I Drive EVERY Toyota Land Cruiser Ever Sold In The U.S. To Find Out Which Is Best!
( www.TFLcar.com ) The Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the most iconic names in offroad. From the FJ40, to the 80 series to the brand new models there have been many changes from 6 cylinder to big V8's. Aside from maybe Jeep and the Wrangler it takes some series hardware to beat a land cruiser off-road, and when it comes to longevity nothing touches these truly well made old Toyota's. But which model is best and why? Tommy drives all these old rigs to find out which of these SUV's take the cake as being the best in history.
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I tried to like this video twice, great job!
I clicked the like button 4 times.
@Jose Martinez they probably dislike their car
My dad bought two 60 series LCs in the early 80’s. Learned to drive on them...he still owns them to this day. One has 895,000 miles, one has 30,000 miles. Nothing but regular maintenance on the high mileage one, still driven daily, has never broken down...incredible vehicles.
Diesel or petrol?
895K miles is insane. I heard the new 250 series only lasts 100K before issues
You guys in the US have to come down to Australia and see our 79 series
Omg the 79 land cruiser four door pick up is my all time fav land cruise is sad we can’t get them here
i was literally checking for the 79
We have those here in Honduras. They are very rigid and uncomfortable, very expensive. Altbough it will last a lifetime almost.
Damn, I hate you
@@jw715 why
The Iron pig brings back memories. Went honeymooning for a fortnight in one near on 40 yrs ago in Tropical Queensland. So durable ! It even outlasted the wife! ;-)
I had one as well, until it rusted away. I thought the roof was going to come off, hahaha
Thank you boomer, very cool.
LOL
I love saying fortnight 😏
When you get the victory royal in your land cruiser.
Being a huge Land Cruiser fan, this has to be one of the best videos you have done. Can you guys stop buying the other off road crappy vehicles and finally pick up an FJ60 or the best one, the FJ80fzj for a long term off road rig.
sfakach t “off-road crappy vehicles”. The diversity of content is why I enjoy their channel. If you remove these “crappy” vehicles than how would average people know the limits on an average car. When they showed the capabilities of the Volkswagen i was very impressed and actually considered buying one. Something I would have never of thought.
I searched and found a model called fjz80, is that what you mean? Why is it the best?
Huey Sharapova 80 series are the best because they are unstoppable off road. 5 time winner of the Paris to Dakar rally. They are cheaper now because they are getting a bit older, but they are still probably the best 4 wheel drives of all time
Crazy thing is, these are only the U.S.released models. The rest of the world has so many others.
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Sad but true
Every version had a corresponding Diesel LC. Noticed you started with a later FJ40. I just traded away my 1967 (rust free desert) FJ40 with the 350 Chevy conversion, great vehicle, but a monster to turn without power steering. I moved up to a 2002 series 100 with only 130,000 miles. We both felt like we got a great deal on the even trade. Also, you didn't mention that all (or is it most) LCs have a white roof to pay homage to the original white fiberglass, riveted roof.
The pickup versions you get here in Southern Africa are EPIC
These aren't all of them that were sold in the US either, you could get the long wheelbase 45 series for a short time in the 60s and a higher HP version of the 60 series called the 62 in the 80s for example.
Q: Which Land Cruiser is the best? A: Yes.
Can't go wrong with any of the first three! But I would take any of them!
I remember an article in a magazine, some years back: Testing in the most harsh areas of the Ausie Outback...the usual suspects; Mercedes Benz, Land Rover, the Toyota LC, and something else, Jeep maybe ? By the end of the article, the Benz and Rover were falling apart, etc...same for the third vehicle...but, the Toyota L.C., was running strong like nothing ever happened. Truly, an incredible vehicle
The 200 series is incredible too. In a world with a million Yukon Denalis and Escalades the 200 is the ultimate stealth wealth.
I would have and Escalade more than a 200 series.
@@joshuakurian5994 What would you rather have in 10 years? 20 years?
The 100 & 200 Series will still be running, in 10, 20 or more years...the Escalade, will be replaced by the "next new thing"
I have 80series manual with 4.2 diesel engine. I have owned around 140 vehicles and this is the one that I’ll never sell . Best vehicle ever made.
1hz?
I hope its a 1hdt
I wish my 80 was a diesel/manual
@@alexbazurto6775 the petrol manuals go good and are not a complete slug compared to the 1hz 80's
@CNend the price and reliability. The extra fuel it uses is compensated by the power it makes and how much it cost in the end
I have a poor man's LC, the 4.7 V8 2003 4Runner. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Over 200K miles and going strong.
