Yahoo Autos Toyota Land Cruiser reportedly retiring from the American market after 2021
Act fast if you want to explore the outdoors in a new Toyota Land Cruiser. It seems 2021 will be the current-generation SUV's last model year on the American market, according to a recent report, and it's not coming back.
An anonymous dealer source confirmed the off-roader's demise to Motor Authority. "Unfortunately it's gone, which I'm pretty bummed about. It's a punch to the gut for all of us enthusiasts who love the product. There's no illusion it's coming back, and it's completely dead for the moment, " the incognito employee told the publication.
Toyota hasn't confirmed the report, and it hasn't revealed what's next for the 13-year old SUV. All we know at this point is that the Heritage Edition model (pictured) introduced for the 2020 model year is back for 2021, and it's available with three rows of seats. Classic Silver and Magnetic Gray joined black and white on the Heritage Edition's color palette. The entry-level Land Cruiser priced at $86,880 entered the 2021 model year unchanged.
If the report is accurate, it announces the end of one of America's longest-running nameplates. Toyota created its American division on October 31, 1957, and it started selling cars the following year. It sold merely 288 vehicles in the United States in 1958, and only one was a Land Cruiser. Unrestored, it's displayed in a Utah museum.
Motorists who want a big, burly off-roader with Toyota genes won't be entirely out of luck. Lexus will continue selling the LX, its version of the Land Cruiser, in the foreseeable future, according to a post on enthusiast forum IH8MUD that has since been taken down. It will reportedly downsize from a 5.7-liter V8 to a turbocharged V6.
