Children !
We all like/ some love (I cannot love an inanimate thing, personally)/enjoy our 40's, 70's, 80's, 100', 200's, and even 300's (other parts of the world not USA)... we got it !
Would the 4 banger be enough? I'd say ,YES.
Would the LC250 Landcruiser (cough, Land cruiser Prado, cough) sell like hot cakes in the USA? I'd say, YES.
It is not a front solid axel. It is not triple locked. It wont be, probably, tank feel like the 100 and 200.
We love our V8's (I do too, LC200 onwer three times, C63 owner twice, BMW M3 E90 once), but unless towing big time, the LC250 would be just fine.
Would I rather have a 27 MPG efficient V8? Oh Lord knows, YEAH ! But, it ain't going to happen, it will be a (1) little 4 banger (2) "envenenado" (like we used to say when I was a kid back in my country when you would turbo charge a poor 4cy car) Turbo and to help emissions and MPG when you start the car, (3) Hybrid ! Like some have said, I trust Toyota and pray that they don't let us down in the quality department, so it will be enough ! I wish some of you here have had the opportunity to drive Prados in other countries where they sell the LC too, and compare them. The Prado IS capable, VERY capable, but it ain't a LC... the closest Prado to a LC, was/is the GX470 and 460 here in the States, and yet... It is / was not a LC. So, the LC250 WILL not be a LC200 sucessor, but... the 4 banger WILL be enough to take families with gear into great adventures, whichever and whatever they are and take them !
Remember to be kind to each other, like I tell my growing kids every day, the world needs kindness everywhere !
Cheers,
G