Land Cruiser gives Toyota enhanced luxury upscale

With a revised petrol and twin-turbo diesel V8s, new front and rear styling laced inevitably with a host of new gizmotronics. Toyota’s Land Cruiser 200 Series has been comprehensively updated for 2016.

The 4.5-litre bi-turbo diesel gets new injectors, revised mapping and new diesel particulate filter with its own bash-plate to protect it on rough terrain. All of these have upped power by 5kW to 200kW, while peak torque is unchanged at 650Nm, and nominal fuel-consumption in the combined cycle drops to 9.5 litres per 100km.

The air-injection system of the 4.6-litre petrol V8 has been adapted to push secondary air through the exhaust ports; this warms up the catalyst faster after a cold start, reducing fuel consumption during the warm-up phase and enabling the engine to achieve Euro 5 compliance for the first time. Outputs are unaffected at 227kW and 439Nm.