00:00The Toyota Land Cruiser is back.
00:05It went from being a family-friendly three-row SUV
00:08to being true to its heritage details.
00:11The Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the original
00:14four-wheel drive vehicles.
00:15It has been seen throughout the world
00:18helping to pioneer building in new places
00:21and also adventure.
00:22And that is really what its customers
00:24have loved about it over the years.
00:27For the 2024 model,
00:29Toyota really leaned into the off-road adventure capability.
00:33One of the more surprising things
00:34about the 2024 Land Cruiser
00:36is it is powered by a four-cylinder engine.
00:39It's actually the same engine
00:40that you find in the Toyota Tacoma.
00:42It delivers 326 horsepower,
00:44but it does have true full-time four-wheel drive.
00:48The Land Cruiser is available in three different trims.
00:51There's a 1958, a Land Cruiser,
00:53and then the first edition, which is what we are driving.
00:57The first edition is fully outfitted
01:00with everything Toyota can give you and a lot of luxuries.
01:03It has premium material finishes.
01:05It has a sunroof.
01:07It has a lot of the features that you're not going to find
01:10on the 1958 or the Land Cruiser model.
01:13Every model in the Land Cruiser lineup
01:14is equipped with four-wheel drive.
01:16It has multi-terrain select.
01:18It also comes with Toyota's new multimedia system,
01:21which has voice-activated assistance
01:23and the capability of subscribing to enhanced navigation
01:28so if you're truly off-road, you're never without your maps.
01:30Toyota really leaned into the heritage of the Land Cruiser.
01:34It's filled with beautiful heritage details,
01:36including this color, which is called Heritage Blue.
01:39The front of the Toyota Land Cruiser
01:41is really iconic for the round lights
01:44and a vintage-style grill that is something
01:47like you might have seen on Toyotas from the 1950s.
01:50Around the side, you'll see very large all-terrain tires.
01:54There are mud flaps.
01:56The cargo space is notable as well.
01:5937 and 1 1 cubic feet of cargo space.
02:02This one is outfitted with the rubber flooring.
02:07The seats fold flat for additional cargo space,
02:09but there is a lip here, but you still
02:11have quite a lot of cargo space.
02:13The interior of the Toyota Land Cruiser
02:15will also feel really heritage.
02:18It has the Heritage Toyota name here on the steering wheel.
02:22You'll see that there are steering wheel controls here.
02:25These also feel very Toyota-like.
02:27We see something similar in many of their other trucks and SUVs.
02:32There's a 12-inch driver display here, a 14-inch multimedia
02:36screen here.
02:37And this is where all of the functions,
02:39including voice activation, are housed.
02:42It's nice that climate is actually on its own panel
02:45and not buried in the multimedia screen, something
02:48that off-roaders will really appreciate.
02:50And over here is our drive mode selector.
02:53So you can select drive mode, multi-terrain select,
02:57or downhill assist and crawl control.
03:00And then we have our four-wheel drive controls here.
03:03Also a heritage detail is this really nice gear selector
03:07lever.
03:07It's still an electronic function,
03:10so you're not actually putting the car into gear.
03:13You're just telling the computer what to do.
03:14For people who are off-road, for people
03:16who really like more control over their vehicles,
03:19the lever gear shifter really is the thing.
03:22The cool box is one of the features on the first edition.
03:26And you can use this as a regular console,
03:28or you can put your drinks in there, press this button,
03:32and it will vent cold air into this space.
03:36Also on the first edition is the digital rear view mirror.
03:39So you can toggle between a video view
03:43and a reflective view.
03:45In the Land Cruiser, you can have the choice of soft text
03:49in the lower trims, which is a leatherette leather
03:52alternative.
03:53Or in the first edition, you get actual leather.
03:56In listening to what customers wanted in the Land Cruiser,
03:59Toyota decided to forego the three-row SUV configuration.
04:05The decision here was to really make
04:07this an off-road capable heritage
04:09vehicle that would allow people to really live
04:12that off-road life.
