Best year 100 to buy ?

[TXLX100]

All you ever want to know about the best engine lineup Toyota has produced to date, the UZ ladies and gentleman. 200 owners You can stick your timing chain where the son don't shine... Behind the front cover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_UZ_engine

 

[marshotel]

Yup. The 1989 Lexus LS 400 started it all and was an inflection point for the Japanese auto industry. Toyota had a point to make and they made it with the early LS400.

Nobody in the US had ever seen a luxury Japanese vehicle with a V8 engine before the 1989 LS400; The build quality fit and finish on my 1991 LS400 were flawless. Amazing cars- but we digress... the 4.0 liter 1UZ then evolved into the 4.7L 2UZ that we have in the 100 series.

It is pretty easy to see how the 100-series is an amalgamation of the 80-series cruiser and the LS400.

To the point:
Any year Land Cruiser is a good one; and mileage does not hurt these trucks. The important thing is how well it's been maintained.

I'd rather have a high milegage 1998 that's been papmered and kept in the garage in New Mexico than a low-mileage 2007 that has been hammered by New England Road salt.

Buy the best maintained example you can afford.

The year and mileage don't tell you much.

 

[mcgaskins]

I stand corrected... but if you couldn't tell that's why I put that at the end of my sentence, I think people are splitting hairs to find reasons to "prove" that some LC's are not LC's, that just seems weird to me... The 5.7 liter engine in the LC is also different from the Tundra(from what I've read on here) but I really don't think any of this makes it an LC or not an LC, Toyota's build quality is across the line, the LC just happens to be at the top of the line IMO... If people want to say the new LC is over priced etc, I can understand that argument, but when people just start throwing around ignorant comments about how it's not an LC or that it's build quality doesn't hold up without any stats to back that up, pretty sad to see on an LC forum IMO.... just saying

No harm no foul. I think it's endemic that if you go the 80s board, everyone thinks that is the best LC ever made; the 100 board, that's the best LC ever made, etc. I think it's important to be knowledgeable about something before you bash it which is why I haven't said anything bad about the 200 - because I really know hardly anything about it. I don't think it's bad looking, but I think it's too big - though I think the 100 is too big, the 80 is too big, and the 60 is too big...and the 40 is too small

 

[kreiten]

No harm no foul. I think it's endemic that if you go the 80s board, everyone thinks that is the best LC ever made; the 100 board, that's the best LC ever made, etc. I think it's important to be knowledgeable about something before you bash it which is why I haven't said anything bad about the 200 - because I really know hardly anything about it. I don't think it's bad looking, but I think it's too big - though I think the 100 is too big, the 80 is too big, and the 60 is too big...and the 40 is too small

well said

 

[SWUtah]

If that is your argument then dont you seem to have much history regarding Toyota. Toyota has been doing 'chassis sharing' for decades. The 105 was built on 80 chassis. The 4runner and Prado share same chassis and same with the Hilux etc. And there is alot of difference between a Sequioa and Land Cruiser when it comes to built quality apart from chassis mods.

I agree, the 100 series frame was only developed and used for the 100 series. The 200 series is sharing a mass produced pickup truck frame. Not saying that a reinforced pickup frame is not a good one just not developed for the 200 series like the one on the 100 series. I understand car companies have to do what they can now to make more money.

PS- the 80 series is a Landcruiser just like the 105 series. The 4runner/Prado are not Landcruisers and share a frame with a pickup truck. The 200 series is a Landcruiser but now shares its frame with a pickup truck. Do you get my point???

 

[SaadUK]

I agree, the 100 series frame was only developed and used for the 100 series. The 200 series is sharing a mass produced pickup truck frame. Not saying that a reinforced pickup frame is not a good one just not developed for the 200 series like the one on the 100 series. I understand car companies have to do what they can now to make more money.

PS- the 80 series is a Landcruiser just like the 105 series. The 4runner/Prado are not Landcruisers and share a frame with a pickup truck. The 200 series is a Landcruiser but now shares its frame with a pickup truck. Do you get my point???

You telling me Prado is not a Land Cruiser?

 

[kreiten]

I agree, the 100 series frame was only developed and used for the 100 series. The 200 series is sharing a mass produced pickup truck frame. Not saying that a reinforced pickup frame is not a good one just not developed for the 200 series like the one on the 100 series. I understand car companies have to do what they can now to make more money.

