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Toyota’s Land Cruiser is reborn for 2008, it’s equipped with 10 airbags, including side curtains for three rows of passengers, not to mention acres of interior leather. Like the Tahoe, the Cruiser is a step-way-up sort of SUV in which you sit high, well above the cowl and window sills.

Layers of insulation and isolation cloak the machinery, in no small part to justify a $6985 jump in its base price to $63,885. CRAWL is a computer program that manages off-road throttle and brake modulation according to your choice of ooze, creep, or slink settings. Of course, the all-wheel-drive system has traction control, and the transfer case shifts into low range at the click of a rotary knob on the dash.
The 5.7-liter V-8 and the six-speed automatic are shared with the Tundra pickup, where they serve as the top option. Output is a velvety 381 horsepower, giving the 5900-pound Cruiser an active lifestyle—read “0 to 60 in 6.5 seconds.
This is an eight-passenger hauler, with belts for three in the 40/20/40-split second row and 50/50-split third row. Moreover, this seat does a low-effort tumble to give access to the third row.

2008 Toyota Land Cruiser - Specifications

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 8-passenger, 5-door wagon

PRICE AS TESTED: $71,130 (base price: $63,885)

ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 346 cu in, 5663cc
Power (SAE net): 381 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 401 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm

TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manumatic shifting

DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 112.2 in Length: 194.9 in Width: 77.6 in Height: 74.0 in
Curb weight: 5900 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 6.5 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 17.2 sec
Zero to 120 mph: 28.7 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 7.1 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 15.1 sec @ 94 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 129 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 173 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.75 g

FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city driving: 13 mpg
C/D observed: 16 mpg