Price: R999 900 0–100 km/h: 10.50 seconds Top speed: 150 km/h Power: 150 kW Torque: 500 N.m CAR fuel index: 11.52 L/100 km CO2 : 258 g/km
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A much-needed transplant. Some extra features would go a long way, though
Kyle Kock
When CAR originally tested a Land Cruiser, NASA had just launched its first space shuttle Enterprise, the first instalment of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky film franchise had hit the silver screen, Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 score in gymnastics on the way to three gold medals at the Montreal Summer Olympics, and Messrs Wozniak and Steve Jobs had formed a small company that would become Apple Computers.
The year was 1976 and the Land CruiserTroopy tested that October made use of a 4.2-litre naturally aspirated six-cylinder engine, which sent 86 W and 284 N.m of torque to all four wheels via a 4-speed manual gearbox – enough for a 0–100 km/h sprint of 20.50 seconds and a fuel index of 20 L/100 km.
The mere fact
