Review: 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser
#31
I guess my whole point is that all of these big machines have well more than ample power and are exempt from gas guzzler charges. I don't think that this should be the case anymore. Call me controlling, but I just don't think these large SUVs need to go accelerate this quickly. I understand the certain need from a gasoline engine to have a decent towing capacity, but anymore demand should be met through a diesel. That goes for Ford, Chevy, Toyota, and the like. As a planet, we are using more oil than we need to be.
Charge tax on em and use that money to fund energy alternatives that North America is in great need of.
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Did the previous generation land cruiser combine body on frame along with unibody or is this the first? I had no idea until this review that the LC used such a design.
The only other vehicle I can think of that combines the two is the Honda Ridgeline, and it's a sorry example of a 'real' truck if you ask me.
I understand what advantages there are to adding a unibody to BOF, but I wonder if it has disadvantages too, other than cost...
The only other vehicle I can think of that combines the two is the Honda Ridgeline, and it's a sorry example of a 'real' truck if you ask me.
I understand what advantages there are to adding a unibody to BOF, but I wonder if it has disadvantages too, other than cost...
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I guess my whole point is that all of these big machines have well more than ample power and are exempt from gas guzzler charges. I don't think that this should be the case anymore. Call me controlling, but I just don't think these large SUVs need to go accelerate this quickly. I understand the certain need from a gasoline engine to have a decent towing capacity, but anymore demand should be met through a diesel..
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Charge tax on em and use that money to fund energy alternatives that North America is in great need of
Pick up trucks are excempt.
All of NA should adopt this.
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I am all for a green tax on SUVs. In Ontario we have an SUV green tax. Depending on the combined fuel rating a tax gets applied. The LX570 qualifies for a $3000 green tax on top of the purchase price while the outgoing Lx470 qualified for a $4000 green tax. The tax has to be paid at the point of sale.
Pick up trucks are excempt.
All of NA should adopt this.
Pick up trucks are excempt.
All of NA should adopt this.
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i think this makes a lot of sense. In the Land Cruisers case. I think the Land Cruiser is really a niche vehicle for those who really really want one and for the capabilities that is has....even more so with the 5.7. The are many people who modify them a lot and I hope Toyota does not discontinue them when the new CAFE rules come out.
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