Speaking of the Land Patrol - that is, land cruiser, has always been a god car standing at the top of the off-road circle contempt chain, and it is also the Dream Car in the hearts of off-road enthusiasts, but with the increasingly strict environmental protection policy, in 2016, FAW Toyota Changchun Factory East Factory officially announced the closure, which means that the domestic Land Patrol completely stopped production.
Land Cruiser LC80
Although after this, the Land Patrol has continued the sales channel of parallel imports, but due to the advent of the domestic National VI emission standards, the old Land Patrol can not be listed in most parts of the country and then stop import sales, which is undoubtedly a pity for all off-road enthusiasts. Since then, there has been news of a new Land Cruiser, and finally recently, Toyota officially announced the arrival of the new Land Cruiser overseas, and has been officially listed in the Middle East and Japan.
At the same time, the first batch of new Land Cruisers has finally arrived, still in the form of parallel imports in the domestic sales, but according to the current news, the price of the new car is still somewhat high, the reference price of the ordinary version of the model is 1.03 million -1.3 million yuan, and the price of the top GR SPORT version is 1.6 million yuan, relatively speaking, the price of the top version of the model is even higher than the guidance price of Mercedes-Benz Big G. However, given that the GR SPORT version of the new roof model is also very popular in overseas markets, the outrageous price is normal.
The current arrival model is the Middle Eastern version of the model, and it is the 70th anniversary version of the model, and the body is printed with a special logo. It is understood that the new Land Cruiser is based on the new TNGA-F platform, and the new car has a more obvious change compared with the old model.
The new Land Patrol has released a total of three exterior models, and there are obvious differences in high and low and GR appearance styles. However, no matter which style, it has a sense of domineering that is exclusive to it. However, of the three versions, only the high-end model has a roof rack, and I personally think that the Land Patrol without the roof rack seems to have less flavor.
Therefore, I think that the main sales model of the new Land Patrol will still be the style of the high-end version of the model, and the front face of the Land Patrol can be said to be the use of chrome to the extreme, especially the high-end model, and even the entire front face is chrome, which is directly connected with the double-sided headlights and is integrated.
On the side of the body, the new Land Cruiser will be taller and tougher than the old model, and the vertical window line and tailgate also make it full of majesty. In terms of size, the length of the new Land Cruiser LC300 is 40mm shorter than that of the LC200, while remaining unchanged in width, height and wheelbase. What is more interesting is that from the beginning of the original Land Cruiser LC80 to the current LC300, the wheelbase of the Land Cruiser has been maintained at 2850mm, which has never changed, according to Toyota, the wheelbase of 2850mm is the size that can best balance comfort and off-road.
In the tail shape, the new Land Cruiser still uses a very simple design technique, simple and generous without any fancy lines, but it is worth mentioning that the opening method of the new Land Cruiser trunk is all up-up, and the up-and-down design of the old model no longer exists. However, for the new Land Cruiser SUV of this size, due to the large size of the tailgate, this upturned tailgate is not convenient to open in a small space.
Entering the car, compared with the LC200, the new Land Cruiser has obviously made great progress in the creation of a sense of luxury, using a wrap-around cockpit design, and the center console is layered, and even some Lexus feel at first sight.
In terms of configuration, the new Land Cruiser still retains the traditional mechanical instrument cluster, and does not use the more popular full LCD instrument cluster, which can take into account both functionality and practicality, and ensure that the instrument system will not fail under extreme working conditions. However, in the high-end model, the new Land Cruiser is still equipped with a HUD head-up display, which still retains a touch of advanced sense. In addition, the center console is a 12.3-inch floating central control screen, which integrates Apple Carplay and Android Auto mobile phone interconnection functions.
According to the official information, the new Land Cruiser will provide a 3.5T twin-turbo engine in most parts of the world, with a transmission matching 10AT gearbox, and the V8 self-priming engine on the LC200 was put into the museum of history by Toyota.
In terms of parameters, the 3.5T V6 engine from the Lexus LS500 on the new Land Cruiser can output 415 horsepower and 650N·m of power, and the parameters not only completely exceed the old 5.7L V8 engine, but also can be compared with the 4.0T V8 of the Mercedes-Benz G 500, according to foreign media tests, the acceleration time of the new Land Cruiser is only 6.7 seconds, such a large size SUV, can have such an amazing acceleration performance, or quite terrible.
As a mythical hard-core SUV model, the off-road configuration of the new Land Cruiser is also armed to the teeth, the new car still uses the full-time four-wheel drive drive mode, and the standard central mechanical differential lock, low-speed four-wheel drive function, high-end models also provide front and rear axle differential locks, to achieve the real sense of "three locks", which has never been seen in the LC200 model.
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In fact, for the new Land Cruiser, I personally feel that no matter what its product strength and price, it will definitely have good sales in China, because the strong brand background and the status of excessive mythology have made it have a large number of loyal fans in China.
70 years ago, Toyota opened a product line of off-road vehicles called landCruiser, and created a legend of their own. 70 years later, the 10th generation of the land patrol in the history of the official birth, although the price is indeed high, but indeed the product power has also been improved, after all, with the influence of the land patrol in the country, it seems that the high price will not affect its sales.