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CHAMPION<br />
Ross Kiddie looks over Toyota’s Land Cruiser,<br />
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Don’t expect much to ever change with Toyota’s big Land<br />
Cruiser 200.<br />
The reason being is that the platform on which it is based<br />
has already served the test of time in terms of how it has<br />
been engineered for purpose. It has also been constantly<br />
upgraded to earn the reputation as one of the industry’s best<br />
off-road drivelines.<br />
The ladder chassis, the four-wheel-drive mechanicals and<br />
the big engine all combine to provide a vehicle that is an offroad<br />
champion and a station wagon/sport utility vehicle with<br />
few competitors.<br />
The Land Cruiser 200 has just had another makeover,<br />
and I think that is all you can expect from Toyota and Land<br />
Cruiser at this stage. The changes Toyota has made to the<br />
Land Cruiser go a long way to keep the model fresh without<br />
compromising its ability.<br />
For <strong>2016</strong> the Land Cruiser gets new frontal treatment –<br />
bonnet, grill and bumper – while the inside gets some new<br />
kit including a rear entertainment system with two individual<br />
screens. The latter kept a nine-year-old entertained during the<br />
time I travelled a long highway route.<br />
Little has changed under the bonnet. Sitting there is a<br />
4.5-litre, twin-turbocharged diesel engine. It is rated with<br />
mammoth power outputs of 200kW and 650Nm. Power is<br />
available all through the rev band; it is strong and energetic,<br />
taking into account that it does have to haul up to nearly<br />
three-tonne.<br />
The Cruiser in this form has a willingness beneath the<br />
throttle that is uncanny, and it does so with a characteristic V8<br />
growl that is delightful to listen to.<br />
It also has reasonable fuel usage statistics. Toyota claims<br />
a combined cycle average of 9.5-litres per 100km (30mpg),<br />
which is not that far distant to my 11.1l/100km (25mpg)<br />
which incorporated a long highway drive, achieving an<br />
8l/100km (35mpg) instantaneous figure at 100km/h, the
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