new cruisers

Do you mean HDJ79??

I've had no probs with my ute (HDJ79R) so far, though it has only done 8000kms.

There was one in the paper the other day demo model never driven for $55k - that would have been snapped up pretty quickly I reckon.

You're right, it would be a hard call to make, whether to wait or buy now.

Cheers

G'day Tour Boy

I saw what might be the new Cruiser in Hiroshima last week. Was at a distance and moving through traffic but was definitely a Toyota and about Landcruiser size and had the characteristic steel Landcrusier wheels. Looked more rounded and the roof seemed lower and it did look like a big RAV.

In two weeks in Japan in city and country areas only saw four Landcruisers, one or two Prados and Pajeros and no Patrols. These vehicles are just too big for most of the very narrow Japanese suburban streets and too hard to park as most homes don't have garages. Noticeably there are no old vehicles. Also noticeable was that there was not one vehicle of any size, trucks included, belching any smoke/fumes. To get back to Australia and see an old Hilux driving around with a smoky exhaust was disappointing.

Mark

Hey Tour Boy, ive spent the last year contemplating the exact same thing, and decided to go with the current 79 RV, only just took delivery of it and have only done 600 kms but so far could not be happier with it. I have seen proto types of the new landcruiser wagon and do not like it. I have not yet heard anything about any changes to the utes, although the new V8 twin turbo diesel sounds like it is going to be a perler, who needs anything that extreme in a commercial vehicle.
So if the new wagon is anything to go by, you can only expect that any changes made to the ute will in my eyes be a disaster. I think go for what you know is good and well proven.

Bradz

The diffs/transfers/gearboxes in the current tray tops cant handle the torque now... How are they going to go with nearly double the torque??????

Tour Boy:

if you do a google search for "landcruiser 130" you will find quite a number of images of next years 'cruiser'...

steve

Too right phil G!

Tour Boy,
On a related note I read with interest recently that the soon to be released V8 twin turbo diesel (coming out in the Rangie) has fuel economy figures of around 11.8 km/l. I only hope Toyoya can produce similar fuel economy figures, particularly if they are only going to offer a V8 turbo diesel.

Similarly I hope they will continue it with a live axle front, at least in the standard version.

Rusty

Tour Boy,
I'm in exact same position, agonising!!

Dealer I spoke to afew weeks ago told me new ute is going into production feb next year with the new 4.4turbo V8 diesel??? This is the only thing I've heard re new 7# series.

We will just have to wait and see. Surprised there's been no scoop photos of the new ute/troopys-first change in over 29 years!!
Matt

From what I hear, significant Australian-made accessories for the new 100 series replacement are going into production in about 1 month ...

I really don't know what conclusions to draw from this, but I do expect that it is a this year sort of thing.

No information about replacement for the 78/79 series ... nothing has hit the local suppliers to my knowledge.