when new Land Cruiser?

yea tomorrow....

I would be surprised if those spy pics are actually the next model and not just a re-vamp of the 105 series. Not really much of a change.

My brother has made enquieries about upgrading his 105 series and he was told the new one will be late 2007.

Who knows?

Local (country) dealer is advertising "run out deals on Landcruiser" so cant be far away.

Someone mentioned a while back that last orders (colour choice etc) had to be in by October... That indicates they would be building new ones in the November time frame.

OT

Regardless wether it's the new cruiser or Patrol etc I'd rather buy the last of a model than the first of a new one.

Reasoning - bu the last of a model all of the bugs have been ironed out and if not everyone knows where the issues are i.e. Cruiser - IFS, Patrol 3Lt desiel, etc. With the first of the new model you don't know what little problems are going to develope - IMHO.

Karl

You gotta sit tight until 2007 , not sure when. The front suspension will be IFS so not sure what you mean about you don't want it, it will still be IFS, they won't go back to live axle front ends again. The new IFS will be strengthened if there was issues with the current one, not sure.

Due to the factory change (re-tooling) to manufacture the all new LC130 series, there will be an interim model based loosely on a 5 door Troopie - it will get the new engine just so we can all play with it until the more civilised version arrives in Oct/Nov 2007.

The interim one will get the 4.4 litre twin turbo V8 Direct injection Diesel that is currently being hot weather tested in the U.A.E. - this one will apparently be available from Nov'06 but won't look too attractive.....(Troopie - the truck only enthusiasts can love 'cos it is "the mother" of all trucks)

Yeah - I'm biased - I own an '01 LC100 std diesel GXL with aftermarket turbo and heaps of other toys. I love it and I sell them for a living (tough gig but someone has to).

My beast has 150kW of Power but more importantly - 430 Nm of torque from 1400RPM up to 3200RPM - I tow 90% of the time and find it has enough grunt to get places quickly enough that I have to keep my eyes peeled for Mr.Plod and his photographic equipment.

The new engine has 220kW and more importantly 540NM - can't wait to play with that...............AND if anyone asks why - a famous mountain climber once answered that question succinctly by sayin " because it is there"................SO - I've just gotta get one......."because it will be worth the wait"

SO - "Hey True Blue - is it me and you" - don't we share the lucky country !
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