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You're kidding..... right? The Sequoia has 3 climate zones, 4 heated seats (Platinum), I have no clue how many HVAC vents (comments?), driver auto/up down window and I have no idea if the other windows have it (comments?),.

Landcruiser has 28 vents inside. I think the Sequioa has 14. Also the Landcruiser has 4 zone climate control compared to 3 zone Sequioa. LX has power folding rear seats. All four windows are power auto up and down whereas the Sequioa also has on the front. Landcruiser has a 8 was passenger seat whereas Sequioa comes with 4 way.

Landcrusier also comes with a 10 airbags (most of any Toyota) and a pre crash system.
ABS also works in both hi and lo range.
Land Cruiser also has dual front tow hooks up front that are inter looped which can be pulled out or lifted up.
Also the Land Cruiser has a fuel door lock which is absent on the Seq.
Land Cruiser also has the keyless start...where is that on the Sequioa...even the Corolla has this feature.

The Nav unit is fully integrated as far as I know into the audio so I'm not sure I understand your point.

Way more advanced in the Landcruiser. All functions are integrated with the nav system. Test drive a LC and you will understand.

and why should I care if the pillars are padded?...I'm not planning to sleep against the pillars (BTW I don't even know if the "pillars" are padded in the Sequoia since I don't even know what that is)

All high end top line cars and suvs pad the interior pillars. This has been industry standard for years. Lexus did cut a bit out of the LX however. Even Avalon covers it. all lexus models do this as well. Most higher end vehicles also have rear taillights that LED and the 200 series has them as well.

solid rear axle vs the Sequoia's 4 wheel independent suspension

While the Landcruiser lacks the IRS...it makes up in off road capability which includes KDSS and a crawl control feature...if ride is important then the Lx570 provides a very similar ride control system to the Seqiuioa.

larger interior and larger tow capacity of the Sequoia

Only a larger tow capacity in stripped down 2wd version of 5.7. big deal. Otherwise it is 8750lb for Sequioa while LC is 8500lbs in similar equipped vehicles. The 200 series also can haul a little more than the Sequioa 1500lbs vs 1200lb which I read there is a thread in the Seqiuoa forum about low payload. So with the larger interior of the Sequioa you can haul larger items but in the 200 series you can haul heavier items.

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

Not sure if you know but the Land Cruiser 200 series is sold in well over 100 countries around the world and has a full production line. It includes left/right hand drive vehicles. Four engines and three transmissions. They include 4.0, 4.7, 5.7 gas and an outstanding 4.5 litre diesel (that gets 10.3 litres per 100km combined) that is hooked up to the same transmission in the 5.7 gas. I would look outside the USA box before you conclude that the Landcruiser does not sell well. Toyota has sold over 5 million Landcruisers since the 50's. The Land Cruiser is so well know that they still actually make the 70 series for some markets that require a payload capacity of up to 2500 lbs.

Finally...I know you are convinced from your other posts that I have read from you that the Sequioa comes with a Torsen limited slip centre differential. Well. I am not convinced. I have yet to read any conclusive CONCRETE evidence that shows that the Sequioa has this features. It was reported in one piece of literature a while ago but I believe that it was a typo. Toyota.com and Toyota.ca do not list the Torsen differential as a mechanical feature on either of their website but Toyota does list the Torsen for 4runner,FJ, Land Cruiser and LX570...seems odd to me.

Also I have emailed Torsen and they have said that to their knowledge only Japanese plants have this feature. I can COPY you or FWD the emails to you if you want to read them.