"Money Hustard" (moneyhustard)
08/25/2014 at 15:18 • Filed to: None
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"Money Hustard" (moneyhustard)
08/25/2014 at 15:18 • Filed to: None | 2
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It's hard to not be jealous of the Japanese car market. They seem to get all the cars Jalops want but US Jalops never get. The most recent news out of land of the rising sun is that they are going to bring back what is essentially a restomod version of the 70-Series Land Cruiser for another year.
What makes it worse is they are making a pickup version too:
Toyota expects to receive roughly 200 orders a month for the off-roader, which goes on sale today at dealers throughout Japan. The Land Cruiser 70 will be available as a four-door van and, for the first time in Japan, as a double-cab pickup truck. Both variants will be built at the Yoshiwara plant in Japan.
First launched in Japan in 1984, the Land Cruiser 70 has heavy duty specifications adapted for off-road driving, with its ladder-frame construction making it a robust and durable model. Both variants are offered with a 4.0-liter V6 petrol engine and part-time four-wheel drive. The engine has an aluminum block and VVT-i technology, producing 231 PS (228 hp) and 360 Nm (265 lb-ft) of torque. Toyota says the Land Cruiser 70 averages 6.6 km/l (15.1 l/100 km or 15.5 mpg US). The engine is mated to a five-speed manual transmission.
I want one of these and an R34 Sky Line RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Money Hustard
08/25/2014 at 15:20 |
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Wait, WHAT? WHAT!?
Why do we have to get the slow, incapable, soggy versions of everything..
Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Money Hustard
08/25/2014 at 15:22 |
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25 years.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Money Hustard
08/25/2014 at 15:22 |
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people people, the 70 series NEVER went away, its still being sold in countries where heavy use off roading is still a thing.
CAR_IS_MI
> Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
08/25/2014 at 15:23 |
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Because slow, incapable and soggy match the general American mind set...
Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
> Money Hustard
08/25/2014 at 16:38 |
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Well you can buy them in Australia, have had them all along. Even the Troop Carrier GXL.
http://www.toyota.com.au/suvs-and-4wds
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Money Hustard
> Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
08/25/2014 at 16:52 |
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Wow, very fun to build and price the Troop Carrier GXL. TWO 90 liter gas tanks!!!! [fap fap fap fap]
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Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
> Money Hustard
08/25/2014 at 19:41 |
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Well, they need these in the outback, where its actually better to have little helicopters to cover great distances. Being so remote it is your life, diesel is the way to go for range. I have a diesel FJ60.
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Money Hustard
> Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
08/25/2014 at 19:43 |
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Classic.