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Thanks, but it wasn't my insiders. It was this guy back in January, who one of my insiders "blindly" chastised ironically and chooses to be vague concerning V35A himself... I don't really like commenting on the 2024 Land Cruiser J250 (or J240?) engines, because it is too inconsistent. With GX...

Appreciate it, thanks. I've had to backtrack on my fury and remember both inside sources and myself, are only going off what Global HQ and Plano HQ marketing/PP heads set out to have done with this vehicle. I can't fault anyone else otherwise, including myself. I've studied public perception and...

To directly answer this:

I'm very, very exhausted at this point. I'm puzzled at how anyone central to Toyota, would be earnestly telling me this is a Bronco rival. Well, I own 3 Broncos, one of which is my classic '74 Max Lider restomod in my profile avatar and two modern U725s. I hate, hate overhyped insight that...

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:)I know the Australian journalist who wrote that and have been in contact with them since May, which is why Ben Hsu at Auto Blog saw that story in the first place:rolleyes:. I learned from @Gecko in Oct 2019 about the future product with no date yet given, but figured out a lot more, plus how...

Thank you. What I said wasn't incorrect, because there's some inconsistency with scheduling. My source claimed January 2024 SOP, despite previously sharing October 2023 many months ago. Toyota keeps doing that, where the Tacoma was delayed 4 months from August 2023 SOP to December 2023. Then it...

Well stated. My Toyota HQ source claimed this in a previous conversation. Price point is not a concern to them against GX and 4Runner. 4Runner will have its own customers, in greater volume. Land Cruiser will be 25% of 4Runner volume and specialized. I don't want to say too much, but those are...

Seems excessive, but possible. My only information I have is A25A and T24A-FTS Hybrid Max. Prime was definitely being considered as of June 2022. Tundra and Tacoma Prime as well, but Tundra Prime was originally earmarked for MY 2025. He sees the prototype builds, so I try not to express...

FINALLY! While everyone was discussing the death of the Land Cruiser and alleging Lexus was unprofitable, our admin here privately shared that the big news about the Land Cruiser was its change in direction and bypassed all the pessimism in knowing the future. Although a date wasn't given back...

So, it's no longer going to be December 2023 launch, but sometime in Q1 2024. One of my sources had been sharing with me among lots of details, that the next GX was showing up for Tahara SOP in January 2024. I didn't want to believe, but his credibility with that one seems to be winning here...

I'm ashamed of myself for thinking it was a T24A-FTS Plug-In.

That's what I thought and they were changing course with TRD. On the off chance my comment reverberates back to him, let me mind my wording of it all. I think you might be more onto something in terms of GR, versus rehashing TRD. I guess this more a watered down version of the redesign for MY...

All hybrid? I never asked him, but that's interesting. Maybe it's just A25A-FXS and T24A-FTS Hybrid Max shared with Crown now. I do think it definitely might be 350 hp, because of echoed chatter I've heard recently on that front and the peculiar mention of "WRX Fighter". I haven't discussed...

I am really sorry about that, I meant high-4s. My mind did a number on me there. To date, I have hidden those test results from his firm that tested the car back in June/early July 2022. It's not 4 seconds flat, but 4.7-4.9. I'm sure it will have been buckled down by now to a tighter range.

Welcome, very nice for you to chime in!

I've not commented much on this vehicle here, despite probably having a good degree of intel on it from someone who has test driven the vehicle, particularly in a performance trim level I will call "TRD" for now. Please ignore the misinformed coverage being provided by KK on YouTube, regarding...

Hi, just saw this video right this second. Yes, the rendering is now allowing this comparatively MAG-X chicken scratch sketch to make more sense to me. I thank you for bringing this to my attention, but I'll give credit to Kodansha's BestCar magazine, not Kirk nor AP who a cousin of mine just...

That's odd, I saw this in early March: "My general manager told us that the Lexus corporate people at the conference said, that the LS is probably going to be put on the back burner for a year maybe two but not killed. Obviously this can change, but at least that’s what Lexus USA said last...

Not in USA, but yes GX 550h is trademarked. A TMNA HQ source who means well when he answers some of my questions, states GX and all Lexus models with each redesign will be "electrified" in USA, if they weren't previously. He answered that when I directly asked about GX 550h. I'm not going to...