A 200, yes. It uses the 4.0L V6 in the Prado.cclearman said:
Just saw a late model in China with
G.X.R and V6
Rear Badging
No way it's really a V6 right?
He is saying the GX is not based on the Land Cruiser, it is based on a Prado (smaller, less bling - midsize). The LX series is based on the Land Cruiser and is the comparable vehicle.AustinCountyAg said:
That's what I meant. What separates the two to justify the price difference?
Yup, and I was part of the problem - I was deadset on a 100 series with the Land Cruiser badge and not the LX470 badge. Not very logical, but thats what I wanted. A friend of mine just went the LX470 route to get his daughter a first car, there were quite a few more options if considering the LX's. Not only were they a bit more high end when new, but they are also more likely to have been mall crawlers and owned by wealthy people who take them to Lexus Dealerships every three months and just say yes to any suggested service.aggiepublius said:
There is definitely a "badge tax" for used LC's versus the same model LX. About 2x as many 100's were sold in North America as Lexus's instead of Toyotas.
So supply and demand is part of it. Some folks also feel the Lexus had more electronic niceties inside that could break in the future, so they prefer the LC that were more of a base setup.
I found this when cross-shopping Expeditions and Navigators. Navigators were almost always cheaper, with less mileage, and nicer features.Complete Idiot said:He is saying the GX is not based on the Land Cruiser, it is based on a Prado (smaller, less bling - midsize). The LX series is based on the Land Cruiser and is the comparable vehicle.AustinCountyAg said:
That's what I meant. What separates the two to justify the price difference?
A LX is sometimes less than a Land Cruiser on the used market, even though they were more expensive when new. I think many are deadset on owning the Land Cruiser model and there was fewer of them sold, so they retain value even more than the Lexus equivalent. It's a bit odd to me.
TSJ said:
A slight aside. We bought an 04 gx470 with low miles and one owner last year. Fast forward to now, we received a letter from Lexus saying they have recall on the airbag control module. On start up there is a chance the side curtain airbags and the pretensioners go off if the system doesn't wake up correctly.
We live in CS but need to drop off our dogs in SA at the out-laws. Wife schedules an appointment last Thursday at the Lexus dealer in SA for the recall work. We show up and get a free loaner while the work is being done. We come back a little early and find out the wrong part was in stock and the correct one won't be in till this Tuesday.
So they gave us two choices; we could leave the gx and take a loaner back to CS till it's finished, but no pets allowed or we could drive home and when the part comes in they drive a guy to CS he drops off a loaner, takes the gx back to the dealer and drives home when the work is complete. We are taking option two.
Bottom line, if this is how Lexus treats 14 year-old vehicles that weren't even purchased at this dealer, why would you drive anything else?
Centerpole90 said:
Do like.
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/d/1993-toyota-land-cruiser-fj-80/6621946455.html
Did this ever come in 5 speed manual? If yes, what year did they stop with the manual transmissions?Centerpole90 said:
Do like.
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/d/1993-toyota-land-cruiser-fj-80/6621946455.html
You mean 19? He originally had it around 19 and I'm actually surprised it's lasted this long with how he's dropped the price. I feel like mechanically sound survivors are pretty rare.Jrod05 said:
Do it. I would have paid 9k for that.
