Toyota Land Cruiser falls victim to CO2 cuts
Toyota New Zealand has decided to reduce its allocation request for the largest vehicles bearing the Toyota and Lexus badges – combined with the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series and Lexus LX 500d – because having too many would undermine its emissions reduction plans. But the company hopes technological upgrades in the car line will keep the much more important but equally emission-intensive models – including the Hilux among them – from feeling the same heat. The Land Cruiser and LX 500d models are already hard to come by, having to wait 12 months. Additionally, parents in Japan have now suspended accepting additional international orders for those placed, as it has snowed. provided The Lexus LX 500d shares the basics and engines of the Land Cruiser, making it equally unfriendly to Toyota New Zealand’s CO2 targets. But greater access is set to be counter-productive to Toyota New Zealand’s ambitions to contain the average carbon emissions of its new vehicle fleet to keep up