{"id":49150,"date":"2023-05-08T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49150"},"modified":"2023-05-08T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:03:20","slug":"toyota-70-series-land-cruiser-getting-four-cylinder-turbodiesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49150","title":{"rendered":"Toyota 70-Series Land Cruiser getting four-cylinder turbodiesel – Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Released globally in 1984, the 70-Series Toyota Land Cruiser<\/a> is one of the oldest cars available new. It’s not ready to retire, it’s extremely popular in markets like Australia<\/a>, and the tried-and-true off-roader will reportedly receive mechanical updates in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Without citing sources, Australian publication Drive<\/em> wrote<\/a> that the 70-Series lineup will grow<\/a> with the addition of a 2.8-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder engine borrowed from the Hilux. The four will be marketed as a more efficient alternative to the 4.5-liter turbodiesel V8 that has powered the 70-Series since 2007, but the two engines will be sold side-by-side; the eight-cylinder will remain in production, Toyota<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n

The four-cylinder’s output hasn’t been confirmed. In the Hilux, it’s offered in three states of tune ranging from 201 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque to 221 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque. In comparison, the V8 posts figures of 202 and 317, respectively. And, downsizing will allegedly allow Toyota to offer the 70-Series with an automatic transmission for the first time since 1990. The firm could also take advantage of the four-cylinder’s smaller footprint to reduce the size of the front track, which grew when the V8 arrived.<\/p>\n

Other updates will accompany the mechanical changes, including a new infotainment system compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a Hilux-sourced steering wheel already fitted to some variants<\/a> of the 70-Series, and a handful of visual changes. We’re not expecting an extreme exterior makeover; the boxy design hasn’t changed much since 1984, and it’s part of what makes the 70-Series emblematic.<\/p>\n

Toyota hasn’t commented on the report, and it hasn’t revealed what’s next for the venerable 70-Series. All we know is that the model will stick around in the foreseeable future, and the Japanese company told Drive<\/em> that it will continue to offer a V8 engine “in the years ahead.” If the rumor<\/a> is accurate, we should learn more about the updates Toyota is making to its oldest and toughest SUV in the second half of 2023.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, putting a four-cylinder between the Land Cruiser’s<\/a> fenders will allow Toyota to sell the model in Japan<\/a> after a long hiatus. Don’t get your hopes up if you live in the United States: as of writing, nothing suggests that we’ll see the 70-Series on our shores anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Released globally in 1984, the 70-Series Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the oldest cars available new. It’s not ready to retire, it’s extremely popular in markets like Australia, and the tried-and-true off-roader will reportedly receive mechanical updates in the coming months. Without citing sources, Australian publication Drive wrote that the 70-Series lineup will grow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}