2022 Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series might unveil soon

Toyota’s next-generation offering, the 2022 Land Cruiser is all set to arrive at the global platform. However, before any such announcement or beginning of the teaser campaign by the automaker, the internet is flooded with several spy shots and videos of the newly revamped SUV. 

While we previously had an idea around the looks of the revamped car, the latest leak on the internet suggests that the automaker will be launching the next-generation Land Cruiser at the end of May 2021. Some internal documents of the company which flooded the internet revealed the automaker’s plans.

The leaked documents that hail from South Africa were published on an Instagram account named land.cruiser.300. These present both the launch date and the upcoming SUV’s trims, spec details in the country. 

As per the documents, the 2022 Land Cruiser 300 Series will emerge in the market with three variants- GX-R, GR-S, and ZX. They suggest that the base GX-R will be powered by a diesel mill, while the mid-spec GR-S and top-spec ZX will get both gasoline and diesel engines.

The speculations around the internet suggest that the Toyota will be powering the 2022 Land Cruiser with a 3.3L V6 turbo-diesel engine and a 3.5L V6 twin-turbo petrol engine. Further, the mill will be mated to a 10-speed automatic gearbox unit, without any possible option of a manual unit to take care of the transmission duties.

Other previously known details around the upcoming car were also uncovered in the leak. As per that the upcoming 300 Series will be featuring an aluminum roof, "adopted to enhance fuel-efficiency through weight reduction", as well as lowering the vehicle's center-of-gravity.”

Lastly, similar to the 100 and 200 Series, the upcoming Land Cruiser 300 Series will be available over both FWD and AWD drive configurations.

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