Toyota has launched its new 300 Collection LandCruiser with a spread of real equipment for house owners that like to customize their automobiles to swimsuit their necessities.
The producer recognises the tens of millions of {dollars} that house owners of four-wheel drive automobiles spend with aftermarket suppliers on equipment and would like to get a piece of that cash on high of the car buy.
The profit to car house owners in shopping for real Toyota equipment for his or her automobile is that the equipment are then lined by the identical manufacturing unit guarantee because the automobile itself.
Again in Might once we acquired a preview of the 300 with a drive of a prototype car, we have been impressed to see that it was fitted with an aluminium bullbar, Warn winch and roof racks. Just like the automobiles themselves, the equipment went by means of in depth growth course of which included prototyping and miles of on- and off-road testing.
Work on the brand new LandCruiser’s metal and aluminium bullbars started in 2015, across the identical time as growth of the automobile itself, with engineers specializing in power and regulation compliance. Airflow for cooling was additionally essential because the 300’s twin intercoolers are positioned behind both aspect of the entrance bumper, slightly below the LED headlights.
UPDATE, October 14 2021: The LC300 has now made its correct Australian debut, and you’ll learn and watch our full first-drive assessment right here.

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The result’s a alternative of aluminium or metal bullbars for the 300, the latter out there in both a plain black end or painted to match the physique color. Each bars are capable of settle for an electrical winch, with the accredited winch being a Warn unit fitted with artificial rope. The 9000kg winch is hid by a flip-up quantity plate when not in use.
The bullbars scale back the 300’s method angle from the usual 32° to twenty-eight.5°, whereas it improved on the 24° of the Sahara fashions.
The bars even have a slot in them designed to simply accept a factory-approved gentle bar. The 120W gentle bar utilises 24 LEDs in a mixture of spot and flood beams, and is fitted with a breather for occasions when it’s dunked in water, whereas holding water and mud out. Like the opposite equipment, the sunshine bar has been extensively examined for sturdiness and resistance to the weather.
All LC300s above the GX specification are fitted with manufacturing unit roof rails which may then be fitted with a new-design roof tray that in flip could be outfitted with a spread of equipment to mount varied masses and sports activities gadgets.

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The LC300 GX could be fitted with a three-bar rack that additionally accepts the brand new roof tray and equipment. The roof is rated to hold 92kg on GX fashions and 90kg on the higher-spec variants.
Different real Toyota equipment that may enchantment to consumers desirous to take their Cruiser off street embrace a 5mm aluminium underbody bash plate that mounts below the bullbar to guard elements below the automobile from injury and 8000kg-rated restoration factors that mount on to the chassis.
There’s additionally a real air-intake snorkel out there; the LC300’s wading depth is 700mm with or with out the snorkel.
Many house owners will selected a LandCruiser for its 3500kg towing capability and the 300 has its tow bar built-in behind the chassis and the wiring for towing is included with the usual loom.
With the enduring recognition of the LandCruiser mannequin, we count on the aftermarket to leap in and develop their very own ranges of equipment for the brand new mannequin however with supply of automobiles being severely restricted for the foreseeable future, they may take a bit longer than regular to get their package to market. Non accredited non-genuine equipment should not lined by the car’s manufacturing unit guarantee.