Toyota Land Cruiser 250

2024 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 250 VX FIRST EDITION 2.7L PETROL — JAPAN DOMESTIC SPECIFICATION

The originating marketplace listing for this unit is no longer available, so no unit-specific option sheet could be recovered. Everything below is grade-standard 2024 Japan-market content for the VX "First Edition" with the 2.7-litre petrol engine, taken from Toyota's own Japanese main specification table and equipment schedule (toyota.jp, April 2024 issue) and from Toyota's Japanese launch release of 18 April 2024. Figures are Japan-market and are not interchangeable with GCC, Australian or European specification. Dealer-fitted accessories and any factory options ordered on this particular car are unconfirmed and are therefore not listed.

ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN

The 2.7-litre petrol Land Cruiser 250 uses the 2TR-FE, a naturally aspirated 2,693 cc inline four-cylinder with Dual VVT-i continuously variable intake and exhaust valve timing, electronic port fuel injection and a bore and stroke of 95.0 x 95.0 mm. Toyota's Japanese net ratings are 120 kW (163 PS) at 5,200 rpm and 246 N.m (25.1 kgf.m) at 3,900 rpm, on regular unleaded petrol. Transmission is the 6 Super ECT six-speed electronically controlled automatic with Sequential Shiftmatic in S-mode, driving a full-time four-wheel-drive system with a Torsen limited-slip centre differential in the transfer case. Toyota lists a three-mode setting for the petrol transfer against four modes on the 2.8-litre diesel grades. Final drive is 4.777, reverse 3.732 and the transfer low range 2.566. Fuel tank capacity is 80 litres. Japanese WLTC figures certified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism are 7.5 km/L combined, made up of 5.7 km/L urban, 7.6 km/L suburban and 8.6 km/L highway.

CHASSIS, STEERING AND BRAKES

The 250 series is built on the GA-F ladder frame shared with the Land Cruiser 300 series, using non-linear tailored welded blanks and ultra-high-tensile steel; Toyota quotes a 50 per cent gain in frame rigidity and 30 per cent in whole-vehicle rigidity over the Land Cruiser Prado it replaces. Suspension is high-mount double wishbone independent with coil springs at the front and a trailing-link live axle at the rear. Steering is power-assisted rack and pinion with electric power steering, a first for Land Cruiser, adopted to cut kickback on rough surfaces. Braking is by ventilated discs at all four corners with multi-terrain ABS, electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist, plus an electric parking brake with brake hold. Vehicle Stability Control, Active Traction Control and Hill Start Assist Control are standard across the range. Minimum turning radius is 6.0 m. This grade runs conventional front and rear stabiliser bars; the SDM stabiliser disconnection mechanism is fitted only to the ZX grade. Tyres are 265/65R18 on 18 x 7.5J dark grey metallic alloy wheels with centre ornaments, and a full-size spare is carried underfloor.

DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITIES

Overall length is 4,925 mm, width 1,980 mm and height 1,925 mm, on the 2,850 mm wheelbase the Land Cruiser has carried since the 80 series. Front and rear track are both 1,665 mm. Interior length, width and height are 2,685 x 1,600 x 1,190 mm. Kerb weight is 2,240 kg and gross vehicle weight 2,625 kg. Toyota quotes 225 mm of ground clearance, reducing to 215 mm on the 265/65R18 and 18 x 7.5J wheel and tyre combination this grade carries as standard. Seating is seven, in three rows; luggage volume with the 6:4 split second row in use is 408 litres by the VDA method. Couple distance is 951 mm between the front and second rows and 826 mm between the second and third rows. Practical width across the door mirrors is held to 2,115 mm on Toyota's internal measurement. Fitting the optional hitch member extends overall length to 4,990 mm and adds 10 kg.

EXTERIOR

The body wears the wide black overfenders that give the 1,980 mm width, against the 1,940 mm narrow-fender body used on the GX. Lighting is by reflector-type three-lamp LED headlamps with auto-levelling, LED clearance lamps with welcome illumination and LED daytime running lamps; LED front and rear fog lamps, LED rear combination lamps, an LED high-mount stop lamp, LED licence lamps and headlamp cleaners are standard. Trim is the silver treatment: silver-painted hood moulding, silver radiator grille, silver bumper and grille protector, silver rear bumper guard and a silver-painted back door garnish, with black front and rear outside pillar garnishes. Side steps, roof rails, a rear spoiler and front and rear mud guards are fitted, along with a back door glass hatch that opens independently of the tailgate and a power back door with easy closer, anti-trap and memory stop position. Glazing comprises a high-sound-insulation windscreen with top shade, super-UV-cut water-repellent front door glass and UV-cut privacy glass for the rear doors, rear quarters and back door. Wipers are rain-sensing intermittent at the front and reverse-linked intermittent at the rear, with a timed rear window demister. A tilt-and-slide electric moonroof with anti-trap is standard on this grade. The exterior finish is recorded as Pearl White; the only pearl white Toyota offered on the VX First Edition in Japan was Platinum White Pearl Mica, a manufacturer option alongside standard Black and the First Edition-exclusive Sand.

