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Land Cruiser 70 still the no-frills workhorse
Farmer's Weekly
|1 March 2024
Ian McLaren, for CAR, reviews the updated Toyota Land Cruiser 70 SW 2,8 GD-6 auto.
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In spite of its unapologetically old-school - packaging and windtunnel-defying profile, the venerable Land Cruiser 70 continues to find favour among a community reliant on no-frills, go-anywhere prowess and unwavering reliability. Ian McLaren has been behind the wheel of the updated Land Cruiser 70 range.
WHAT ARE WE DRIVING?
This is only the fourth update of this generation of Toyota Land Cruiser 70 since it was introduced 40 years ago. In the spirit of not changing a winning formula, the ladder-frame sibling of the modern Land Cruiser family, alongside its flagship 300 and soon-tobe-launched Prado siblings, is set to build on its reputation as an ultimate workhorse solution. This is in spite its unapologetically dated components, underpinnings and, indeed, switchgear.
WHY IS THE LATEST LAND CRUISER 70 SIGNIFICANT?
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