Great video! Thank you for sharing!
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At the end of factory video you see completed Prado, GX 460s, 4Rs and of course the GX 550 all together…minus the LC 250.
•••Wish we could pinpoint exact date this occurred for future trivia.
I didn’t find any translated text that gave me any dates and a few screens that might have were blurred.
•••Wish we could pinpoint exact date this occurred for future trivia.
I didn’t find any translated text that gave me any dates and a few screens that might have were blurred.
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No offense Wildcat you’re new here but when Cruiser Dan speaks- it’s not just some random keyboard warrior. He had an incredible career with Toyota and has incredible connections within the space. I wouldn’t be so quick to discount this gentleman’s word.
No offense but both just gave their opinions and neither provided verifiable data to support them. That will come later.
Some seem to use religious-like faith and dogma but that’s exactly not how anyone should view any multi national corporation manufacturing anything, especially when they openly admitted that compromises had to be made to meet regulations.
Given his on hands Toyota & LC specific experience l,Cruiser dans opinion has a bit more merit when it comes to these things than a random engineer
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That’s like saying that a priest has more merit claiming the existence of God.
Don’t know him so it's nothing personal but any fan so involved in anything would be much more biased that a ‘random engineer’.Once actual non-marketing information is available then the questions will answer themselves. Until then we are left with but wishful feelings and dogma.
Agree to disagree.
I was making the point that one opinion had hands on Toyota experience and the other was not. Cruiser Dan has also been to Japan and seen manufacturing first hand.
I’m done hijacking this thread. Thanks for the video of the GX coming off the line.
That’s like saying that a priest has more merit claiming the existence of God.
Once actual non-marketing information is available then the questions will answer themselves. Until then we are left with but wishful feelings and dogma.
I was making the point that one opinion had hands on Toyota experience and the other was not. Cruiser Dan has also been to Japan and seen manufacturing first hand.
I’m done hijacking this thread. Thanks for the video of the GX coming off the line.
Kind of jealous we are not getting this. Sadly it is not coming to the Middle East. At least not initially. I was checking the tech info and no designation for GCC Spec vehicle ( V marke model designation ).
So we will only get the Prado version.
I guess they are worried about price overlap with some LC300s and because the old GX had such poor sales here.
The new one looks way better inside out and it would definitely have had a decent market if only they have it a chance. Definitely would not have had the poor sales the last one had.
So we will only get the Prado version.
I guess they are worried about price overlap with some LC300s and because the old GX had such poor sales here.
The new one looks way better inside out and it would definitely have had a decent market if only they have it a chance. Definitely would not have had the poor sales the last one had.
The capability, durability, reliability, and longevity of Land Cruisers reflects a standard of design and production excellence that is unique in the auto industry, is always improving, and is common to all Land Cruisers, past and upcoming.
Dismissing that as dogma and wishful thinking is an intensely dumb hill to die on, over and over, on seemingly every thread.
Larry Chen been pumping a lot of Cruiser specific contents lately. Most of his content are more about car culture staring with early days of hoonigan.
FJ Company seems to have very strong influence to him. He does own MT FJ Cruiser and 200 series.
FJ Company seems to have very strong influence to him. He does own MT FJ Cruiser and 200 series.
Until any fan site is officially declared a cult, different opinions will just need to be tolerated. And best done so without the usual personal insults.
Once released and actual data / experience is known then all can move beyond faith to facts. Since it is a Toyota there is reasonable reason for that faith – which is the reason for my interest - but that still doesn’t make it a provable fact.
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Camera lenses, lighting, and sharpening in camera and during post processing do weird things to textures. I wouldn't judge the paint quality until you see one in person. It is the same factory with the same paint booth and the same painting robots as your 460, so I expect the paint quality to be the same.
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I'm podcasting with Larry Chen on the 21st. Will ask him when it was filmed then.
I don't know.....they did slap some 'heritage' badging on a bloated 200 series.......'heritage' meaning some bling wheels, a $400 generic yakima roof rack, and took out some seats.....this was to bring up some kind of nostalgia? that was quite embarrasing.
somewhere, someone, some group at Toyota did not respect the 'nameplate'......could happen again.
lest we forget the people at the top get tunnel vision and forget the real world......in any industry
didn't the heritage edition have a special suspension, making it have even more articulation?
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No, it did not. It was a commemorative with special cosmetic bits. Much like the 40th Anniversary in 1997.
