Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv google doc

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv is a niche vehicle aimed at those who truly intend to take journeys over the paths less traveled. But the reality for streets and highways is that it's an oversized SUV with a thirst for gasoline that matches its massive profile.
The Land Cruiser has always been one for off-road prowess, but it's evolved into a luxury vehicle of sorts without ever losing its ability to venture away from the pavement. In its past, the Land Cruiser knew deserts, mountains, and the Serengeti, but it's now better known for its trek through urban jungles and soccer fields.
The off-road talent compromises the Land Cruiser's usefulness as an urban utility vehicle. The steering's loose, and the ride can be choppy unless it's fully laden with up to eight passengers. Three of those passengers will have to ride in a small third row, and those seats fold up to the sides of the cargo area, not into the floor like most modern crossovers, because that's where the rear axle lives. Despite the compromise, the latest electronics keep the Land Cruiser happier both on and off the pavement, controlling the way it trundles down and up hills, the way it traverses all kinds of terrain, and maintaining the proper stiffness for the hydraulic suspension.

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv google doc

Of course, the Land Cruiser hasn't lost its ability to go virtually anywhere—if it needs to—and its luxury status places it squarely in a small segment of vehicles that function as the arch-rivals for eco-friendly vehicles like the Toyota Prius. In looks, the Toyota Land Cruiser isn't all that different from the far cheaper Sequoia or the Land Cruiser's near-twin, the Lexus LX 570. Unlike the Land Rover Range Rover, its shape is hardly iconic, and the base price is extraordinarily high, but what other vehicle has inspired the "Land Crusher" nickname and lived (again) to tell about it?
A 381-horsepower V-8 powers the hulking, body-on-frame utility vehicle through four-wheel drive with a locking differential that combines with rugged suspension design to provide hardcore off-road ability. It will both accelerate the 5700-pound Land Cruiser to highway speeds and beyond (though with a prodigious consumption of gasoline) and slip and slide over slick rocks far from any highway at all. This year, the 5.7 is paired with a new eight-speed automatic transmission. Surprisingly, fuel economy numbers don't climb, but the transmission should keep the engine in its power band longer, thus taking a couple tenths off the 0 to 60 mph time.

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv google doc

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv also adds a suite of active safety features for 2016, including a Frontal Collision Mitigation system with pedestrian protection, lane departure warnings, automatic high-beam headlights, adaptive cruise control, and blind-spot monitors with rear cross traffic alerts.
Starting at just a smidge south of $85,000, the Land Cruiser isn't a luxury icon like the Land Rover Range Rover, and it's $40,000 more expensive than the slightly more practical Toyota Sequoia.

 Interior

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv is available only as one very well equipped model with all the features and no options of note. It comes packed with 10 airbags, a CD player, leather upholstery, a sunroof, heated front and rear seats, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, push-button start, Bluetooth, a rearview camera, parking sensors, a navigation system, HD radio, and Toyota's Entune suite. Entune offers access to mobile apps for use with its audio system, whether it's streaming Pandora audio or on-the-go Facebook updates filed by voice commands.

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv google doc

 The 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser is easy to spot on the road. It's bigger, beefier, and looks more capable than just about anything else in the Toyota lineup, save for maybe the Sequoia. It has a few of the most current industry trends going for it, like LED lighting, and a big, bold grille. While it might not look truly luxurious like the Land Rover lineup, or Lexus LX 570 near twin, the Land Cruiser has the look of a confident off-roader, with big, handsome lines.

 Toyota Land Cruiser 2016 luxury suv google doc

 Inside, the Land Cruiser is nearly as plush the LX 570, another aging vehicle, but the materials aren't as rich as the competition. It has the same upright, chunky styling that the latest Toyota trucks have received. It's a pretty technology-heavy presentation, with a navigation screen top and center, plus climate, audio, and off-road controls below that. The look and tech emphasize a certain truth about the Land Cruiser's appeal—that it's rooted more in gated communities than in remote outposts.