2023 Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series review: Sahara | LC300 4WD flagship shows off in off-road test!

The 2023 Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series is still a big deal, having now been on the market for nearly two years. After all, its Australian waiting list remains long, with buyers prepared to pay top dollar for what many believe is the best 4WD.
But with competition heating up with the likes of the locally enhanced Nissan Patrol Warrior and even the forthcoming GWM Tank 500, the LC300 cannot rest on its laurels.
So, in this expert review, CarsGuide Contributing Journalist Marcus Craft takes the LC300's Sahara flagship off-road to see if it is indeed miles ahead of the competition. Did we mention the range-topper is surprisingly luxurious, too?
#Toyota #LandCruiser #Review
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Pricing and features
01:03 Design
01:36 Practicality
02:38 Under the bonnet
03:18 Off-road driving
06:41 Efficiency
07:10 Safety
07:35 Ownership
07:59 Verdict
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[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

been waiting for new 300 series videos in like forever, literally nobody posts videos on it these days :(

[@Wilt8v92]

Good Toyota infomercial,cool.

[@rickylagos]

I have the 3.3 diesel zx, here in the Philippines... had to pay more than the listed dealer's price. A great car ... sold my LC 200 VX...

[@captduncan5936]

For those that can afford it in countries like Jamaica, love it cuz we have a lot of bad roads with big potholes and it can take the abuse

[@moa-wg3bo]

You could simply put low spring rate or lifting springs in your normal car

[@ulrikachandra7093]

I have owned one brand new which saved my wife's life and my life in a bad accident in the past but bit reluctant to buy this as it is Diesel only. I prefer Petrol.

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

$133k AUZ $ is $88k U.S. $ id buy this over. bronco or defender , wish we could get the LC300 base GX spec a land cruiser in the U.S...... we all don't want or need 3rows of leather , 2nd row ent screens and 2 sunroofs and luxury car bits ,I want a off-road LC 300 GX wagon for off road and camping thats it ,we are getting a new LC in the U.S. its a 4cy turbo hybrid gas

[@jeffstryker1454]

I’d go for the GR version.

[@almac9203]

Why?

[@Freedomtooffroad]

Same but like I live in a huge family leg room is less compared to nissan patrol

[@PG-ig4wv]

Hmm interesting, the Land Cruiser is much larger than the ford Everest yet you claimed it’s size hinders it off road but not for the Land Cruiser? How does that work?

[@Nae395]

I'll take a Scorpion thanks, maybe two.

[@eDENTECHNOCYBERHUB]

YOUR BIGGEST KENYAN FAN RIGHT HERE, 10/07/2023

[@miltonhusky]

Jambo

[@eDENTECHNOCYBERHUB]

@@miltonhusky Jambo my friend

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Zakayo lazima ateremke

[@eDENTECHNOCYBERHUB]

@@destroyerarmor2846 Heheheh, lazima

[@ooppww1923]

0:39 You people got it for that cheap here in India it costs 400k usd not Aussie

[@pen1910]

quite possibly the only review that has not mentioned itssuspension is a bit "harsher" both on and off the black top than the 200

[@dino8ielts]

6 months interval services just for topping up the oil at my best guess... I could be wrong thu what would i know....

[@toranaxu1601]

What do you know?

[@abmbarry]

Have Toyota fixed the V6 high oil consumption? I've seen the Toyota response, B. S.!

[@RocketRod63]

Watch those Toyota accessories….650kg payload capacity 🤦‍♂️ Why????

[@FormaiKevin-rb8lq]

One hell of a toughest vehicle.💪💪💪💪

[@Holodomor4.0]

Wonder if old mate still has his job with car sales after bottoming out on the rear bumper like he did?

[@onedayatatime4232]

Yeah nah paying over 100k for a car you have to have rocks in your head. Toyota tax at it's best. Oh how was yhe oil consumption on this test ?

[@craigdavid6668]

It’s all relative, I paid 119k for a 200 Sahara in 2019 and sold it for 115k last month, don’t be bitter because you cant afford one mate😂

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

$133k AUZ $ is $88k US $ we pay that for broncos and defenders , wish we could get the LC 300 basic GX model would be good, its about $100k auz or $68k us $, so you are lucky to get LC 300 and 70 series , hi lux and all diesels

[@harshalkukade8664]

screen touch is too laggy.. does not look royal..

[@Oy10n]

133k 😂

[@edgarchieng2130]

Why don't you show the laughable pathetic boot space (or whatever is left of it) when the third row seats are up :D

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

3rd rows need to go for more cargo space

[@donniedarko3777]

Then don’t use the 3rd row seats ya dope

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

@@donniedarko3777 need the cargo space under the floor for storage of valuables and no 3rd row more payload and towing

[@globalroamer1900]

LC still pretty much sh1ts on everything else out there. All the haters probably cant afford one.

[@1989cranston]

Why is the argument always the same " you can't afford one "? It's no lie these things are expensive and over priced as hell. I've got a 200 series and even I think it's just stupidly expensive.

[@globalroamer1900]

@@1989cranston I was talking about the haters. I recently took possession of a 300 GXL and could not be more pleased with it despite the hole in my wallet.

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

we get no LC300 in the U.S. we did get the top shelf LC200 v8 gas @$90K luxury wagon id be happy with a LC300 GX model basic base model off roader $65k Toyota could sell many

[@craigdavid6668]

😂100%.

[@toranaxu1601]

The hater’s are the ones who can’t afford one, so just like to run them down.

[@buster_1972]

Where's the spare oil 😂

[@cat-di3wd]

My altoo car does much better in this type of road

[@pata8167]

The new Range towing packages is better then 300 suspension is to soft when towing a caravan should of come out with 4000kg tow rating and GVM amd CGM is to lower I have 300 so towing a 3500kg caravan i need a suspension upgrade on top the drive out the yard price you'll need to spend another $20G plus just to serious travelling Australia Toyota Australia need to look at they towing packages as it it seriously out of date Eg New Ranger

[@raghavshankara5601]

Its way overpriced just sake of little bit extra reliability. Its not good looking from side and rear.

[@toranaxu1601]

Lucky you don’t own one then.

[@raghavshankara5601]

@@toranaxu1601 No definitely not. I took test drive and didn't quite like it. Got the defender now.

[@toranaxu1601]

Good luck

[@AussieDazza]

The days of Toyota and reliability are long gone. Plenty of problems with the newer models.

[@lucasworktv]

Worse than the previous gen

[@colinhare4722]

The proportions are all wrong. Looks awful

[@GR8Tmate]

Yeah right, but it’s really nice to drive strangely enough and I always pick my cars based on what they’re like to drive moreso that how they look.

[@toranaxu1601]

What do you drive? I think they look great, and not very expensive.

[@14bqdonk]

The King of 4WD is Land Cruiser 80 series. The last real off-road Land Cruiser

[@Chris-sf2cp]

This is basically a Toyota marketing video