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Originally Posted by lakemisurfer
I think you all forget one thing. The USA fell inlove with Japan made/designed Toyotas, now the transition to USA made/designed Toyotas result in our opinions of lack luster quality.
The Landcruiser is still Japan made and will be much different than a SUV strictly made for the USA consumer.
The quality is still expectional comparatively speaking.
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I'm not sure how you've concluded that the USA "fell in love with Japan made/designed Toyotas". If you're talking about Japan made SUVs by Toyota you need look no further than the sales volume of the Japan made LX/LC to conclude that the USA has definitely
not fallen in love these vehicles. They have always been minor in terms of sales volume vs the so-called "inferior" alternative mid-size and large suvs made in the US.
In Jan of 2008 (US Sales), Toyota sold 2377 Sequoias (and they have barely ramped up production on this new model), 460 Land Cruisers and 710 LX570's. For 2008 Toyota will likely sell 12x Sequoias to LCs and 9x Sequoias to LX570's.
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