Had a 1996 80s series with factory lockers. That thing was an amazing refined beast. Engine was bullet proof & never burned a drop of oil. If a tire was on the ground, it was going through whatever was in its way. Had it for 10yrs, put almost 200k hard miles on it & never had any problems whatsoever. Sold it with 277k miles on it for almost what I paid. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Period!
I passed a pristine Iron Pig (orange and cream) on the freeway yesterday. It was spectacular! I have to be content with my 62 and 80. Long live the 3FE.
Galen Anderson 3FE POWAAAA
100 series 🙌🏻 I love mine. I have had it since new in 2005 and have 277,000 miles on it! Never had any issues
The 80 Series is my favorite, although I would love to have a manual transmission in it. An 80 series manual would be perfect..
In Australia, alot of diesel models come with them. In-fact, it is kind of rare to see one with an auto.
CMDR Nacho Man of course they put an automatic in the us nobody would want that garbage in other countries, specially in a land cruiser. It is a crime.
I have a 1990 80 series, love it. It is a TD with manual, leather, triple diff locks, aftermarket part time 4WD kit and a big turbo! It surprises every single person who takes a ride in it. Could do with a taller top gear tho.
In Aus, all the cruisers besides the 200 and most petrol versions had a manual, and as far as I'm aware, the factory diesel/turbo diesel 80 series only came in manual.
I have a line on an 80 and a 100. I'm leaning 100....but, DAMN, that 80 looks SO good. Just the "right lines" on the exterior. So perfectly proportioned...just something right about it. I'm an older guy, so the refinement of the 100 might win out, but that 80 really tugs at the heart strings.
13:10 Agreed. At $90,000 an SUV reaches the chilled champagne threshold.
He's way off with the price of a diesel 200 series in Oz. A basic GX drive away street price is about 75-80,000AUD well under 60,000USD. Top of the line Sahara about 130-140,000 AUD or under 100,000USD
The 70 series will always be my favorite.
Wish we got them in the states
No honerable mention of the 70 series still in production? :(
Yes still just does not come to north-america, not much change happen since 1990 .
Americans will ruin the 70 series if comes to America with their unnecessary modifications so you should be thankful the Yanks can't get them in the US
@@davidkamqwerty2346 imagine caring about what someone else does with their own vehicle they spent their money on. 🤡
80 Series it's my favorite, in fact I have a special 80 series edition 1997 40th aniversary
So glad to see a vid of this... drooled over these when they showed up to my shop! “Cruiser outfitters”
What a fantastic video! I couldn't help but notice that when Tommy is featured in a video, the quality is immeasurably better than the majority of others published on TFL.
Tommy's my favorite reviewer on YT. Always fun, always knowledgeable. 🤙🤙🤙
I love my 100-series from 2006, it has the 4.2 L 1HD FTE straight six, amazing engine - especially coupled with that 5-speed auto. It’s also very modern, and every time I look at it, I’m grateful for owning it!
I live in Venezuela. We got the 80 series until 2007 because it was so good. I have a 2006 manual 4.5. 120k km. And it is the best car ever made. Love it.
80 series is the best! Coil springs, solid front and rear axle, 3 lockers.
105's are also great. They are effectively a 100 series body on a 80 series chassis with an 80 series motor [yet the age of a 100].
80 & 200 series Actually, my favorite is the 70 series, but it was not available in the US I learned to drive drive in a 1989 Land Cruiser 70 series
How about having one imported?
70 series are not so good at offroading..
Okay so I must have drove past this fleet of LCs the other week in Utah. I thought I was tripping out when I saw every generation drive past the other direction in just a quarter mile.
Awesome video! The best video I have seen about the beloved Toyota Land Cruiser. So cool to drive them back to back.
Love the Ace Ventura reference, awesome video, congrats Tommy.
Great video guys - way to show all the series of one of the best vehicles ever made. Thank you!
I had an 80 series and have a 200 series now. The 80 series was the first LC that looked "cool", and it was a tank. Skipped the 100 series, but the 200 series gives you the comfort of an easy chair along with the power to go over or through anything. But I still miss the 1993 LC I had.
I'm a bit jealous you got to drive them all! Great video!
Great soundtrack, it’s elevating to the beautiful videography!
Awesome videos guys! I can’t get enough of Land Cruisers. I have a 1980 HJ45 and 1987 FJ62 converted to a 12ht.
Hi Tommy, the first vehicle I ever drove was my dad’s 1977 FJ55. I actually got a little misty eyed watching your video because it was even the same two-tone green/white. So many amazing memories were made with that vehicle! Off road, camping trips, road trips, fishing, it was noisy and not super comfortable but did it ever make an impression. I now own an FJ cruiser which I absolutely love! I think you guys should do more FJ content and do some mild mods to yours. Thanks for all the great videos!
