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Auto review: The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser: All the comforts of home, and big as a house

Intrigued by the recent explosion of interest in vintage SUVs, with prices surging on 1960s and 1970s Ford Broncos, Chevy Blazers, Jeep CJs and Land Rovers, I asked someone at Toyota, "Do you still make a Land Cruiser?"

So overshadowed in recent years by the massively popular Range Rovers, which now could replace the Mercedes-Benz as the cliche "California Chevy," this venerable veteran has slipped a bit below the radar. As sport utility vehicle sales climbed, Land Cruiser sales stagnated. The total number of these Toyotas sold in the U.S. dropped from an impressive 15,000 units in 2000 to a sorry 3,219 in 2018.

Toyota does, in fact, still

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