2025 Toyota Land Cruiser streamlines its lineup
The 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser, reintroduced to the U.S. as a 2024 model, will arrive at dealers in late October essentially unchanged.
Last year's top-of-the-line First Edition has served its purpose, leaving only the base grade Land Cruiser 1958 and the unnamed grade above it, priced at $57,900 and $63,900, respectively. Both prices include a $1,450 destination charge. This is a $455 price increase over the comparable 2024 model.
The 1958 grade, named for the year the Land Cruiser debuted in the U.S., includes heated front seats, an 8.0-inch touchscreen, a 7.0-inch digital meter cluster, wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, a 6 speaker audio system and other standard features. Higher-end Land Cruiser grades come with a 12.3-inch touchscreen and instrument cluster and a 10-speaker audio system.
The optional Premium package for the Land Cruiser adds digital room mirrors, a heads-up display, a moonroof, a cooled center console bin, a 14-speaker JBL audio system, and leather seats.
All Land Cruisers use the same hybrid powertrain: a 2.4-liter turbo four combined with an electric motor that produces 326 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque. This output is transmitted via an eight-speed automatic transmission and standard full-time four-wheel drive with a two-speed electronically shifted transfer case. A disconnectable front stabilizer bar is also available.
The U.S.-spec Land Cruiser, known as the 250 Series, is smaller than the 300 Series sold in other markets, but is based on a derivative of the same TNGA-F body-on-frame platform. This platform is also shared with several other models sold in the U.S. market, including the similarly sized Lexus GX and Toyota 4Runner. With these two off-road SUVs also in the lineup, perhaps Toyota does not need an extensive lineup of Land Cruiser trim levels.
