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Toyota LandCruiser Altitude special edition released

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By Tim Beissmann
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The special edition Toyota LandCruiser Altitude has been launched in Australia, adding more than $4000 in extra features to the full-size four-wheel drive.

The LandCruiser 200 Series Altitude is priced from $90,490, making it $2000 more expensive than the GXL diesel variant on which it is based.

For the extra cash, the Toyota LandCruiser Altitude adds 18-inch alloy wheels (including a full-size alloy spare), roof rails, black leather-accented interior, premium steering wheel and gearshift knob, electric front seats, a cooler box and Altitude badging.

Five exterior colours are available: Shimmer, Graphite, Silver Pearl, Eclipse Black and Crystal Pearl – the latter two previously reserved for the more expensive VX and Sahara model grades.

The LandCruiser Altitude special edition carries over its powertrain from the GXL, pairing a 195kW/650Nm 4.5-litre V8 diesel with a six-speed automatic transmission that sends power to all wheels at all times.

Toyota LandCruiser SUV sales are up 36.9 per cent across Australia so far this year, surging from 4729 units to 6473. The LandCruiser has a 76.3 per cent share of the upper large SUV segment, which is a two-way battle between it and the Nissan Patrol.


 

  • Henry Toussaint

    Why does it have to be so expensive though?

    • Rick

      Because of the badge . Toyota buyers will always buy Toyota no matter how overpriced or bad they are

    • ABCDEFG

      It is because it costs that much to produce unlike some cars such as BMWs.

      Toyota Land Cruiser in Aus $90,000.
      Toyota Land Cruiser in the USA $75,000.

      BMW M5 in Aus $240,000.
      BMW M5 in the USA $90,000.

      • Blahblach

        Look at a few other options out there.
        Grand Cherokee Overland? 75K with better CRD engine and more gear.

  • Daniel

    So much money for a car with one of the worst interiors in the motoring industry and just generally so undesirable! I don’t understand why people buy them!

    • Zaccy16

      Exactly! The should be around $60,000 because of the rubbish interior and primitive suspension and steering, it may be good off road but if all you want to do is go off road why not by a used one?

    • Force-15

      The badge and its reputation. That’s why. Although most people who purchase owning one would only ever dream of going off-road and spend the rest of their time terrorising other drivers in the city/suburbs with its size and weight. (The same thing goes for other *retch* “SUV’s”.)

      • Aussiewog

        You obviously don’t get out of the city much.  Do you understand that the 4wd/camping scene is massive in this country and is only getting larger?  There’s more people using their SUV’s and 4wd’s offroad than you care to imagine* (Eastern suburbs yummy mummy’s excluded)

        But hey each to their own.  I never understood the thrill of driving ‘performance cars’ around town, only to sit in traffic and parade in front of Westfield.

    • Henry Toussaint

      People buy them to go off road, but most of them are used on road and there are cheaper real 4×4′s with Low range like the grand vitara or pajero…

      • Noddy of Toyland

        You can hear the Pajero from a kilometre away, and the Vitara is cheap in quality but not in price.

  • Springvale Boi

    Toyota LandCruiser Altitude adding more than $4,000 in extra features. But it is $2000 more expensive than the GXL variant on which it is based.

    The thing is, there are vey little or almost no discount on the limited edititions such as the Altitude. With the main stream GXL, you can get about $5,000+ discount. So you get $4,000 in extra features, but pay $7,000+ over the GXL. The limited editions thingy are just marketing spin to rake in more profits for the car companies.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

    Those wheels are huge, I wonder how much the tyres cost?

    • Noddy of Toyland

      A female friend gave the owner of the tyre shop a bow-job and got tyres for her Cruiser for free. The things you have to do…

    • MK

      $500.

  • sam123

    I’m still at a loss to understand how they are so expensive AND continue to sell so well.  Then consider that many owners then put 10k+ of aftermarket accessories on them.   Its nice to see some people have lots of money to spend.  Good luck to them.

    • TG

      Simple, cashed-up/horse bogans.

      • Aussiewog

        What’s the other option, a Patrol?  The design hasn’t changes in over a decade?

        Oh and please don’t say Land Rover – anyone in 4wd’ing circles know’s better than to trust their fate to this brand (unless your mechanically minded and can fix an issue in the middle of no-where)

  • Rick

    After owning a 200 series , I can tell you go buy anything else . they’ve got the build quality of a great wall and the reliability of a 1980 Holden camira . Spend the extra cash and buy a euro . If your concerned about going off road save some money and buy a Nissan patrol

    • Aussiewog

      Hey Rick, you think the Nissan 3l turbo diesel is reliable?  And as for buying Euro – you must be joking.  The LandRover is so damn unreliable it’s not funny.  Not an option if your travelling the Simpson etc.   

      • Rick

        After all the problems I had with the cruiser , it’s not an option either

  • Wile E Coyote

    This price with only 5% import duty!

    Clearly the consumer is being ripped off

  • Fpvgs302

    Quite simply, nothing else on the market comes close to build quality, power, reliability, and comfort. If you think Toyota suspension is outdated check the competition out. Jeep drag their bums going into maccas, Nissan have not only not changed shape, they’ve changed nothing. The 3litre motor is reasonably reliable but the rest of the drive train excluding the diff is basically 2nd rate. Pajero’s are not even close in any department.
    And the biggest selling point of the landcruiser is now and always has been the resale.

  • Action113

    New y62 Patrol looks and goes really nice . Looking at trading up from a 09 LC200. Anyone out there got a new Patrol ?

  • Blathudda

    I buy Toyotas for a couple of  reasons.
     Resale value and off road credentials,size, build quality, reliability, torque, horsepower and towing capacity. The Toyota Landcruiser ticks all of these boxes. All of the other makes can only satisfy some of these requirements. Jeep?, poor resale. Nissan?, reliability and torque. Landrover, forget it. Pajero? Unitary construction and you cant open the back door with a trailer on. Euro? Water crossings, no low range and poor re-sale.

    I am not a cashed up horse bogan but we use our fourbys for what they were made to do. Drive long distances on poor or non existent roads. Tow 3 tonnes worth of trailer and get us home.