Toyota on Thursday launched a pair of teaser photographs that present a brand new Land Cruiser headed to U.S. showrooms, probably as a 2024 mannequin.

It comes simply weeks after Toyota launched a video exhibiting classic Land Cruiser badges and the tagline “The legend returns.”

The brand new teaser photographs present a silhouette of the U.S.-bound Land Cruiser, with one photograph contrasting it with an unique FJ40 Land Cruiser from six a long time in the past.

The Land Cruiser nameplate bowed out of the U.S. after 2021 whereas the remainder of the world acquired a redesigned 300-series technology for 2022. The 300-series Land Cruiser is the dual to the newest Lexus LX that reached the U.S. for 2022, nevertheless it is not the Land Cruiser that may attain U.S. showrooms.

Toyota Land Cruiser teaser

As an alternative, the Land Cruiser sure for the U.S. will probably be an much more rugged SUV associated to the redesigned 2024 Lexus GX. That is indicated within the newest teaser photographs which present an increase within the beltline after the B-pillar, which is a design trait shared with the GX however not the 300-series Land Cruiser offered abroad. The U.S.-bound Land Cruiser will probably be marketed abroad as a redesigned Land Cruiser Prado.

There are rumors the U.S.-bound Land Cruiser will characteristic retro cues that will not be used for the Land Cruiser Prado offered abroad. One instance will probably be spherical headlights, impressed by the design of the FJ40 and just like what Toyota did with the FJ Cruiser from latest a long time.

Underpinning the automobile will probably be Toyota’s TNGA-F body-on-frame platform, which can be discovered within the 300-series Land Cruiser and its Lexus LX twin, in addition to the Sequoia SUV and the most recent Toyota Tundra and Tacoma pickup vans. It is also discovered within the Lexus GX, the place it’s outfitted with full-time four-wheel drive, a 2-speed switch case, a Torsen limited-slip heart differential, and off-road-focused Overtrail and Overtrail+ modes. Look for the same setup for the U.S.-bound Land Cruiser and its Land Cruiser Prado twin.