Yo toyota, bring these to the states!!!

[OGBeno]

I guess I just see a market, but it would be tough to break into and I do agree, NA is making it tough for others to come in and other markets have more promise. But I really don't care if Toyota doesn't see it, I would rather be the odd guy out with a different truck than every one and their cousin having the same truck as me

Which is why people will continue to try to find ways to own a vehicle that is rare in their market.

I'm with you on this one. I hope to one day own a 7x series rig with a Toyota diesel and with all of the stuff I never got here in the States.

This is what I want:

 

[Aussie 25]

Ge arent we luckey here in OZ If you have enough cash you to could have any one of them. Cheers.

 

[Devils Paw 80]

Have you ever been to Australia?

Think of a piece of land bigger than North America with 1/100th the population and a 1/100th the paved roads.

They actually need the Land Cruiser in Australia, Africa, the Middle East, South America.

And the Middle East, though for different reasons (prestige, cheap cost of petrol and diesel and a very high per capita income that can afford loads of LC's at their going market rate)..

Quite insightful. As they say, "You speak the truth!"

 

[ForealBoreal]

ah I love 70s.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

ah I love 70s.

Ah I loved the "70's"!
.......1978HJ45

 

[Tapage]

I'm holding my hopes .. maybe next year we are gonna get VDJ76 here .. if there is enough public for that .. all in all I'm lucky coz it can be legal import down here.

 

[ForealBoreal]

Ah I loved the "70's"!
.......1978HJ45

ah you had a prado thats not a REAL 70s cruiser....
I don't fit nice into 40s. I almost bought a 45 but I couldn't fit in it for the life of me.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

ah you had a prado thats not a REAL 70s cruiser....
I don't fit nice into 40s. I almost bought a 45 but I couldn't fit in it for the life of me.

Oh but you misunderstood....I meant the 1970's
Its tough being a LJ78 owner.........1978HJ45

 

[Cruiser Jimmy]

Haha. OZ Toyota slogan...'o what a feeling' (upper left hand corner right under toyota)was used back in the '80's. F*&k, I'm dating myself.

 

[wesintl]

Because Toyota is in the business to make money.

It does not cater to an internet enthusiast forum with **maybe** 200 people who actually have the disposable income to buy a utilitarian vehicle designed in the mid-1980's.

200 people is not a market demographic; nor is even 1000 people; or even 10K people. Toyota sells 100K units of the Pruis a year in the US alone. That's a market demographic and a money making opportunity.

Man you're already drinking the corporate cool-ade

Toyota could make money on turbo diesel 79 pickups. They were not made or designed in the 80's. 200 people? Ha right. I bet there are 200 people on the front range of colorado that would buy one. There are enough
ranchers, enthusiasts, fleet vehicle needs, and just plain people that would think they are cool (just like 95% of the FJ sales) that they could make money.


Just wait til the Chinese and Indians start pumping out vehicles. The new big three will be Toyota, Honda and Nissan will be scrambling to make sales just like ford, gm, chrysler.

there was a Ford dealer in denver a while back that ordered a bunch of F250's, white, stripped down, vinyl interior, rubber mats etc. sold them like hot cakes and had to order another batch.

Now if you want to say they won't/or are too big to focus on a niche ok. But, they did intro the FJ cruiser which is fairly niche IMHO and sales, IIRC they were always less than 10k a year. Lets not compare that to a prius. I bet if they pulled the fj and sold the 79 pickup and wagon it would be 10k or more.

 

[lowenbrau]

Have you ever been to Australia?

Think of a piece of land bigger than North America with 1/100th the population and a 1/100th the paved roads.

Failed geography, did ya? Australia is roughly 3/4 the size of the USA which is nearly as large as Canada. The population density of Australia is just a little less than Canada (2.7 peeps per km2 vs 3.3) I couldn't find a stat on paved roads, you might be right there.

Toyota doesn't bring the Land Cruiser to North America mostly just to piss me off but also because the dealers told them in the 80s that they couldn't sell that overpriced crap. Believe me, it has everything to do with what the dealers can sell a lot of.

 

[ForealBoreal]

i'd love to see a ford f-150 in the outback last.
you can't drive a gas guzzling pig out there when your trying to spare food.
plus you can't drive a truck like that up the tracks there. it just won't work.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

1984 Bj42 landcruiser sold in Canada, couple hundred???


Rob

 

[lowenbrau]

1984 Bj42 landcruiser sold in Canada, couple hundred???


Rob

Yeah the FAQ says 234 but it also shows 460, 1985 BJ42s so who knows how accurate it is.

All three years of BJ70 only added up to 664

TLC FAQ - 6.1 Selected Country Engine/Chassis Sales Figures (Model Year)

 

[subzali]

Failed geography, did ya? Australia is roughly 3/4 the size of the USA which is nearly as large as Canada. The population density of Australia is just a little less than Canada (2.7 peeps per km2 vs 3.3) I couldn't find a stat on paved roads, you might be right there.

Toyota doesn't bring the Land Cruiser to North America mostly just to piss me off but also because the dealers told them in the 80s that they couldn't sell that overpriced crap. Believe me, it has everything to do with what the dealers can sell a lot of.

We get the 200 LC in the US

 

[lowenbrau]

We get the 200 LC in the US

Crap! I meant to say 70 series.

 

[OGBeno]

Man you're already drinking the corporate cool-ade

Not drinking anything besides crappy CDan beer.

I'm just understanding better now how Toyota corporate thinks here in the States.

And I'll reiterate that Toyota's never bringing them here for sale.

 

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[OGBeno]

Failed geography, did ya? Australia is roughly 3/4 the size of the USA which is nearly as large as Canada. The population density of Australia is just a little less than Canada (2.7 peeps per km2 vs 3.3) I couldn't find a stat on paved roads, you might be right there.

I was trying to make a metaphorical point as opposed to a literal one.

 

[JuanJ]

Not drinking anything besides ****py CDan beer.

I'm just understanding better now how Toyota corporate thinks here in the States.

And I'll reiterate that Toyota's never bringing them here for sale.

Hello,

Market and corporate matters aside, back in the day Toyota deemed the 70 Series as too rough (or should I say too simple) by American standards, and decided not to offer it in the US.

Twenty something years later that decision still makes sense. Forgive me if I sound like the Devil's advocate. No flames intended.

A number of factors, among them cheap gasoline and paved roads, make big trucks more appealing to the average user. Why getting a 4.2 L diesel when a 5.7 vortec or a Powerstroke is available for less? Why settling for the rough ride when softer suspensions are affordable? And that not to mention spare parts and maintenance (thankfully, the parts guy that deals with me is nice, but that is another story.)

True, most of these trucks would not stand a fraction of the abuse a Cruiser can take. But they don't have to, not in America. A dealer will gladly replace them long before they break. And that not to mention service and spare parts availability.







Juan