Thread: Toyota announced big Landcruiser spec change & price drops in USA

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Tested in the video below… there are several of these tests out there already (e.g. Ronnie Dahl) and they are all concluding the same, which is that the 4-cyl auto is not struggling at all compared to the V8 as most punters assume it would. In pretty much all the tests that I have watched so far, the 4-cyl has “won”. Having done a decent amount of hard yakka km in the 2.8 4-cyl, and many years working with the V8 here and in Aus, I kinda knew that would be the case. I simply have not experienced a performance deficit in the 4-cyl.

Bottom line is that there’s a lot of assumptions being made by fans of older, bigger engines, but the tech advances look like they have won the day and the small engine has superior metrics. I don’t buy the argument that the smaller engine will wear excessively. Toyota aren’t that dumb! Anyway, we will have forgotten all about this debate in a few years time because the V8 is on a 1-way ticket to retirement and before you know it to 2.8 will be the new normal.

Yeah man that's cool, as I said we have both the hilux and cruiser and there's definitely a big difference the rally truck in the trailer going to taupo you really feel it, 1st gear on the big hills in the 2.8, the cruiser is still pulling ahead and passing.
Shes comes in at 3.5 ton and it's big, 7m long 2.5m x 3m high with all our tools etc in it, we had a prado and the first 4x4 trail 2 years ago was in whakatane....when we got home we traded it, while it got us there and back I really felt sorry for the motor.
Just what I've found in real world heavy towing...but that's really what the cruiser was designed for.
When we are no longer doing lots of heavy towing would I still have cruiser? Probably not be more than happy with 2 hiluxes.


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