01 Toyota Land Cruiser 300 3,3 V6D GR Sport
- Price: R1 811 900
- 0-100 km/h: 8,23
- Top speed: 210 km/h
- Power: 225 kW
- Torque: 700 N.m
- CAR fuel index: 10,68 L/100 km
- Co: 238 g/km
No doubt, by the time you read this road test, you will have digested plenty of rhetoric regarding the Land Cruiser's storied past and reputation for hard-as-nails, go-anywhere ability. So, we'll spare you the history lesson and focus on the present. The latest iteration of Toyota's halo SUV has landed, bringing with it new engines, an all-new platform, and a knee-buckling weight of expectation to build on the luxury and terrain-conquering credentials of its forebears. We got behind the wheel of what Toyota considers the most off-road focused model in the LC300 lineup- the 3,3 V6 turbodiesel in GR Sport specification - to see if these changes will add to or erode that impressive legacy.
This story is from the March 2022 edition of CAR.
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