blonde pavement princes/princesses in the cockpit around town.

TLDR: Americans hate rough riding awesome trucks, unless it's a POS Chrysler product.