Toyota Land Cruiser in-depth review .:. Full tech details, on- and off-road first drive

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The Toyota Land Cruiser helped build the Japanese brand’s reputation for solid engineering, and although it has become a bit of a niche thing in Europe, elsewhere it’s still massive.
You can take that literally: in some markets, Land Cruiser is its own model range, including the 4.6-metre-long Land Cruiser 300 Series and the ultra-old-school Land Cruiser 70 Series. That comes with a 4.5-litre V8 diesel and a manual ’box.
In the UK, we get just the 250 Series, also known as Prado, and it’s entering a new generation for 2024. It’s not electric, it’s not even a hybrid (not in Britain, anyway) and the mechanical specification hasn’t radically altered from the old one.
But although the new J250 Land Cruiser isn’t a radical departure from the J150 of before, there’s still plenty to talk about.
Join road tester Illya Verpraet as he does exactly that, in this in-depth review of the new Land Cruiser, including on-road and off-road driving impressions and a full technical overview. Edited by Shreyans Chordia.
Here's the full technical specification:
2025 Toyota Land Cruiser
Engine: 4 cyls in line, 2755cc, turbocharged, diesel
Transmission: 8-spd automatic
Driveline layout: Front engine, 4WD, Torsen centre and rear differentials
Power: 201bhp at 3000-3400rpm
Torque: 295lb ft at 1600-2800rpm
0-62mph: tbc, 10.0sec (est)
Top speed: 102mph
Kerb weight (DIN): 2330-2550kg
Fuel economy: tbc, 30mpg (est)
CO2: tbc
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00:00 Introduction, design, technical overview
04:58 Interior
07:30 Off-road driving
10:42 On-road driving
16:45 Conclusion

Пікірлер: 166

  • @CrackkkCrazyyy
    @CrackkkCrazyyy2 ай бұрын

    This review reminds me of listening to a school presentation from someone who did their work the night before 🤣🤣

  • @JJS432

    @JJS432

    2 ай бұрын

    LOLL

  • @MegaDogsBreakfast

    @MegaDogsBreakfast

    Ай бұрын

    Far more useful than some other videos of people just waving their arms around excited by every single vehicle they review for views. Information is good

  • @JJS432

    @JJS432

    Ай бұрын

    @@MegaDogsBreakfast It was terrible. Just be honest.

  • @MegaDogsBreakfast

    @MegaDogsBreakfast

    Ай бұрын

    @@JJS432 Or I just have a different opinion than you bro

  • @JJS432

    @JJS432

    Ай бұрын

    @@MegaDogsBreakfast A terrible one I might add.

  • @hannesviljoen8434
    @hannesviljoen84342 ай бұрын

    This is like watching a first time vlogger trying his hand at reviewing cars. He will also be the first and only person to ever drive a land cruiser with a scarf.

  • @andygrayson7485

    @andygrayson7485

    2 ай бұрын

    Haaaaa ✌

  • @mdshamz
    @mdshamz2 ай бұрын

    This probably the saddest car review I've ever watch. 😂

  • @chiaenlin7014
    @chiaenlin70142 ай бұрын

    This review gives me the confidence to this great car. I love the reverse psychology: if he can drive, so can I.

  • @timwilcox8270
    @timwilcox82702 ай бұрын

    Shocking how few professional road testers have the foggiest idea how to drive in these conditions. Such a capable machine, beautifully updated in a retro way!

  • @derekchi2010
    @derekchi20102 ай бұрын

    This review must be the photographer’s prank

  • @ikennaokere1769
    @ikennaokere1769Ай бұрын

    This Landcruiser has had the opening rear glass for decades.

  • @ADI-hi5xz
    @ADI-hi5xz2 ай бұрын

    Is this the type of guy who we see during weekend protests and has bad hair days ?

  • @danielrogers4072
    @danielrogers40722 ай бұрын

    Finally a review of the Land Cruiser 250 that understands the lineage and does a true comparison to the 150 Prado.

  • @kevinkiiza1

    @kevinkiiza1

    2 ай бұрын

    I actually feel he got it wrong. The LC250 or its predecessor the 150 is called Prado everywhere except the UK, US and Canada.

  • @3DNETWORK
    @3DNETWORK2 ай бұрын

    Can't believe John Lennon came back from the dead to review this. A true testament to the amazingness of the Land Cruiser.

