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The diesel is irrelevant as its not available in the US. The 5.7 was designed in Cal. Where it's made is also irrelevant.
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How can it not? If Toyota cut cost on the 200 series they would have outsource 5.7 production to the Alabama plant in USA. They didnt. Also R and D into a 10.4litre per 100k diesel engine is pretty impressive given that it produces 270hp and 580 ft-lb of torque and is used in 5600lb SUV.
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The 5.7 was designed in Cal
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The 5.7 was not Cal design. The Tundra was designed in Cal minus the engine. The 5.7 is based on the 4.6 LS460 motor THIS IS FACT. Designed in Japan...prototype 5.7 iForce motors for Tundra were built in Japan. The 5.7 was born in Japan with the design of 4.6 and maybe tweaked in USA (which I doubt). Also...another FACT is that the Tundra which the Sequia half is was technically engineered in Michigan.
2007 Toyota Tundra
Was it designed for the Tunda. NO DOUBT. But it also had the Sequioa, LX and LC in mind.
FYI....6 speed is used throughout the world in the 4.5 diesel.
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technically superior handling characteristics of an IRS over the antiquated live axle rear drivetrain design of the LC
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Technically superior is right if you are driving a BMW or a Porche.... But don't forget that your platinum Sequioa can haul less, travel not as far off road, and has a slower top speed that the Landcruiser. Oh yeah...load floor is also higher and it also hauls less cubic feet than 1st gen Sequioa which was a solid axle. There are tradeoffs to IRS...Car and driver said handling was not much improved because of IRS.
1200 LBS payload is piss poor from a full size SUV.
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The absence of IRS essentially eliminates the ability to have a 3rd row fold flat seat
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Who cares. if hauling people were your priority you should get a Sienna which has the same rear end.
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American market demands a better
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Yet America demands a spray painted dash like the Sequioa....come on.... a spray painted dash is rediculous.
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They used a few new welding techniques and a different type of steel and kept the essential design configuration of the old frame
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This is an opinion of your and is clearly not a fact. READ BELOW
the LX570 and the Land Cruiser ride on a single-purpose frame that is box-sectioned front to back and durability-tested to be the heaviest and toughest the automaker offers (it's even hardier than the '07 Tundra's, says Toyota).
mmmm....isn't the Sequioa using the same welding factory as the Tundra in Princton Indiana...same place where Sienna is made...oh yeah..350 less payload capacity yet can tow about the same..Toyota spent more on finding ways to cut costs as to spray painting the dash than they did making a rugged tough hauling Sequioa.
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The only case for a live axle is in tractor trailers and large vehicles where handling is of lesser importance.
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And you are an authority of this? How?
Toyota uses the same high tensile steel on Toyota Tundra, Toyota Sequioa and Toyota 200 series vehicles. It is just used differently in each application.
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An IRS will be an absolute must to be a competitive luxury SUV in the American market
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Honestly heatwave..Is the Sequioa Platinum REALLY a luxury SUV?