PS- the 80 series is a Landcruiser just like the 105 series. The 4runner/Prado are not Landcruisers and share a frame with a pickup truck. The 200 series is a Landcruiser but now shares its frame with a pickup truck. Do you get my point???

The Prado is an LC, and no, I don't get your point... Not only that they didn't take an existing frame and chop it, look at the dates the vehilces came out, the LC 200 came out in 2008 and had a 5 year development process, the Tundra came out in 2007... down the road when you buy a 200 LC you'll understand that it is just another evolution of the best line of vehicles ever made, and is just as good if not better!!!

 

[SWUtah]

You telling me Prado is not a Land Cruiser?

Not anymore then a GX470/460 or a 4runner

 

[kreiten]

back to the original question of the thread, I think the interior of the 1998 and 1999 are the best, but if I had to pick one year I would proly go with the 2003 for the 5 speed tranny and extras...

 

[kreiten]

Not anymore then a GX470/460 or a 4runner

The Prado is called a Landcruiser by the people who make it, you might want to let them know that it's not so they can change the badge on it

 

[SWUtah]

The Prado is a LC, and no, I don't get your point... Not only that they didn't take an existing frame and chop it, look at the dates the vehilces came out, the LC 200 came out in 2008 and had a 5 year development process, the Tundra came out in 2007... down the road when you buy a 200 LC you'll understand that it is just another evolution of the best line of vehicles ever made, and is just as good if not better!!!

Your the one that stated the 200 series was better built and higher quality then the 100 series. I am sure that the 200 series is the best current SUV you can buy in the USA. I will buy one in the future.

 

[yotasavg]

back to the original question of the thread, I think the interior of the 1998 and 1999 are the best, but if I had to pick one year I would proly go with the 2003 for the 5 speed tranny and extras...

I recently picked up my 98. I really prefer a rig with less electronics going on, which is why I settled on this one. I really wanted a rear elocker too. Also like someone mentioned earlier, this rig had 14 years of paperwork from a shop that I trust so the maintenance was all there. To boot, it's just under 140k and runs like a top Sure I wish I had the 5 speed, but I can't say the 4 speed bothers me one bit...

 

[bluecruiser]

Swutah will not stop. Stop feeding the troll. Thank you

 

[SaadUK]

Not anymore then a GX470/460 or a 4runner

I don't get your point. GX470 is same as land cruiser Prado 120 series. The later one as 150. If you want to stick to a totally baseless point that the 100 chassis was not used on any other platform that means it's a higher built vehicle than the 200 series shows that you know more than Toyota. They might have not find it necessary to reinvent the wheel so they used the same chassis landcruiser/ tundra.

Btw: the ac vent knob on 2003 facelifted 100 series is same as of land cruiser Prado 120. The 120 series Prado was designed before the introduction of 100 series with new dash. What does that prove?

 

[kreiten]

The 100 is all Landcruiser. The 200 is built on a modified Tundra frame, just one example of Toyota cutting costs. I am not saying that a Tundra frame is an inferior frame but when a company starts parts bin swapping you don't end up with the same vehicle that was originally designed to survive 25 years in a third world country. Might as well buy a new Sequoia and save $$$.

you said this before I said anything so you mean you'll be rolling a Sequoia in the future!!!

 

[bonze]

beer:

I'm just kidding with you folks...I like stirring the pot sometimes.

Post edited after being bitch-slapped by beno.

 

[OGBeno]

Man there is serious BS in this thread.

As one of three people on MUD who have been to the Land Cruiser plant and the GX plant, I can easily attest to the differences between Tundra and the 200 series as well as the differences between the 4Runner/Surf and the 120/150 series.

Sorry to come across as a jerk, but there is serious mis-information in the latter part of this thread and that is not good in a tech thread where people come to get real knowledge.

 

[bonze]

Hey Beno, Welcome to GEORGIA...Go Dawgs! Hope your finding your new home at Lowe Toyota to your liking.
Do we order parts through Josh? or are you taking over those duties?

 

[OGBeno]

Hey Beno, Welcome to GEORGIA...Go Dawgs! Hope your finding your new home at Lowe Toyota to your liking.
Do we order parts through Josh? or are you taking over those duties?

It will be me sir. I'm assuming all of the primary MUD duties.

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[SWUtah]

Swutah will not stop. Stop feeding the troll. Thank you

Thanks for the insightful post. Your addition of information regarding this discussion is really appreciated. I'm really sorry that my posts offend you. Since it is obvious that I am new on this site, it is pretty easy to ID me as a troll.