New LC70 serie in Australia...another dream truck we won't see here -V8 Turbo Diesel!

[Christian P.]

-4.5 litre V8 turbo diesel engine
-Variable vane turbocharger with intercooler
-DOHC (Direct Over Head Camshafts) with 32 valves with common-rail direct injection
-151kW power Over 20% better than the previous Turbo Diesel
-Fuel economy (L/100Km)* 11.9L Troop Carrier & Wagon, Cab Chassis 11.5L
-Class leading 430Nm of torque
-Meets strict Euro IV emission standards
-5 speed manual transmission with High/Low range
-Over 1500km range for vehicles fitted with 180L tanks (Cab Chassis and Troop Carrier)
-Extended 8-model line-up

http://www.lc70.toyota.com.au

V8 Turbo Diesel, over 20 mpg, 1500 km range.

Makes me want to cry.

I need to move to Australia.

Christian

 

[Ursidae69]

:drool: :drool:

 

[CLynn85]

Makes me want to cry indeed.

 

[kcowyo]

Mmmmm...hood scoop, snorkel and updated grill. Nice! :bowdown:

 

[RAM5500 CAMPERTHING]

Awesome truck!

IMHO though the older style back with the new Taco style front looks quite odd!

I wouldnt let that bother too much though! :smiley_drive:

 

[Skillet]

Holy moly.

The dirty things I would do to that rig...

 

[hoser]

Looks great with a few accessories...

 

[mountainpete]

<drool>

 

[Redline]

Yes, would someone please give us a few good 4x4s with a nice factory installed turbo-diesel under the bonnet in a few years!

I'm partially holding my breath as I think a couple choices might actually materialize in the coming years. That is, I think the diesels are coming, how good the 4x4 platform will be is possibly the more difficult question. Mercedes will have their 3.0L Bluetech in their new SUV this year, and VW has offered the V10 TDI Touareg for $55,000.00! Neither car is what I'm looking for in a 4x4 nor have enough aftermarket support to make them better.

 

[ChuckB]

not fair not fair not fair (trying to sound like a three yr old!!)

 

[Diesel Joe]

Bastards! What's that engine called?

 

[adventureduo]

:drool:

 

[Ryanmb21]

:drool: :drool:

That thing is sweet! IF we ever got those over here? How much would they cost in American dollars?

 

[pismo62]

After looking at the brochere, I'm thinking I should smuggle one back here. :drool:

 

[oonimog]

Hi guys,
I recently returned from a few weeks in Africa and saw these:

The Troopie was one of maybe 50 identical trucks sitting at the port of Tunis. Nice truck but strange that Toyota decided to stick with leaf springs in the back and that they've gone to a plastic front bumper. It's just cosmetic, but I prefer the previous version's round headlights. Another thing that's odd are the tires as they are Dunlop sand service (same tread as Michelin XS) but don't seem to be available in the rest of the world.

Take a look under the front end of the 100 Series (actually a 105) and you'll see that it uses a solid axle. I believe that Africa is about the only place that this is still available. It also had a full floating rear, another thing we don't get.

The last picture is of a Defender based small dump truck. It uses an electric pump to drive the hydraulic dump cylinder, similar to a pickup mounted snow plow. Really nice little unit.

All cool trucks, too bad we can't get them here.

OO