So much want!!!

[ClockWork]

After looking seriously at both I'll agree with you on about everything except the size. If by size, you mean mass; and mass=safety, you're correct. However, the interior dimensions of the 5th gen are very close to the LC 100. I used a tape measure and found the cargo area of each vehicle is within an inch in each direction. The only advantage the LC has is shoulder/ head room. The second row legroom in the LC is pretty poor (seems less than the 4runner) and the third-row is a joke (so is the 4runner's). Those seats in the LC are like butta though, lol.

....I still want one, damn it. :redbrick:

I haven't directly compared the 5th to the 100. The exterior on the 100 seems so much larger but you're right the interior is relatively small. The additional headroom is quite nice though as that is my biggest complaint with the 4R.

 

[CmdrCody]

I already knew the answer, but I am hoping that if enough people show interest, Toyota Marketing might see an opportunity in the US.

This was my email to Customer Service (at the bottom), and their response:

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From: Ask Toyota [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:41 PM
To:
Subject: Landcruiser 200 GX Availability in US


Recently you contacted Toyota. Below is a summary of your contact message and our response.

Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.

Subject
Landcruiser 200 GX Availability in US

Discussion Thread
Response (NMag) 11/11/2011 01:40 PM
Dear Sir,

Thank you for contacting Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

We appreciate the opportunity to address your inquiry.

We apologize; Toyota has not announced plans to introduce the Land Cruiser 200 GX in the United States, and there are no plans to do so at this time. We thank you for taking the time to share your interest in this model with us, as it is through communications such as yours that we become aware of our customers' expectations and desires.

If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us at Toyota Help.

Sincerely,

Toyota Customer Experience Center


Customer By Web Form 11/09/2011 12:45 PM

I received the Press Release about the new GX trim level now available in Australia. Will a trim level equivalent to this be available in the US market in the next 1 to 3 years?

 

[ClockWork]

There is absolutely no chance of this happening. It already has one of the top spots on the "Top 10 Cars That Should be Bought that Nobody's Buying".

 

[SigSense]

Here's a really "strong" one, my daily driver. See any unique features?

 

[ClockWork]

Armor.

 

[Quentin]

That is 100% wrong. The Tundra frame is not even fully boxed - it is weaker than the 120, 150 and 200 series' frames.

The Sequoia is the Camry of Toyota's SUVs and is made in Indiana. There is no comparison.

The Highlander is the Camry of Toyota's SUVs. While the Sequoia is IRS instead of live rear axle, it is body on frame construction with a longitudinal drivetrain and a real 4WD system with low range. I'm also not sure what being built in Indiana has anything to do with anything. The Sequoia is targeted more toward families, but it is far from a crossover.

 

[ClockWork]

The Highlander is the Camry of Toyota's SUVs. While the Sequoia is IRS instead of live rear axle, it is body on frame construction with a longitudinal drivetrain and a real 4WD system with low range. I'm also not sure what being built in Indiana has anything to do with anything. The Sequoia is targeted more toward families, but it is far from a crossover.

What I meant was that it was a mass produced large SUV for the typical American family. I'm sorry, but you cannot compare the two of them from a durability, reliability, off road-ability, or quality standpoint.

Japanese manufacturing and QC is far higher than that of the US.

 

[Quentin]

What I meant was that it was a mass produced large SUV for the typical American family. I'm sorry, but you cannot compare the two of them.

Japanese manufacturing and QC is far higher than that of the US.

I wasn't saying the Sequoia was a Land Cruiser. I said it wasn't a Camry. The transverse drivetrain, Camry engine'd, Camry based Highlander is the Camry of Toyota's SUVs.

Machining and assembly processes are governed by the same drawings in the US and Japan. QC inspections are practically identical between US and Japan plants. Documents are shared back and forth all the time when one plant learns something new about the product. Japan definitely still has most of the knowledge base, particularly in design, but in typical Toyota fashion, they are ingraining the Toyota Way into their American team members.

And the worldwide highest ranked plant in JD Power's IQS was the Lexus plant in Canada (yeah, not the US, specifically, but it is a non-Japan Toyota plant that is under the Toyota North America umbrella). Lexus.ca - Lexus Quality

 

[BJ Cruiser]

If you really want to drool go to the following site...

http://ecom.toyota-gib.com/

and a little more drool from a couple years ago at the port in Vancouver.

 

[seahaul]

If you really want to drool go to the following site...

http://ecom.toyota-gib.com/

and a little more drool from a couple years ago at the port in Vancouver.

wow, whats between the 4runners and fj's, are those 70 series trucks? wtf?

 

[BJ Cruiser]

Indeed, 70 series Land Cruisers chassis cabs on the way to be more than likely modified by Ens Industrial :: Genuine Toyota Landcruisers :: Custom Design/Build Mining Vehicles and then on to some mining job in Saskatchewan.