The brand new Toyota Land Cruiser is leaning exhausting into its heritage. It appears that evidently what’s previous is, certainly, new once more, and Toyota is embracing the boxy appears of its basic Land Cruisers to woo followers to its upcoming off-roader SUV. We’ve solely had glimpses up to now, however the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser shall be totally revealed on August 1. Properly, within the U.S., anyway. In its house nation of Japan, the Land Cruiser will reportedly debut on August 2 — proof that, in some methods, Japan resides sooner or later.
Or are we residing within the previous? It’s exhausting to inform, however the Land Cruiser is certainly desirous to return to its roots so far as design goes. That a lot is obvious from the footage that Toyota has launched currently, comparable to this teaser from Instagram:
From what we are able to see, the strains of the 2024 Land Cruiser will hew intently to that of the 2024 Lexus GX. The design additionally appears to be a contemporary interpretation of the FJ62 Land Cruiser, in line with Toyota’s personal promotional materials, which invitations Land Cruiser fanatics to check and distinction the previous LC with the brand new.
The 2024 Land Cruiser is lacking the chrome bumper, for those who ask me. I get that fashionable security requirements are doubtless liable for bumper design right this moment, with bumpers now built-in into the general look of contemporary vehicles and SUVs (vehicles, too). However I do miss the times of chrome bumpers on gnarly vehicles and SUVs, which acted extra like steps and had been visibly distinct from the remainder of the design.
The brand new Land Cruiser’s large built-in bumper is extra apparent from Toyota’s Japanese teaser pictures, that are on the carmaker’s social media posts and will also be discovered on Toyota’s particular website devoted to the debut of the upcoming Land Cruiser. The pictures give us extra clues into the look of the 2024 Land Cruiser, however we simply should piece them collectively like a jigsaw puzzle for now.