  • @GURken
    @GURken2 ай бұрын

    worst review of a land cruiser I won't believe that there was no one available in Autocar who never went off-road in a lifetime (like this guy)

  • @ozymandias7940

    @ozymandias7940

    2 ай бұрын

    Have to agree, this tool knows as much about 4wd's as I do about nuclear fusion.... 😂

  • @przeniko

    @przeniko

    2 ай бұрын

    Complete waste of time and resources. 😢

  • @chiaenlin7014

    @chiaenlin7014

    2 ай бұрын

    With all due respect to you and this comment, i wish to defend the market/PR decision behind this review. I have been following many professional 4WD tester/drivers on youtube; i admire those professionals, however at times, they make me very very humble, and insecure about myself. This Autocar review, however, restores my self-confidence. Therefore, i consider this video a marketing success.

  • @NydiaRose
    @NydiaRose2 ай бұрын

    As the rest of the world is walking out the door, your best friends are the ones walking in.

  • @TracyJefferson-yi4fz
    @TracyJefferson-yi4fz2 ай бұрын

    He didn’t want to go to the dentist, yet he went anyway.

  • @haider1413
    @haider14132 ай бұрын

    You have explained the on road ride feel very well. So, the ford ranger is better driving experience than this LC250?

  • @TheBTG88
    @TheBTG882 ай бұрын

    Wrong - The FJ Cruiser was not an American special. It was also sold in the Middle East, Asia, South America and Australia. Wrong - The US does not get the 300 series Landcruiser. Lack of basic research here. Split tailgates were a feature on cars long before the BMW.

  • @TheBTG88

    @TheBTG88

    2 ай бұрын

    @@richardtribe9788 That’s because Toyota has a design center here in California. And while Jonathan (who has worked on my FJ40), was approached by Toyota to work on the project that ultimately became the FJ Cruiser, his designs and inputs were shelved and Toyota used it’s own internal design instead. He does not like the FJ Cruiser at all.

  • @tempestv8

    @tempestv8

    2 ай бұрын

    Also wrong that the 300 Series is "bigger" than this 250 Series. The 300 simply has different engine/gearbox combination, but the platform is the same, i.e. same wheel base, etc. hence interior dimensions are virtually identical between the 300 and 250 Series. Only the front end of the 300 Series is 50mm longer (mainly to give an illusion that it is larger)

  • @DaleSteel
    @DaleSteel11 күн бұрын

    I think jaguar were first with glass part opening on tailgate. Old X types had it.

  • @dimekoza
    @dimekoza2 ай бұрын

    Dude, if you don't want to be a car tester/reviewer - quit. There are plenty of people that would kill for this job, and will do it with love and enthusiasm.

  • @aphexbg
    @aphexbg2 ай бұрын

    Why is the AC at 16,5 in the middle of the woods and the dude wears a sweater :)

  • @plung3r
    @plung3r2 ай бұрын

    Correction at 4:45 the 300 series is discontinued in the US.

  • @ThePedroDB
    @ThePedroDB2 ай бұрын

    Seriously boring delivery. Left early...

  • @Jonathan-dl4nb
    @Jonathan-dl4nb2 ай бұрын

    Sorry dude but i almost fell asleep listening to you.

  • @glideman
    @glideman2 ай бұрын

    I wondered what happened to my old geography teacher from 1970’s

  • @blueharmonica
    @blueharmonica2 ай бұрын

    prado .... prado..... prado.....prado.....prado

  • @jspope2008
    @jspope20082 ай бұрын

    Why have they got Catwheasle to test this car 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @dstreamer
    @dstreamer2 ай бұрын

    Not only eas the reviewer very dull. But also lots of road and ambient noise, was there an issue with the mic?

  • @RalapLindsay
    @RalapLindsay2 ай бұрын

    True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.

  • @alexanderstefanov6474
    @alexanderstefanov64742 ай бұрын

    Still don't understand why we're not getting the choice of the 2.4 turbo hybrid in Europe. Not everyone wants a diesel and the hybrid is much much faster

  • @tempestv8

    @tempestv8

    2 ай бұрын

    Agree, same sentiment I have here in Australia.

  • @williamwedlake3741
    @williamwedlake3741Ай бұрын

    I cant watch this, how on earth did he get the job of reviewing cars?

