FirstToy said:
As a 1981 FJ40 Owner The LandCruiser emblem is staying on my FJ40.
You either misunderstood my point or I didn't explain myself.
Where I was trying to go with that 2nd paragraph was that the reason we don't have solid front axles dual lockers and all that good stuff in the US is because most of the buyers and the actual geographic conditions of the United States does not justifies it so.
Lets try to set up an comparasion to explain my self better
Venezuela: You have snow, desert, mountains left and right 4 Lane highways are not abundant. Lost of agricultural work (in order to get to the "farm" you don't have nice paved roads) also steep paved hills are actually quite normal. All the roads to access this offroading places are not paved like in most cases in the US and the frequent use roads are kinda like the Australian Outback(execpt big cities and capitals)
USA: You have snow, desert, mountains on certain places of the country. 4 Lane Highways are everywhere. Agricultural work is teamed with paved roads all over ther place. Hills/unpaved roads are rarities(normal use) and to access all the ORV Trails there's always a paved road that leads to the entrance.
That's why in Venezuela you have a Current up to date 80 series(all of them with factory lockers and SAS no airbags, A/C is an option same with power everything) for the "expensive" top of the line LandCruiser and you have the 70 series for the more "affordable" LandCruiser(factory lockers , SAS, pretty much the same as the 80 series)
On the other hand in the US you have a more luxury, no lockers, IFS $50k LAncruiser for the top end LC line and a non-LC more unexpensive, IFS, Rear loacker for the people that can't fork over 50k overnight.
In my opinion toyota's marketing staff are fawking geniouses as the LC designs for each country are literally perfect for each country's geographical everyday needs.
