Today I sat in a 2010 year Toyota Landcruiser 76. I was going to change my wheels to winter wheels at a 4x4 shop in the bush. I was very happy when I saw a Landcruiser 76 as they are rather rare in Sweden and in Europe and are not for sale in Europe any more. The LC 76 is one of the cool 4x4 out there and by many considered to be the best overland vehicle out there.
Outside I was happy to see one my first impression was it was not so big that I thought it to be. I dont know what trim it was, only it is a 2010 year model. I opened and looked inside and sat in the rear and in the fronts to get a feeling and looking at the cargo area. My feeling was it was airier with more headspace than my JK unlimited and had much larger windows. Everything on the inside is very small, the doors and panels are less thick than a Wrangler, the dash is almost half the depth of the Wrangler dash, the seats are not so big and thick as the Wrangler seats. As everything? is smaller inside and I think that internal weight of the stuff is much lighter than the wrangler inside stuff is and that is offcourse good for more storage and for more payload. The payload is twice that the Wrangler has and it has leaf springs in the back.
I was sadly little bit disapointed, I thought it would be little bit nicer on the inside. It felt like a Toyota starlet that I had year 1987, it looks very cheap and outdated.
If I lived in a country that sell booth, would I consider the LC 76 over the Wrangler? No way. I dont need twice the payload and I would not want to pay even more for a outdated vehicle compared to the cheaper Wrangler.
I do understand that it aint for sale in US or in Europe, it would not sell so many.
I do hope the come with a more modern LC76, I mean in some way they have nice specs like factory snorkel, huge gas tank, factory lockers, and I think dualbattery setup.
I took some picture
It has a lift and alot of other addons
Vinyl seats
One cup holder and no cubby box.
When I was leaving saw this cute Landrover 88 from year 1970