  • @martindrazsky7451
    @martindrazsky74512 ай бұрын

    This guy is hopeless... There is a lot of info on the US version to be found elsewhere but little on the European version - and whatever is available is very superficial, like this "review". Unfortunately, even dealers don't have much info yet and the marketing materials are incomplete. As an example, I am waiting to see if the Executive version coming to Europe will have skid plates installed as standard (and what kind / where). It doesn't help that a lot of the test cars are the First Edition that is however sold out, so it is only the Executive that can be ordered.

  • @dhivagar1000
    @dhivagar10002 ай бұрын

    3:14 those are 20" wheels brooo..

  • @plung3r

    @plung3r

    2 ай бұрын

    It's 18". you can see R18 on the tires, which means the rim diameter is 18".

  • @jimmythefish

    @jimmythefish

    19 күн бұрын

    @@plung3r It was a shot of different wheels/tires. The ones on that review vehicle are the 20".

  • @n3clar
    @n3clar2 ай бұрын

    Off road cars with stick and leavers are made for places where if your car breaks down and you can't repair it, you die! Ineos Grenadier is not that type of car saddly,! 😅 Neighter this Land Cruiser... But Land Cruiser 70's series on the other hand is the one ! Respect for that

  • @robinholmescnx
    @robinholmescnxАй бұрын

    Is this s parody of a car review?

  • @user-om4fc1lm3b
    @user-om4fc1lm3b2 ай бұрын

    Yeah no, you can’t get the 300 in America. And the old Land Cruiser prado also had the same rear window that could be opened.

  • @DavidDatura
    @DavidDatura2 ай бұрын

    As far as I know new Land Cruisers aren’t available for purchase in the States anymore. And it’s been that way for a couple of years now.

  • @stevericcio9740
    @stevericcio97402 ай бұрын

    After only reading the jabs at the review, my interest in watching it immediately stopped. Too much negativity to try it. The power of negative comments.

  • @kichaa13
    @kichaa13Ай бұрын

    'Obviously the car won't get stuck because it's a toyota event' What does he think that means? They laid down special anti stick mud?

  • @jbekiaris7146
    @jbekiaris71462 ай бұрын

    Dreadful, uneducated reviewer. The previous gen also had the pop out rear glass...you thought you were being really clever with that comment. Also, USA does NOT get the LC300 and never will. It feels like he didn't have a singular thought prepared...give it a bit more effort if you plan to make a career of it, old sport.

  • @mateusztomczyk2899
    @mateusztomczyk28992 ай бұрын

    It’s extremely expensive for what it offers. You can get a Lexus GX from USA cheaper. Crazy. 100000 euros for a plastic Toyota?

  • @lifescope

    @lifescope

    2 ай бұрын

    Where did you hear 100k?

  • @plung3r

    @plung3r

    2 ай бұрын

    it's around $55k to $62k

  • @GhostRidersAU
    @GhostRidersAU6 күн бұрын

    BMW gearbox to a LC 250 ?!? 😕

  • @przeniko
    @przeniko2 ай бұрын

    What’s the point of this review. It’s an off road legend and this guy doesn’t even show case off road capabilities of this rig and complains about the diesel engine vibration. The reason to buy diesel Toyota is to avoid expensive engines replacements like on modern Land Rovers. It’s built to last. This review is just waste of time and resources 😢

  • @LeonaLouise-up5xv
    @LeonaLouise-up5xv2 ай бұрын

    8% of 25 is the same as 25% of 8 and one of them is much easier to do in your head.

  • @oliverbailey8788
    @oliverbailey87882 ай бұрын

    This reviewer will lose your audience. Beware

  • @dave9614

    @dave9614

    2 ай бұрын

    Why? He was excellent and writes most of their reviews on the website. Knowledgeable bloke.

  • @andrewcampbell7030

    @andrewcampbell7030

    2 ай бұрын

    I came here to say the exact same thing, wtf… amateurish

  • @bumblebee9288

    @bumblebee9288

    2 ай бұрын

    He is awful

  • @L77yma

    @L77yma

    2 ай бұрын

    If you don’t have anything nice to say…

  • @hemmingj100

    @hemmingj100

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @chase1as
    @chase1as2 ай бұрын

    Dull review

  • @chrismeakings9007
    @chrismeakings90072 ай бұрын

    That was like a teenagers bad attempt at presenting. Awful.

