Why are these trucks priced too high? (1 Viewer)

[iKuwait]

Hello

I have been looking around for a 100 series for 5 months now and all I can find is insane prices

2018 4runner is going for 32k with zero miles and can give me at least 300k miles ahead while these 100 series at 18 years old with 250k miles are selling for 10k? I do not understand why are people overpricing them and why buyers are still buying?

I found a 2000 LC with 205k miles and he is asking $9999
another one 2002 with 240k miles asking $8500 with leaking valve cover and timing belt due very soon


let us keep the " these trucks last forever '' away because I know it but still 10k for an 18yrs old toyota is insane!

 

[LEX]

Get some popcorn ready. This should be good.

 

[97 AZ LC]

It's a marketplace. Its peers are assumed to be going to the salvage yard while 100s are assumed to be future valuable classics in the manner of its ancestors.

 

[Mike6158]

Was the 2002 or 2005 LC built or bone stock? They probably ask it because they can get it.

 

[Leandro]

The answer is among your lines, why would you ask 4K if buyers are willing to pay 10K?

 

[nukegoat]

Economic equilibrium - Wikipedia

 

[Ninja Cruiser100]

It is what it is.

Oh yah it’s blasphemy to use Land Cruiser and 4 Runner in the same sentence.

 

[ToyotaBrah]

It's the trend for all LC generations.



As a 100 owner, my reaction seeing the prices:

 

[Somebodyelse5]

Hello

I have been looking around for a 100 series for 5 months now and all I can find is insane prices

2018 4runner is going for 32k with zero miles and can give me at least 300k miles ahead while these 100 series at 18 years old with 250k miles are selling for 10k? I do not understand why are people overpricing them and why buyers are still buying?

I found a 2000 LC with 205k miles and he is asking $9999
another one 2002 with 240k miles asking $8500 with leaking valve cover and timing belt due very soon


let us keep the " these trucks last forever '' away because I know it but still 10k for an 18yrs old toyota is insane!

The reason you’ve been looking for a nearly 20 year old vehicle is the reason why they are priced that way...no one is looking for 99 chevy 1500 with 250k miles...because it’s at the end of it’s life.

I drove my 99 100 with 250k miles across the country last year (AZ to NOLA), I also drove it from AZ to CO for HIH8 and did all the hard trails then drove it home and then to work the next day...there are not many vehicles who can do that, that are this capable on the trail, and do it day in and day out, and still last for 500k miles. THEY LAST FOREVER.

 

[FJ404345]

New these were close 3 times more expensive then a 4Runner, maybe that's why

Btw seems to me that the prices are going down a little the last year.

 

[jLB]

Maybe you're smarter than everyone else, or maybe you just don't get it, and a Land Cruiser just isn't for you.

I've owned Land Cruisers, LXs, GXs, and 4runners, from new to 10+ years old. The best trade I ever made, was trading my 2004 Toyota 4Runner (V8 4WD Limited) for a (used) 2000 Toyota Land Cruiser (for my son's first car). The worst trade I ever made, was trading my 10 year old 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser for a shiny new 2004 4Runner (V8 4WD Limited).


2019 Toyota 4runner SR5 (4wd) $36,630
2019 Land Cruiser $84,765


Toyota Land Cruiser US sales numbers:

2017 3.100
2016 3.705
2015 2.687
2014 3.158
2013 3.082
2012 2.895
2011 1.662
2010 1.807
2009 2.261
2008 3.801
2007 3.251
2006 3.376
2005 4.870
2004 6.778
2003 6.671
2002 6.752
2001 7.591
2000 15.509
1999 18.602
1998 14.327
1997 11.502
1996 12.816
1995 14.240
1994 10.980​

Toyota 4Runner US sales numbers:

2017 128.296
2016 111.952
2015 97.034
2014 76.906
2013 51.625
2012 48.753
2011 44.316
2010 46.531
2009 19.675
2008 47.878
2007 87.718
2006 103.086
2005 103.829
2004 114.212
2003 109.307
2002 77.026
2001 90.250
2000 111.797
1999 124.221
1998 118.484
1997 128.496
1996 99.597
1995 75.962
1994 74.109​

 

[Quick]

They are not really way out of price, just few hundred more than the KBB. My '99 LX 470 with 210,000 miles is priced at 8700 but then again I have recently spent over $4000 in the past 2 years including but not limited to Michelin Tires/all 4 end brakes/New Radiator/new Ignition unit/New axles/New leather seat covers/New front shocks/bearing serviced/plugs/all fluid changed including AHC service.
Am I suppose to ask $6500 and if you do buy one for low price, trust me you would end up spending all that on your new ride
Remember, there's no cheap way out. You either pay upfront or pay later, simple as that.
Good Luck, 200,000 is nothing. I just came back from Chicago 500 miles round trip without any hiccups.

 

[95Fantasma80]

Mods can you please ban this noob?











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when i pass you in the legendary 100 series as you drive that 36k 4 runner with no soul and you drool over this insanely priced beauty...

 

[planomateo]

Yes, overpriced. Buy the 4Runner, much better vehicle than a LC.

 

[hickuptruck]

You can get $5k ones too ....just look where it's salty.

You can also wait till gas prices are high again and less people will want a LC.

 

[bdruff]

I drove an 80 for years from 168,000-300,000 miles. Never, not once, did it leave me stranded.

It did make lots of noise a few times on the way home, but in 8 years, it never saw a tow truck.

The 100 was the only logical option when we needed another 7 passenger vehicle. The 4runner does not fit our family.

 

[kcobourn]

@iKuwait because people like me pay these types of prices :-D

 

[CBeckFJ]

You can get $5k ones too ....just look where it's salty.

not a good idea. They're FULL of rust. I paid 6k for mine and its now undrivable because of rust

 

[Quick]

not a good idea. They're FULL of rust. I paid 6k for mine and its now undrivable because of rust

Sorry to hear that but that's exactly what I always say...People get what they pay for and there's no cheap way out... Had you paid another $2000 you would still be driving that LX.

 

[MTKID]

I personally think it’s the increase in popularity of “overlanding” through YouTube, social media and print media. It was something many other countries did for decades, and here was simply 4-wheeling, but the overlanding phrase seems to add an upper-class appeal and safari-like draw even if all you’re doing is taking a simple drive into your local mountains.

When the magazine of Overland Journal is so large, glossy & expensive that tells me something about the market they are aiming for.

Then anyone looking to get into this does some research and finds out these 100’s are the most reliable value then the demand goes up w/o the supply increasing to match.

Just my theory.