Toyota has formally launched the Land Cruiser 250 Collection in Japan, which will likely be supplied in a variety of variants, together with two First Version choices. Additionally know because the Land Cruiser Prado or just the Land Cruiser (as it’s in the USA), the 250 Collection joins the 300 Collection and 70 Collection to type an entire line-up of Land Cruiser fashions in Japan.

In comparison with the earlier Land Cruiser Prado, the brand new 250 Collection is way bigger automobile, measuring in at 4,925 mm lengthy (+100 mm), 1,980 mm vast (+95 mm), 1,870 mm tall (+20 mm) and with a wheelbase of two,850 mm (+60 mm).

It’s necessary to notice that the 250 Collection isn’t a “child Land Cruiser” because the Prado was previously. The truth is, each are constructed on the identical GA-F model of the Toyota New World Structure (TNGA) – the ladder body construction can also be used for the Lexus GX and LX.

Trying on the dimensions, the 250 Collection shares the identical wheelbase with the 300 Collection however is barely smaller in different elements, together with general size (between 25 to 90 mm), width (between zero to 10 mm) and peak (by 75 mm).

As Toyota explains in an infographic, the 300 Collection represents “high-end and luxurious” within the Land Cruiser world, whereas the 250 Collection sits within the “sensible” zone with the 70 Collection deemed as “sturdy and sturdy.”

In Japan, two engines are supplied for the Land Cruiser 250 Collection. The primary is a 1GD-FTV 2.8 litre inline-four turbodiesel making 204 PS (201 hp or 150 kW) from 3,000 to three,400 rpm and 500 Nm of torque from 1,600 to 2,800 rpm.

In the meantime, the second engine is a 2TR-FE 2.7 litre naturally-aspirated inline-four petrol unit with 163 PS (161 hp or 120 kW) at 5,200 rpm and 246 Nm at 3,900 rpm. The petrol mill is paired with a six-speed ‘6 Tremendous ECT’ computerized transmission, whereas the turbodiesel will get an eight-speed ‘Direct Shift-8AT’ computerized gearbox.

Each powertrains come customary with a full-time four-wheel drive system that includes a centre Torsen limited-slip differential in addition to an digital rear differential lock. The entrance stabiliser may also be modified from free to locked at pace of 30 km/h or over utilizing a swap within the cabin. A six-mode Multi-Terrain Choose is on the market to drivers, together with a Multi-Terrain Monitor that makes use of cameras to assist present higher visibility when off-roading.

Three grade ranges can be found, specifically the GX, VX and ZX. The VX grade will be had with both a petroleum or diesel engine, whereas the GX and ZX are solely obtainable with a diesel. Pricing begins from 5.2 million yen (about RM161k) for the GX with a diesel engine, whereas the VX petrol is 5.45 million yen (RM169k). The diesel-powered VX and ZX are 6.3 million (RM195k) and seven.35 million yen (RM228k) respectively.

Japanese clients may also order the ZX and VX as First Version fashions, that are restricted to a complete of 8,000 items. The First Version automobiles are evocative of previous Land Cruisers with a design that options spherical headlamps as an alternative of the multi-element rectangular items on the usual variants.

Each the VX and ZX grades supply seating for as much as seven passengers (2-3-2 structure) whereas the GX is strictly a five-seater. All grades come customary with the Toyota Security Sense suite of driver help programs, which embody autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management and extra. Loads of equipment are additionally obtainable from JAOS and Toy-Manufacturing unit along with Toyota real elements and Modellista objects.

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