Toyota Announces New 2014 Land Cruiser

Toyota has introduced a series of improvements that give Land Cruiser new styling an improved interior and revised handling for the 2014 model year. The new design preserves the model's distinctive identity, while the new interior raises the quality, convenience and ease of use. The new front end is the stand-out feature of the 2014 Land Cruiser's new design. Toyota has introduced a more outstanding grille that marks an evolution of the previous arrangement of five parallel vertical bars, giving them a stronger appearance and sinking them into the upper edge of the new, deeper front bumper.

OneShift Editorial Team

05 Sep 2013

The new headlamp clusters and daytime running lights now form a single unit with the grille and the entire structure is set higher, making it less vulnerable to damage when driving off-road. The lamp units incorporate the high and low beam lights, turn indicators and DRLs; halogen or LED headlights and DRLs will be offered, according to grade. In a neat touch, the units feature discreet Land Cruiser branding and a contrasting black and powder-coated aluminium internal finish.

At the rear the lamp clusters have been redesigned with clear lens blocks and red accents and the license plate surround has been rendered more prominent. New 17 and 18-inch wheel designs have been introduced and the range of exterior colours will include a number of new mica finishes.

The new 2014 Land Cruiser’s cabin gains new trims and detailing that raise the overall tactile and perceived quality. The dashboard has been redesigned with a focus on making the vehicle’s drive systems easier to access and monitor. The centre console gains a new switch panel that brings together the controls for the on and off-road driving technologies. These include a new selector dial for the five-mode Multi-Terrain Select and five-step Crawl Control, flanked by switches for the all-wheel drive and Adaptive Variable Suspension.

The Land Cruiser will continue to use its proven 188bhp 3.0-litre turbo diesel engine, matched to a five-speed automatic transmission. The four-cylinder, 16-valve unit has been revised to meet Euro 5+ emissions standards, but with no decrease in performance: 420Nm of torque is available from 1,600 to 3,000rpm and zero to 62mph acceleration is accomplished in 10.2 seconds (three-door) or 11.0 seconds (five-door); CO2 emissions have been reduced slightly to 209 and 214g/km for the three and five-door models respectively.

The new 2014 Land Cruiser retains the classic body-on-frame construction that helps define its exceptional off-road ability. This ruggedness doesn’t mean a sacrifice in the kind of comfort customers require for day-to-driving and Toyota has gone further, making details adjustments to the suspension to achieve an even better balance of stability and ride quality. This applies both to the standard set-up and the Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System featured on higher grade models.

Take a closer look at the 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser in our gallery.

Credits: Oneshift News Team