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TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 300 SERIES

AS THE newest vehicle in this group, and the first LC300 ute conversion we’d seen, we were super keen to see how it drives. With itsV6 diesel engine and softer styling than the LC200 that preceded it, many potential buyers have questioned if it really does stack up to the 200 and its V8 engine, none more so than owners of converted 200s.

This example was the first 300 to be built by ASG and Rambler, and much of what they have learned doing similar conversion on 200s was applied again, but of course there are differences between the two models. This vehicle started life as a base-level LandCruiser GX, but even at this specification the

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