  • @vp272
    @vp2722 ай бұрын

    Such a versatile and important vehicle for many markets but the reviewers voice is in this video is extremely flat. Lost interest after a minute and a half! Autocar used to be one of the go to magazine brands!

  • @ozymandias7940
    @ozymandias79402 ай бұрын

    Dude, stick to lecturing at Oxford....

  • @BetsyConrad
    @BetsyConrad2 ай бұрын

    In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.

  • @aaaviation1
    @aaaviation12 ай бұрын

    James Potter is going to need more than Hogwarts to present on Autocar. *yawn*

  • @udaisinghkanwar7250
    @udaisinghkanwar725019 күн бұрын

    This guy is going to eat defender for breakfast

  • @Arytonsennafan1
    @Arytonsennafan12 ай бұрын

    The worst car reviewer, l have ever heard! This was very challenging to listen too!!....

  • @joegrehan8608
    @joegrehan86082 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the review I enjoyed watching.

  • @yahtadi5152
    @yahtadi51522 ай бұрын

    You speak very well haltingly. Might as well read the text

  • @user-te9yq3wd8w
    @user-te9yq3wd8w2 ай бұрын

    Well done Toyota. Contrary to some of the comments on here, I think that the journalist, Illya Verpraet, has done a fairly good job here first time up.

  • @lenny1157
    @lenny1157Ай бұрын

    Informative review from a knowledgeable and relatable gentlemen who appears to be moving more than the Land Cruiser 😵‍💫

  • @mcjogom
    @mcjogom2 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @lnter1908
    @lnter19082 ай бұрын

    In one go the car changed 3 colours from gray white and black 😂

  • @JIMMYHIBBS1
    @JIMMYHIBBS12 ай бұрын

    Land Cruiser looks great - would love a 3 door version

  • @carolcooks1208
    @carolcooks12082 ай бұрын

    A haircut perhaps?

  • @kenai63
    @kenai632 ай бұрын

    best review so far, by alot. Watching from Texas.

  • @mikezog1030

    @mikezog1030

    2 ай бұрын

    Also one of the ONLY reviews...

  • @mbingham10
    @mbingham102 ай бұрын

    Good job it doesn’t have hand jesters control it wouldn’t know if it was coming or going Mr tickle reviews the Land Cruiser 😂

  • @insansiregar6158
    @insansiregar61582 ай бұрын

    America also don't get the 300 series

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot13 күн бұрын

    Terrible reviewer but a proper car for everything, not some pretentious fake SUV PCP fodder that fashion victims are obsessed with. I really dislike any car with a panoramic roof though.

  • @09juliancarr
    @09juliancarr2 ай бұрын

    2.5tonnes?! With a 4 cyl engine? Wow

  • @coljones98
    @coljones982 ай бұрын

    Never coming back to this channel again

  • @panathaninf
    @panathaninf2 ай бұрын

    tinftouno?

  • @redicej5843
    @redicej5843Ай бұрын

    You don't look like an off-road guy tbh, more an electric cargo bike person...

  • @jasonbe6426
    @jasonbe64262 ай бұрын

    Wtf

  • @fahimakm3448
    @fahimakm34482 ай бұрын

    This dude is so dull Autocar should replace him asap 😂

  • @freddiespack7444
    @freddiespack74442 ай бұрын

    Just not the type of guy for this job , try librarian, you got the knit work …. Sorry bud this is not for you…

  • @lav1daloca
    @lav1daloca2 ай бұрын

    30mpg is great!

  • @cangoksoy
    @cangoksoy2 ай бұрын

    Finally!!

  • @cmg11235
    @cmg112352 ай бұрын

    Hoped to learn how it handles in a corner. Don’t want to feel like I’m in a water bad when I lane change or corner. Guess I’ll have to wait to drive it in person. … I’m sorry but yeah this guy is just nattering on and on.

  • @Silverfox1982
    @Silverfox19822 ай бұрын

    Shouldn’t this dainty laddie be back at Hogwarts?

  • @Tracertme
    @Tracertme2 ай бұрын

    Much better than any Range Rover ❤✅💯🥂🫶👍 All diesels have always sounded and drive like tractors, just wind the window down. SUV are a waste of space.

