The history of Toyota's production of off-road vehicles can be traced back to 195 1. Few people knew its name at that time. At first, the BJ prototype was only used as a military light off-road vehicle. 1953, Toyota upgraded this powerful off-road vehicle to civilian use and began mass production. The following year, Toyota director Meiyuan Shenhuang? Han Ji renamed the car Land? Cruiser, this is the origin of the classic land cruiser. In 2007, its Chinese name was officially named Land Cruiser.

Over the years, land cruisers have become one of the benchmark models in the field of off-road vehicles with their strong off-road performance, and have been exported all over the world with many versions and models.

In today's market, so-called off-road vehicles and SUV models dominate the world, and pure off-road vehicles like land cruisers have gradually become rare varieties. Despite this, Toyota does not intend to stop selling this model in the market in the short term. As it turns out, there are still old models still on sale in other markets. Today we are going to talk about two classic models.

In South Africa, Toyota is still selling 79? 4.5D？ V8？ Washington, DC? Namib model is a special edition model based on the classic 70 series. Namib is one of the largest and oldest deserts in the world. It is appropriate to name a car after it, which means that it has unparalleled off-road performance. The positioning of this car is an all-terrain off-road vehicle, which gives people a very tough feeling. The car body has a special logo and is equipped with a steel front bumper and auxiliary lights.

The car is retro and tough, all using physical buttons, which will give people a reliable feeling. Like the trust brought by the Toyota brand, the special design includes a customized gray seat embroidered with Namib logo and a roof console with LED lights. In-vehicle system has navigation and Bluetooth functions. In addition, the car integrates air conditioning and refrigeration channels into the glove box, thus forming a small refrigerator inside, and can take out a bottle of iced drinks when driving in the desert.

The biggest feature of this car is the special upgrade of the suspension, which is handled by local Toyota experts and the accessories are also from the local area, which is more suitable for driving in special terrain. In the Middle East, Toyota has also launched a similar off-road vehicle, only slightly modified at the front end, using halogen headlights, which looks more confident and bold. This model has two models, three-door SUV and LC truck, starting at around 270 thousand.

A major difference between the South African version and the Middle East version is that the African version is powered by a 4.5L diesel engine with 202 horsepower and a torque of 365,438+07 lb-ft, while the Middle East version uses 4L? V6 gasoline engine, 228 horsepower, 268 pound-feet of torque.

Interestingly, in the Middle East, Toyota is still selling FJ Cool Road Ze, which has been discontinued in the US market. In fact, this car was rumored to be discontinued as early as 20 16, but 17, 18, and 19 models were listed one after another. After reconfirmation, I learned that the so-called pause was a misunderstanding of the news, but it was not.

FJ Cool Road Ze was listed in 2006 and actually evolved from the eighth generation land cruiser. It is intended to pay tribute to the classic FJ40 off-road vehicle. Compared with the well-known Mercedes-Benz G, herdsman and other models, this car is still regarded as a classic by many people although it is not long.

The huge Toyota logo, round headlights, large-scale front bumper and split door design are unique to all hard-core off-road vehicles at the same level. Such an "alternative" seemingly unrelated to this series is actually the off-road ancestor LC40 from my grandparents.

This retro-style SUV starts at around RMB 280,000 and is equipped with an upgraded version of 4.0L? The V6 engine provides 270 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque, is equipped with a five-speed automatic transmission, and is fueled by two fuel tanks with a total capacity of 159 liters.

Not long ago, Toyota announced in a high-profile manner that the global sales volume of Land Cruiser models was 6.5438+million. As the flagship model with the longest sales history, it has achieved brilliant history and excellent performance. Toyota also hopes to continue the legend and success by modernizing the land cruiser when the global automobile market is going downhill.

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