Salt in the Wound: Toyota Gives Forbidden 300 Series Land Cruiser Way More Power

When Toyota finally replaced the 200 Series Land Cruiser in 2021, the rest of the world got the 300 Series, while the U.S. got a rebadged version of the smaller Land Cruiser Prado (and after a few years’ wait at that). Just as we were starting to get over that, Toyota goes and introduces a much more powerful version of the global 300 Series. But this might not be as big a blow as it seems.

An upgraded hybrid powertrain arrives in the GR Sport and Sahara ZX models in Australia and other markets later this year. It consists of a twin-turbocharged, 3.5-liter V6 and a single electric motor integrated with a 10-speed automatic transmission, just like the gasoline hybrid powertrain available in the U.S.-market Tundra, Sequoia, and the 300 Series’ Lexus LX cousin. It produces 457 horsepower and 583 …