200 durability

[niche]

I'm new to the Landcruiser world. Just bought my first one. A 1997 Collectors Edition. I love it. Feels like a solid piece of granite. It did get thinking how cool it would be to buy a car of the same quality and off road capability from new and have it for 500k miles.

Would you guys say the 200 is of similar quality, reliability, ruggedness, etc? As a side note, when is the new Landcruiser supposed to be introduced?

 

[ryanCA]

1) Yes.

2) 300 should be here by 2020

 

[Markuson]

1) Yes.

2) 300 should be here by 2020

1) Agree.

Solid as can be.

2) Speculation.

No date is known.

 

[Sandroad]

Why shoot for only 500K miles on a 200? Granite's tough stuff.

I just went to the Detroit Auto Show and at the '18 Land Cruiser in the Toyota area there was a display of the history of the vehicle, with photos of all that have gone before. Now if they had just put a restored 40 series on display next to the new one..........

Oh, and BTW, for those interested, at the Lexus display they were touting the twin turbo 6 and specifically said they were eventually moving away from V8 engines (but that was not at the LX570 display).

 

[Romer]

This should tell you a lot about the durability of a 200. They had to makea few modifications, but same basis drivetrain

Canguro Racing's Monica

 

[niche]

^^^
Impressive!

 

[SWUtah]

Toyota Chief Engineer stated that the LC/LX are designed to operate for 25 years in a third world country.

 

[niche]

^^^
I heard that was the case for earlier ones. Wasn't sure if the new ones were built to same standards.

 

[JADANT]

When I bought my brand new 2017 I told the wife this was the last new car I was going to buy (new that is). Gonna drive it till I am 6' under, that's at least another 30 years away...

 

[Climbingnut]

@SWUtah, he's not wrong about that. I live in a 3rd world country, and while they may not look as pretty 10-15yrs down the line, they're still being driven all over the show. I regularly see Cruiser's of every series driving around Angola.

 

[ranma21]

Toyota improves the Landcruiser with every new model. The newer the Landcruiser model is you will likely find some hiccups in the electronic compartment when the vehicle ages. But still the most reliable vehicles out there compare to other make and models, drive and ride like a dream. The 80 is the nicest blend of both world, super tough, it has some modern day amenities but not overwhelm with electronics gadget, which can be helpful during trail repair. That said, the bonestock 200 series GX model is pretty much bullet proof, no fancy electronics to wrong. Unfortunately we do not have it here in the good old USA!

 

[niche]

The Lexus GX series is considered a Land cruiser right?

 

[ranma21]

The Lexus GX series is considered a Land cruiser right?

Yes the Lexus GX is essentially the dressed up Landcruiser Prado.

 

[Climbingnut]

Toyota improves the Landcruiser with every new model. The newer the Landcruiser model is you will likely find some hiccups in the electronic compartment when the vehicle ages. But still the most reliable vehicles out there compare to other make and models, drive and ride like a dream. The 80 is the nicest blend of both world, super tough, it has some modern day amenities but not overwhelm with electronics gadget, which can be helpful during trail repair. That said, the bonestock 200 series GX model is pretty much bullet proof, no fancy electronics to wrong. Unfortunately we do not have it here in the good old USA!

I'm not so sure about the new one's being less reliable because of electronics. I remember growing up in the 80's and everyone moaning about how all these 'new fangled' cars with their EFI and other electronics were trying to stop the common man from working on his car and were trying to shut down independent mechanics. They were wrong then, as they are now. The 80 series would have been one of those new fangled vehicles back then, but the electronics, 20+ yrs later are still working just fine. The 100 series isn't having any problems either. Save both of them suffer from weak window motors when it gets cold, lol.

I have a 2016 200 GX-R and it is a beast. It doesn't have the nice ATRAC and off-road aids that the VX has, but it still has the cool box. That being said, I would still take any of your 200 VX's around the world in a heartbeat. Though I'd shy away from those that have any engine/transmission mods as those are the areas that tend to cause problems on Overland trips in my experience.