Great video. I'm now obsessed with land cruisers!
I love the 60 and 80 series LCs. They look simple but clean. Like the XJ jeeps also, the boxy look appeals to me.
Same here. I have a Jeep XJ but I'd love to have a 60 Series Land Cruiser to go with it!
I've got to admit that my favorite is the old Iron Pig. In my younger days, I had a 76 FJ-40 which was fun, but my daily driver was my '69 FJ-55. It was a beast that made me feel like it could climb a tree, was a smoother ride than the 40 because of the wheel base, and had a lot of room in the back for hauling dogs (I had 3 greyhounds at the time). It even had an electric rear window! It's true that it wasn't a modern vehicle and lacked creature comforts, but it inspired confidence with it's brute force approach to design. On top of all that, the original Toyota F engine sat in the middle of a cavernous engine compartment that gave more than ample room to get in and work on it unlike later versions where the motor was a bit more wedged in. My only complaints were that it was a 3 speed and it had poorly designed 4 drum brakes- each drum had 2 cylinders and the lines had no portioning valves, making them a huge pain to adjust. Those things aside, I loved that truck.
80 SERIES!!! Gr8 video. Landcruisers Rock!!
Great Job Tommy!!! I love the newest ones!
My two favorites are the 80 series with 4.5 engine and manual transmission and the 70 series again with the 4.5 engine and manual transmission. I used to have a 1981 40 series with the 2f engine and a 1998 4.5lt 70 series, the true king off road.
I'd have to say the FJ40 is my favorite. There's a shop down here in South Florida that takes and restores these old Land Cruisers. They sure look cool
I bought a FZJ GXL manual brand new in 1995 with the aim of using it for family AND off-road. Quarter of a century later, still got it, still go off-roading and love it.
Well made video! The best by far. The legend and history of the Land Cruiser is the true culmination of an offroad beast.
The best most reliable suv of all time !!
Great journalism. Interesting, fun... I agree with your pick. Love that truck!
I already own a 100, but I'm planning on adding an 80.
Get a 60
80s are amazing, love mine
Shopping through LCs, FJCs, LX470s, GX470s and certain 4Runners...glad I came across this vid. Helps my search with more info.
Drove an 80 series for 25 years and loved it. Just upgraded to 100 series and love it too. But especially love the power of the V8 over the straight six.
Wow!! , when you closed the door on the 2004 UZJ100 Land Cruiser, it was such a good solid thump.👍
Very thorough review on all these, well done . The 100 series is definitely the bargain buy for me if I ever decide to leave my 4runner 4th gen
All of them! Great video
I have 100 series and i love it. It has only 120,000 miles on it and i feel like it will last a life time. Love LC.
100 series is the best bang for the $ and also has the best on road and off road balance.
No, 80 is the best.
@@svein-haraldribland8559very slow and very thirsty. Gotta have the V8, more power, more mpg.
Great info on the history of the Land Cruiser
Great video 👍, I currently own a 2015 land cruiser and it has been great and has 81k miles and no problems
Y’all nailed this video👍
One of the Best review I ever seen
You have me drooling. That museum was awesome
Maybe the best video you've ever done...good job!
That feeling when you can’t buy any of those 😭🤧
No kidding its hard to justify the cost for a old truck or pay 80k and take it off road
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if you can't buy it build it
You can pick up a 1fz 105 series cruiser for 5-8k
@@elementstudios 105 was never offered in the U.S.
I'm a Jeep guy and that was a great video Tommy. Tommy you should take care of all the off road videos. You seem know your stuff best in your office.
Excellent intro, gave me a good chuckle when you were revealed to be driving in an upscale neighborhood. LOL
Awesome video great job
Great video, you got a taste of why most Land Cruiser owners end up owning several of them and are life long enthusiasts. There is no bad Land Cruiser model but the 55 series is my favorite.
oh how I am jealous...great vid!
I love them all, but the 80 is my fave.
Took our 200 series LC off road, and all of the jeeps there were so surprised about how capable it was.
My dad bought a brand new 84 FJ60 back when I was a kid and my sis and I loved the Landcruiser! We definitely went everywhere on it! The FJ80 was awesome but my family got the Lexus LX450 version instead.
I like 60 too, this was the 1st land cruiser in my life i have ever seen and sitting in.
My favorite Land Crusier is the FJ62
Awesome video!
Great video!
The j100 is so Nostalgic to the early 2000's!
Indeed. I like the J05's myself, the 100's but with solid front axle and part-time 4wd.
Love the video but just have to add you forgot the one model that actually was the crossover between the more utilitarian models and the more modern. It’s the fj62 not fj80. Had power windows, power antenna, power locks, rear heat, 4spd auto, and 1st with fuel injection. It was the crossover between the older to the more modern models.