  • @YTM965
    @YTM9652 ай бұрын

    if only the prado drove just as well as the Land rover defender

  • @andrewstevenson6540
    @andrewstevenson65402 ай бұрын

    The Landrover isn't a competitor,these aren't bought by ponces to impress the neighbors. A Subaru Forester is a more likely rival.

  • @ahemgee9542
    @ahemgee95422 ай бұрын

    I believe even my amateur attempt to review cars , as a monotone autistic person , is way better than this dude! And those were clearly 20" wheels come on... 😴😴😴

  • @agfitts
    @agfitts2 ай бұрын

    Behave Reviewer Behave The review was like when a Sports car Punk reviews Big heavy boxy 4x4

  • @shiekhrameez7153
    @shiekhrameez71532 ай бұрын

    AUTOCAR send a little boy to review the beastly vehicle. Next time send someone manly. This girl does not know about heavy duty vehicles

  • @lav1daloca
    @lav1daloca2 ай бұрын

    J250 is not based on the J150 its based on the J300 get that straight! Its also the same size as the J300 which makes no sense why Toyota would build the Prado same size as the big LC.

  • @omaribawn777

    @omaribawn777

    2 ай бұрын

    It is not the same size; literally look at the dimensions

  • @lav1daloca

    @lav1daloca

    2 ай бұрын

    @@omaribawn777 Hey dummy look at the dimensions again.

  • @tempestv8

    @tempestv8

    2 ай бұрын

    The 300 Series and 250 Series are pretty much the same size vehicle - previously the superseeded 200 Series was much larger than the 150 Series, but Toyota has used one platform for the 300 and 250.

  • @jonathan_careless
    @jonathan_careless2 ай бұрын

    Reviewed by Dr. Who.

  • @haylemonkey
    @haylemonkey2 ай бұрын

    Setright?

  • @Salubrious101

    @Salubrious101

    2 ай бұрын

    LJK? Just needs a beard and glasses.

  • @jamiep61
    @jamiep612 ай бұрын

    The best Video Review 😊

  • @TJLiwanag
    @TJLiwanag2 ай бұрын

    Please get a mic. And lock your white balance.

  • @petergazarek9466
    @petergazarek94662 ай бұрын

    NEW TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 👑❤

  • @akk424
    @akk4242 ай бұрын

    COPY OF DEFENDER

  • @rone7982

    @rone7982

    2 ай бұрын

    Not a copy at all. The LC will be reliable.

  • @mimissabaziotis
    @mimissabaziotisАй бұрын

    Για σφαλιάρες

  • @RogerYeahmon
    @RogerYeahmon24 күн бұрын

    what a woman

  • @ZherkaFunnierThanDaveChappelle
    @ZherkaFunnierThanDaveChappelle2 ай бұрын

    From the thumbnail, I thought it was a woman! 😳😳😳

  • @deet4895
    @deet48952 ай бұрын

    PRADO!!!!

  • @johnwighton
    @johnwighton2 ай бұрын

    Sack this guy. It sounds like a review created by a one person company, NOT Autocar . The sound is rubbish, the review content is weak. 1/10 at a push.

  • @PeterMarkAzzopardi

    @PeterMarkAzzopardi

    2 ай бұрын

    If it was a University presentation, it would be a fail

  • @abhishekkohli7930
    @abhishekkohli79302 ай бұрын

    please change your reviewer…..very uninterested and boring

  • @davidgoulden3543
    @davidgoulden35432 ай бұрын

    I have to agree the worst presentation I have seen sorry mate McDonald's is hiring

  • @zoltrix7779
    @zoltrix77792 ай бұрын

    Is this Doctor Who?

  • @user-ni2en7vq2m
    @user-ni2en7vq2m2 ай бұрын

    The Land cruiser was fine , but the presenter

  • @richgarland6170
    @richgarland61702 ай бұрын

    DID NOT LIKE THIS REVIEW

  • @shaun1900
    @shaun19002 ай бұрын

    I bet he's read all the Harry Potter books. Terrible review.

  • @CLaFong
    @CLaFong2 ай бұрын

    The vehicle is from 2024 but it looks like the presenter is from 1969.

  • @CrackkkCrazyyy
    @CrackkkCrazyyy2 ай бұрын

    So uninformed. Every other sentence has inaccuracies

  • @jr.techboss3440
    @jr.techboss34402 ай бұрын

    the worst review of a car and he talks like a crying baby and out of passion

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