4x4 Magazine Australia

SAND DUNE SLEDGE HAMMER

WHEN IT comes to LandCruisers and their many iterations, the LC105 is often listed near the top of the favourites list by Toyota stalwarts, but quickly followed with the caveat that the naturally aspirated versions of either fuel variant would be flat-out trying to pull the skin off a rice pudding.

It was somewhat baffling that the LC105 was only offered with either the 1FZ-FE 4.5-litre petrol six or 1HZ 4.2-litre diesel six, especially when you consider the IFS LC100 was available at the same time with either the 4.7-litre 2UZFE petrolV8 or the equally impressive 4.2-litre 1HD-FTE turbo-diesel engine.

With its live axles front and rear and coil springs all around, the LC105 is better suited to heavy-duty off-road work than the IFS LC100, and it would have benefited greatly in

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