4x4 Magazine Australia

THE ELDER STATESMAN

THE current model LandCruiser 200 has been with us for more than 12 years and is well up for replacement. If you listen to the rumours, that a replacement is not far away and an all-new Cruiser should be with us within the next year. What form the next LandCruiser takes is all speculation at this point, but with newer rivals in the form of the also ageing Nissan Patrol Y62 and the seemingly sprightly latest Land Rover Discovery, and also the new Defender, the old Cruiser surely needs upgrading.

The LC200 is ageing gracefully and, despite its years, or perhaps because of them, it outsells the sportier Patrol more than five to one (VFACTs figures to April 2020)

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