Want a new 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser SUV? Well, you can’t have one. Toyota decided to not bring the new one stateside because its annual sales numbers didn’t justify the cost of federalizing it. So, you’ll have to settle for a 2022 Lexus LX 600, which is a Land Cruiser with elitist airs. It employs the same TNGA-F platform also used the redesigned Land Cruiser, Toyota Tundra and forthcoming Toyota Sequoia.
Last year, Toyota sold 3,711 Land Cruisers vs. 8,070 Sequoia SUVs. What accounts for the discrepancy in sales? It could be price. The 2021 Land Cruiser’s MSRP easily breaches Lexus territory at $87,030, a price the Lexus LX undercuts at $86,930, as does the Sequoia at $52,465.
"Just by virtue of the vehicle being fundamentally based on the new Land Cruiser, I think we have a very credible argument to Toyota Land Cruiser customers who are looking for the next generation to consider Lexus,” said Vinay Shahani, Vice-President of Lexus Marketing during a recent interview.
