Has the Land Cruiser always been very expensive?

Today's Land Cruiser is a good $10,000 more expensive than the top-of-the-line Suburban, and Expedition. I may be wrong, but it is even more expensive than the Lincoln Navigator. And they always come in onectrim, fully loaded. Have the Land Cruisers always been comparatively more expensive or is it a recent thing?

 

I know the Land Cruiser is a beast compared to Suburban and Expedition. But LX should be more expensive, not the Land Cruiser

 

For the money that you pay for the Land Cruiser, you can come back home with a 4Runner and a Highlander lol

 

The last new Land Cruiser that I saw at a dealership was before Christmas last year...2021 sticker was $93K...Ugly arse truck at that!

 

You can't even impress people with it. Not many know the worth and brand of Land Cruiser. They will think you are driving a bigger Highlander.
I once was next to a Land Cruiser at the stop light. I pointed to the driver to bring the window down. I told him, sir you have the best SUV ever made. He said thank you for saying that

 

Please don't call that ugly, looks decent

 

OK...Beefed up a little it looks better

 

Even the TFL guys put it as the number 1 when it comes to durability. I think if you drive your Land Cruiser for 30 years, then it isn't that expensive if think about it.
"The lesson here is that if you don't care about fuel, then get yourself a Land Cruiser"
https://youtu.be/VYNnd7pCCqk

 

I believe it really went up in price in the early 90's but could still be had for less than $40k. https://www.cars.com/research/toyota-land_cruiser-1994/
It topped $50K for the first time in 2000.

 

May be my favorite Land Cruiser body style.

 

I looked at them maybe 7 or 8 years ago....I think they started at ~ $80k then....stopped looking and decided the 4Runner was a pretty good deal.

 

Such a small difference in price between the Land Cruiser and the 4Runner, today the Land Cruiser costs twice

 

I wonder how much a fully loaded Suburban cost in those days?

 

Today the Land Cruiser is $65,000, and the name Land Cruiser cost $25,000, so $90,000 in total.

 

I bet almost anyone here would kill to get this Landcruiser for this price.

 

WOW, 7 Grand must have been a lot of money in 1978

 

That MPG is horrendous

 

Long wheelbase Denali and Cadillac run somewhere between 90 and $120,000 depending on the model.

 

James, are you from the Bay Area? I know exactly where that dealer is, and it is still there!

9 MPG city!!! I'll take my fifth gen.

 

5th gen is a Corolla in comparison That 9 mpg is a lie, must be 6 in real life

 

How could people afford cross country trips in those gas destroyers?

 

Back in those days, the price of gasoline in California was around $1.00 per gallon.

 

$2.5 still if you calculate inflation. Maybe destroying gas was just a norm. Now 9 mpg is shameful lol

 

Is there an inverse relation between reliability and gas mileage due to some technical limitation? Why Toyota trucks are so horrible gas guzzlers, I mean today a Cadillac Escalade gives you 21 miles in the city and 27 on the highway, and it has a big V8, 6.2 L.

 

They never really got much better.

No. I googled that picture. I was born in '78.

Damn! Cheap!!

 

30 grand for that Beast, where is the time travel machine?????

 

Now I feel old...

 

And yet, somehow, I do too!