Toyota's 75th Anniversary Land Cruiser Leaves Us Wanting A Bit More
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Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, Edmunds, Hagerty, InsideEVs, Motor1, and New Roads. He has also hosted hundreds of podcast episodes. As hobbies, Bruce enjoys building plastic models of robots and cars. He also enjoys video games, particularly the 16-bit variety. His dog keeps him busy.
The Land Cruiser is one of Toyota's oldest nameplates still in use, dating back to 1954. However, the company actually introduced the SUV in 1951, but at the time, the automaker branded it as the Toyota "Jeep" BJ. Willys Overland wasn't a fan of Toyota using the moniker of the still-fairly-new civilian Jeep that had only arrived in the late 1940s, so the Japanese automaker changed the name to Land Cruiser. Still, the timing means the vehicle that became the Land Cruiser is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its 1951 introduction. Toyota is commemorating the anniversary with a special edition. Unfortunately, only a few folks in a specific market are getting them.
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