It isn't quick, though-you just can't bend the laws of physics. The Land Cruiser is capable of towing up to 8,100 pounds. That structure also gives it some substantial towing ability, even though it sounds and feels pretty smooth on the highway. This full-size SUV is just shy of 6,000 pounds, thanks largely to its very heavy body-on-frame construction. That's connected to a full-time four-wheel-drive system shifted through a new 8-speed automatic. Under the hood is a 5.7-liter V-8 that produces 381 horsepower and 401 pound-feet of torque. The 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser is offered with only a single drivetrain, and while this isn't necessarily our top pick for family vehicles, it certainly earns high marks for brawny performance intended for off-road use. Given its weight, size, age, and off-road capabilities, those numbers aren't surprising. The Land Cruiser's EPA ratings are 13 mpg city, 18 highway, 15 combined. Entune offers access to mobile apps for use with its audio system, whether it's streaming Pandora audio or on-the-go Facebook updates filed by voice commands. It comes packed with 10 airbags, a CD player, leather upholstery, a sunroof, heated front and rear seats, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, keyless ignition, Bluetooth, a rearview camera, parking sensors, a navigation system, HD radio, and Toyota's Entune suite. However, the Land Cruiser is available only as one very well equipped model with all the features and no options of note. Starting at just a smidge south of $85,000, the Land Cruiser isn't a luxury icon like the Land Rover Range Rover, and it's $40,000 more expensive than the slightly more practical Toyota Sequoia.
The Land Cruiser also adds a suite of active safety features for 2016, including a forward collision warning system with pedestrian protection, lane departure warnings, automatic high-beam headlights, adaptive cruise control, and blind-spot monitors with rear cross traffic alerts. Surprisingly, fuel economy numbers don't climb, but the transmission should keep the engine in its power band longer, thus taking a couple tenths off the 0-to-60 mph time. This year, the 5.7 is paired with a new 8-speed automatic transmission. It will both accelerate the 5,700-pound Land Cruiser to highway speeds and beyond (though with a prodigious consumption of gasoline) and slip and slide over slick rocks far from any highway at all. Unlike the Land Rover Range Rover, its shape is hardly iconic, and the base price is extraordinarily high, but what other vehicle has inspired the "Land Crusher" nickname and lived (again) to tell about it?Ī 381-horsepower V-8 powers the hulking, body-on-frame utility vehicle through four-wheel drive with a locking differential that combines with rugged suspension design to provide hardcore off-road ability. In looks, the Toyota Land Cruiser isn't all that different from the far cheaper Sequoia or the Land Cruiser's near-twin, the Lexus LX 570. Of course, the Land Cruiser hasn't lost its ability to go virtually anywhere-if it needs to-and its luxury status places it squarely in a small segment of vehicles that function as the arch-rivals for eco-friendly vehicles like the Toyota Prius. Despite the compromise, the latest electronics keep the Land Cruiser happier both on and off the pavement, controlling the way it trundles down and up hills, the way it traverses all kinds of terrain, and maintaining the proper stiffness for the hydraulic suspension. Three of those passengers will have to ride in a small third row, and those seats fold up to the sides of the cargo area, not into the floor like most modern crossovers, because that's where the rear axle lives. The steering's loose, and the ride can be choppy unless it's fully laden with up to eight passengers. The off-road talent compromises the Land Cruiser's usefulness as an urban utility vehicle.
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