A few days ago, the professor obtained a set of domestic patent maps of Toyota's new Land Cruiser models from relevant channels, which means that the new cars may be imported and sold by the official way, and are expected to be sold under FAW Toyota, and are expected to be listed and sold at the end of 2022 or 2023 at the earliest.
Learn about new cars in one minute:
1. Brand new model, codenamed LC300
2. Based on the latest TNGA-F platform
3. Hybrid system equipped with 3.5T V6 turbocharged engine + electric motor, equipped with four-wheel drive system
The new Land Cruiser has been officially listed overseas, and a lot of information about the new car is already very familiar to everyone, but because this time the exposure is a domestic patent map, which means that the official version of the model that has been stopped for many years will return.
Judging from the patent diagram, the overall appearance of the new car will be consistent with the overseas GX version of the model, the front face has a strong visual impact, four thick horizontal trim panels and a new light group design is quite domineering.
The side still continues the classic boxy shape, this hardcore off-road vehicle should use such a line design to highlight the muscle, compared to the old LC200, the new car uses more straight lines, and the rear line is almost completely vertical.
The rear part of the car can still see its heritage for the car series, and it can be recognized from the layout of the taillight group as a Land Cruiser.
In terms of power, the overseas version of the model is equipped with a 3.5T V6 twin-turbo engine and a 3.3T V6 turbo diesel engine. However, it is reported that the domestic version will be equipped with a hybrid system with a 3.5T V6 turbocharged engine + electric motor, which is not the same as overseas models.
Although many people think that the new car is not much different from the old model, the professor believes that such a classic off-road vehicle does not need to be drastically changed, after all, the classic will last forever!
I believe that everyone is more looking forward to the GR version of the model, because the extremely retro Toyota logo at the front of the car will definitely increase your return rate.
For this kind of hard-core off-road vehicle, there have always been parallel imports and official imports of models, and at first parallel imported cars existed to reduce the price of official imported cars, and the competition between the two allowed consumers to buy cheaper cars.
But then the situation changed, during the transition period of China Five and Six, the official version of land Cruiser stopped being introduced, and the parallel import version of the model still had a lot of inventory, so the price of the parallel import version of the model also rose. Then in the later National VI era, the LC200 model could not enter the country at all, so it completely became a financial artifact in the second-hand market.
But not long ago, the new LC300 model has appeared in Tianjin Port, waiting for the relevant emission approvals, and there is news that if approved, the price of the first batch of new cars may be around 1.5 million.
This price is completely doubled compared to the previous generation of models, to know that the previous generation of official imports of LC200 is only more than 700,000, while the parallel import version of the price is about 500,000-600,000, and the LC300 in Japan is only 5.3 million yen (about 291,600 yuan).
Although this generation of models has sold out overseas, it is also a bit too exaggerated for parallel importers to offer a price of 1.5 million. Therefore, if the new car can be officially imported, even if its price is raised, I believe Toyota absolutely does not have the confidence to price more than 1.3 million.
The professor speculated that the starting price of its official version of the model should be around 850,000, compared with the starting price of the previous generation model has increased a lot, if not increased, the official version of the model is still very fragrant. However, at that time, I believe that the price of the parallel import version will naturally return to normal levels.
Many people think that land cruisers are not worth the price, after all, there are only 230,000 off-road vehicles overseas, and they have become the representative of millions of luxury off-road in China. But for many off-road enthusiasts, what they need is its leather is durable, able to climb over mountains and mountains to see poetry and distant places.
Netizen comments
Netizen 1: More than 1 million to buy Toyota, is completely to pay the IQ tax!
Netizen 2: Such a popular model, how can Toyota bear not to increase the price?
Netizen 3: Spending more than 1 million to buy Toyota can show more strength than spending more than 1 million to buy Mercedes-Benz!