Jacob Carrillo 1988, yes.
I had a 40 and a 55, loved the 55 but here in the UK you were always chasing rot on the body, chassis solid as a rock, I did two engine rebuilds chasing oil leaks and trying to get more power but I loved it and would have another one if I could find a rust free one, more chance of getting a Unicorn.
I have the 200 series (new one) and I absolutely love it, the best SUV in the world no contest. Range Rover and everything else are unreliable over priced SUVs
Free you Can sag this if you ever drove a landrover.
Nizzan Patrol is even or up
Nice video! The 3FE was plenty fine in the FJ62, it just was a dog in the early 80 series because of the full time 4wd. I just rebuilt the head on my FJ62 (P.O. cracked it after it overheated) which has 220k miles on it and the compression is still factory spec. Drives great! That's now my main rig. Even more so than my 40.
LOL love the entro with you bouncing around like Ace Ventura.
Love my solid axle 105 series here in Oz.
Great selection and great video!!! The 80 for me please.
The 100 series all the way! You could get them used cheap enough, whether you get the Toyota or the Lexus (LX470) version.
Excellent video.
Love the video! Would love to see the same concept with land rover.
This video was an instant watch for me, the fact that this is 1 year old and I’m only seeing it now and the 215k views on a video which should have 1m plus tells me your got algorithm’d. Repost this as new content and people will flock to this awesome vid!!
We had a 1978 fj55. In 1993 my wife and I drove our two kids (aged 2, and 7 months, respectively) from Olympia WA to Punta Gorda Belize, where we lived for a year and a half. It was an amazing truck. We absolutely loved it. Of course, it was so loud that you couldn't hear the kids crying in the backseat, which was an added bonus. Wish we could have kept it, but it was too impractical when we came back home to The States.
I agree I’m starting around the word trip with my LC62 it’s just amazing car
Excellent educational and professional video. Many thanks to you for your time efforts and research. I like each and every one of them. While serving Department of Forests, Wildlife, Fisheries and Tourism until 1990, I had the privilege to drive most of them models. I have witnessed Land Cruisers perform unbelievable in extremely difficult terrain and circumstances. Logging operations, timber harvesting down slippery slopes in the Himalayas, Kashmir, flooded plains and forests of Punjab, almost submerged in marshlands, etc. Unbelievable reliability and easy maintenance is a trademark of Toyota and Lexus. Thanks for your video. Excellent indeed! Sincerely Babur Ejaz Thanks a lot.
The series 100 is my favorite but...that 80 is nice as well!
Awesome video good to see all the land cruisers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Star
I thought the high end German makes had a patent on reducing content and increasing the price.
Dan Troop The Germans give you more content but they make it unreliable
I'm finally getting serious about fixing up my 1991 Fj80 series. It's been sitting idle for almost 2 years now. In the mechanics shop presently getting a fuel pump (genuine Toyota parts). Just ordered a set of tires on EBay for it. Clear coat is in rough shape. Only 160k miles on it. Spent $1,400 on new front axle bearings/seals a couple years ago.... may as well get it back to usable condition. But at 10 mpg...I won't be taking any long trips to west TX in it. Great Video...!!!
Still driving an xj70 3.5l 5 cyl DSL Shorty and still loving it. Rides on m/t Goodyear 17" made it more comfy. Working on the paint job next. Hello from Qld Australia.
Fj 60 is my childhood, I learned how to drive in a 85 model, now 10 years later I own my own fj62 and I'm still in love with jf
Well done! I've owned an '84 - 60 series, a '92 - 80 series and now a 2013 - 200 series. I enjoy a great manual transmission and that 60 series would go through a great deal, but I feel that the 200 series, with it's hydraulically flexible sway bars will do the same thing - as long as you put some good tires on it. The 60 series also was made to tow an ATV trailer and our trips were slow! I've pulled a great deal with the 200 series and it is a fine hauler as well. I installed some airbags on the rear to help with the leveling under load. That 5.7 is my favorite engine. The 80 series was nice inside and a solid rig, but was really heavy and a dog with that engine prior to the reworking that Toyota did in '93.
Super Cool!!! Awesome video guys. I have a weird special spot for Toyota land cruisers
Great job!
Great vid, I'm wandering do you ever get the 105 series (in short is a 80 series chassis with a 100 body) excellent mix
I really enjoyed this review of going through the years of the Toyota Land Cruiser👍, do you guy have any new information on whether or not if Toyota will put the T.J. Cruiser into production?🤔🤞
Great video! Love to see the progression of this channel.
You did well babying those trucks