Toyota Land Cruiser 2019


The Land Cruiser is a worldwide legend, known from Aruba to Zimbabwe to be one of the most competent SUVs ever made. Featuring a sturdy body-on-frame design and a 5.7-liter 381-hp V-8 engine with an eight-speed automatic and full-time four-wheel drive, it offers serious off-roading ability. Creature comforts are addressed, too, with three rows of leather seating for eight, heated and ventilated front seats, a 9.0-inch infotainment system, four-zone climate control, and adaptive cruise control.


Successful relationships are built on honesty and trust, and the Toyota Land Cruiser has found success as a straight-shooting and dependable sport-utility vehicle for more than 60 years. Although the Land Cruiser is no longer the no-frills Jeep alternative it originally was, the bricklike SUV remains true to its name: If there’s land in front of this Toyota, it can cruise on it.

As if following the creed of the United States Postal Service, the Land Cruiser is seemingly unaffected by snow or rain or heat or gloom of night thanks to a full suite of four-wheel-drive tools, which includes a two-speed transfer case and a Torsen-type limited-slip center differential that defaults to sending 60 percent of the engine’s torque rearward and 40 percent forward.

There’s plenty of torque to go around, as the Land Cruiser’s 381-hp 5.7-liter V-8 produces 361 lb-ft of the stuff at 2200 rpm; goose the engine to 3600 rpm and it delivers 401 lb-ft. All that grunt benefits the Land Cruiser on-road as much as it does off-road. In our testing, the 5934-pound SUV made its way to 60 mph in 6.7 seconds and completed the quarter-mile after 15.1 seconds at 93 mph. Both times were identical to those of a Land Cruiser we tested nearly two years ago. Toyota’s flagship SUV is nothing if not consistent. (A restored and modernized 1981 FJ43 Land Cruiser that we tested in recent months was slower than that but not nearly as slothlike as it would’ve been with its original powertrain.)

Passing performance improved by a tenth of a second, with this Land Cruiser scooting from 30 to 50 mph in 3.8 seconds and from 50 to 70 mph in 5.0 ticks. Such swiftness does come at a cost, and the Land Cruiser swills fuel as ravenously as Barney Gumble downs Duff beer. We saw 13 mpg over 1100 miles of driving, matching the EPA city rating, and averaged 17 mpg on our 75-mph fuel-economy test—1 mpg below the EPA highway estimate.
Despite its dastardly fuel economy, the Land Cruiser can travel far thanks to its 24.6-gallon fuel tank. That ought to please adventurers prone to getting away from civilization. Those taking the Land Cruiser off the beaten path will also appreciate the SUV’s automatically disconnecting anti-roll bars, hill-descent control, and numerous skid plates that protect the radiator, fuel tank, transfer case, and front-suspension components.


Less attuned to four-wheeling are the standard Dunlop Grandtrek AT23 tires. Although the all-season rubber lacks the knobby tread needed to properly tackle muddy trails and En las laderas, ayudaron a que este Land Cruiser se adhiriese a la pista alrededor de nuestro skidpad de 300 pies con una melodía de 0,74 g, y ayudó a detenerlo desde 70 mph en 183 pies. Dado que el último Mercedes-Benz G550 que probamos logró solo 0.56 gy necesitó 191 pies para detenerse a 70 mph, el rendimiento del Toyota es impresionante. Aun así, el Land Cruiser se siente como una reliquia del pasado cuando se conduce por la ciudad. Su dirección ligera y desconectada exige que el conductor piense por adelantado antes de trazar cualquier cambio de dirección, su pedal de freno se siente tan aireado y esponjoso como un croissant recién hecho, y su cuerpo rueda como un esquife en un tsunami. Si todo lo que buscas es un portaaviones de tres filas, entonces hay una serie de alternativas que se manejan mejor y cuestan miles menos que el Land Cruiser de $ 85,610. Sin embargo, el interior de este Toyota y su calidad de construcción están a la altura del alto costo de entrada de la plataforma. Los elementos tales como los tiradores de las puertas y los interruptores de las ventanas eléctricas se mueven con un peso que va mucho más allá de los productos típicos de Toyota. Además, todos los Land Cruiser vienen bien equipados con características que incluyen faros LED, una llave de proximidad con botón de inicio, tapicería de cuero, asientos delanteros con calefacción y refrigeración, un sistema de entretenimiento de pantalla táctil de 9.0 pulgadas con navegación, control de clima automático de cuatro zonas, adaptable control de crucero, advertencia de cambio de carril, faros automáticos de luces altas y monitoreo de puntos ciegos. El único artículo adicional de nuestro camión de prueba fue un juego de alfombras de piso y carga de $ 225.
Demasiado caro para atraer a la multitud de Chevrolet Tahoe y demasiado mundano para conseguir el apoyo de los fanáticos de Cadillac Escalade, el Land Cruiser atrae a un público limitado en busca de un lujoso SUV con verdadera capacidad todoterreno en un envoltorio sencillo. Es una base de seguidores pequeña pero leal que ha ayudado a mantener esta placa por más tiempo que la mayoría de los compradores de SUV que han estado con vida, y nos alegra que este Toyota continúe navegando.
Toyota Land Cruiser 2019 Toyota Land Cruiser 2019 Reviewed by b jn on January 24, 2019 Rating: 5

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