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At last, Toyota Land Cruiser got the right to live up to. After several decades of being unnoticed, the given model became interesting for foreign automakers, among them the U.S. For today Toyota Land Cruiser is a reliable car, more comfortable and with more room inside. The off-road ability leaves positive impression too.

The previous years were not successful for the Toyota automakers. They managed to sell around 3000 Land Cruisers in the USA annually. Despite this, the U.S. is not the main market for the Land Cruiser selling. The debut of the model was 9 years ago, in 1998. The Cruiser is a little alike the Sequoia, at least it seems so for the first time, and, what is more important, it is lower in price. 2008 became a new birth point for the Land Cruiser, as it was completely redesigned. Toyota hopes to sell at least one third of the copies in the U.S. market this year.

Design. After close examination you can see that a new Land Cruiser does not differ much from its predecessor version. The changes were made in sheetmetal and proportions, but the changes are slight, the only result of redesign is more dramatic than desired. Land Cruiser belongs to a few other models of the in the SUV field. The car is equipped with some electronic gizmos. This helps to raise the stability at some off-road maneuvers. By the way, the sittings inside are something.
Technical equipment. The car is supplied with either Hill Descent Control or electronic stability control (ESC) being standard for the model. Moreover, there is Hill Start Assist for increasing stability and A-TRAC active traction control for aiding stability on low-traction surfaces. But the “nail of the program” is a feature called Crawl Control. With this system any driver will feel like a pro.
A new Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS) is also available. Instead of the electronic control, the system uses hydraulic pressure opposed containers front-to-back.
Powertrain is one of the winning points of the model. Now the car has the 5.7-liter engine with a six-speed automatic transmission instead of former 4.7-liter.
The starting price for the Land Cruiser is $63,200. The fully loaded version will cost about $70,000. In case you can afford such car, we can only be glad for you, the car is really worth the money spent.

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