INTERIOR AND SEATING

The cabin seats seven across three rows. Seat facings are leather, and the First Edition carries Toyota's dedicated First Edition seat ornamentation. The driver's seat is eight-way power adjustable with power lumbar support and the front passenger seat four-way manual; both front seats are heated and ventilated. The second row is a 6:4 split reclining bench with a tumble mechanism, and the third row is a 5:5 split manually operated fold-flat design, the powered version being reserved for the ZX. The steering wheel is a leather-wrapped three-spoke design with a steering heater on a manual tilt and telescopic column, with switches for the multi-information display, radar cruise control, lane tracing assist, audio, voice recognition and hands-free. The shift knob is leather wrapped with a silver shift bezel. First Edition interior detailing comprises the dedicated zylo-texture titanium film instrument panel trim with plating and synthetic-leather door trim ornaments carrying the "FIRST EDITION" logo. Also fitted are a synthetic-leather-wrapped instrument panel, synthetic-leather knee pads on the centre console and door trim, a synthetic-leather door armrest with stitching, satin-plated inside door handles, an auto-dimming interior mirror, left and right independent temperature control full-auto air conditioning, nanoe X air purification, a pollen-removing clean air filter, LED room lamps, footwell, inside door handle, door pocket and instrument panel centre illumination, USB charging ports (two in the lower instrument panel, two at the rear of the centre console and one in each third-row side trim), and an immobiliser with auto alarm. The interior colour of this unit is not recorded; the First Edition specially adopts Dark Chestnut in addition to Black.

INFOTAINMENT AND CONNECTIVITY

The VX grade carries an 8-inch HD display audio head unit supporting connected navigation, paired with a Pioneer premium sound system of ten speakers and an eight-channel amplifier, and a 7.0-inch TFT colour meter with multi-information display and meter illumination control. Media provision covers wide-FM AM/FM tuner, full-segment digital television, USB input for video and audio playback and charging, an HDMI input, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Miracast and Bluetooth for hands-free and audio. A DCM data communication module supports Toyota's T-Connect services including My Car Search, HELPNET emergency notification, e-Care and My Setting. An ETC 2.0 unit with VICS traffic information is fitted, as is a front-and-rear drive recorder that records to internal memory for playback through the display audio or transfer to a smartphone or USB stick.

DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND SAFETY

The Toyota Safety Sense package on this grade combines a millimetre-wave radar with a monocular camera and comprises a Pre-Collision System detecting vehicles, pedestrians by day and night, cyclists by day and night and motorcycles by day; Lane Tracing Assist with Lane Departure Alert; full-speed-range Radar Cruise Control with vehicle-follow; Automatic High Beam; Road Sign Assist; Proactive Driving Assist; a driver emergency response system; and start-delay notification. Also standard are Blind Spot Monitor with Safe Exit Assist and rear-vehicle approach warning, Parking Support Brake covering static objects front and rear, rear approaching vehicles and rear pedestrians, and a Panoramic View Monitor with underfloor see-through display. Passive safety comprises SRS airbags for the front seats, front knee airbags, front side airbags and curtain shield airbags covering all three rows, ELR three-point belts on every seat, pretensioners and force limiters on the front seats and second-row outboard positions, adjustable belt anchors for driver and front passenger, ISOFIX child seat anchorages with top tether on the second row, an emergency brake signal and Drive Start Control. The First Edition specification adds as standard two items that are paid manufacturer options on the standard VX: Emergency Steering Assist with active steering function combined with Front Cross Traffic Alert and Lane Change Assist, and Toyota Teammate Advanced Drive traffic-jam support, which operates between 0 and approximately 40 km/h on limited-access roads while radar cruise control and lane tracing assist are active, together with its driver monitor camera. Four items listed for the ZX grade are not fitted here: the Adaptive High-beam System, the Multi-Terrain Monitor, the tyre pressure warning system and ITS Connect.

OFF-ROAD AND TOWING

Off-road hardware on the 2.7 petrol VX is the simplest in the 250 range and the difference from the diesel grades is material. Standard equipment is the GA-F ladder frame, full-time four-wheel drive with a Torsen limited-slip centre differential, a transfer selector switch giving a 2.566 low range, multi-terrain ABS, Active Traction Control, Hill Start Assist Control and an underfloor full-size spare wheel, with suspension geometry optimised for wheel articulation. Toyota lists the electric rear differential lock, Multi-Terrain Select, the Multi-Terrain Monitor and the SDM stabiliser disconnection mechanism for the ZX grade only, and Drive Mode Select with ECO, NORMAL and SPORT settings together with Downhill Assist Control and Crawl Control for the diesel grades; none of those is fitted to the 2.7 petrol. A hitch member is offered as a manufacturer option in Japan and is not confirmed as fitted to this car; with it fitted overall length becomes 4,990 mm.