Jalopnik Reviews the 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser

[Tragic Bronson]

If you consider things objectively, buying a 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser makes absolutely no sense. For one thing, it’s $85,000 for a Toyota, the same automaker that sells the subcompact Yaris to people whose primary requirement for a new car is that it exists.

It’s also eighty-five grand for a vehicle with no panoramic sunroof (you can get one in the Jeep Renegade), no power liftgate (standard on the Chrysler Town & Country), and a giant V8 that gets 13 miles per gallon in the city and 18 miles per gallon on the highway. That’s 20 percent worse than the Cadillac Escalade. You have to try to do that badly.

And yet, it’s my favorite car on sale today.

http://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-it-s-like-to-off-road-an-85-000-toyota-lan-1764983818

 

[mikeavelli]

For one thing, it’s $85,000 for a Toyota, the same automaker that sells the subcompact Yaris to people whose primary requirement for a new car is that it exists.

Interesting lack of logic that is never mentioned for the Germans.... 85-15k is a 60k spread...

Lets take Mercedes..you can get a S65 for I think 220k base against a CLA which is 30k base..thats a 190k spread

(Crickets)

 

[Gecko]

I'm curious as to why the Land Cruiser is his favorite vehicle ever if he didn't even know that it had things like crawl control or diff lockers?

Generally, if you love the Land Cruiser, it's because you know and respect what it can do off road.

 

[mikeavelli]

I'm curious as to why the Land Cruiser is his favorite vehicle ever if he didn't even know that it had things like crawl control or diff lockers?

Generally, if you love the Land Cruiser, it's because you know and respect what it can do off road.

Because the LC has turned into an internet hipster icon for people that don't know anything about it except its cool because it a Land Cruiser.