Show 'N' Go

This LC200 sure is a looker, but with 1000Nm pumping from its V8 engine it has the go to match the show.

- Dan Everett

SEX SELLS. The reality is: we like sexy-looking things. When a new 4x4 is released we typically don’t take note of a 0.1mm thickness increase in the sheetmetal, a revised suspension bush design, or injectors with an extra five per cent of life. But that sexy new front end? Oh boy, do we notice that. With that in mind it shouldn’t be surprising that Long, the owner of the immaculate-looking LC200 you’re eyeing off right now, took a slightly different approach to building his war wagon… a slightly sexier approach.

“I didn’t want another old-man-looking car,” he told us with a laugh. And when he had to balance supercar good looks with family practicality, one of the sexiest 200s in the country was always going to be the logical conclusion.

“I needed a bus,” he went on to add. “I’ve come from a line of wild seven-seat Patrols including big diesel builds and even a VL Turbo-powered 3.0-litre petrol, so needed all the room for the kids when I was upgrading.”