FOUR-POT COG-SWAPPER

YOU CAN NOW HAVE YOUR FOUR-CYLINDER LANDCRUISER 70 SERIES WITH A MANUAL GEARBOX. WE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO TEST THIS 76 WAGON WITH THE MANUAL COG-SWAPPER

MATT RAUDONIKIS

THE big news in 2024 for fans of Toyota’s legendary 70 Series range of workhorses was that the fanboy favourite 1VD-FTV V8 diesel engine was being axed and in its place we now have the 1GD-FTV 2.8-litre four-cylinder diesel engine. And making things worse, the manual gearbox was being replaced with an automatic! For many fans the sky was falling as the V8 was a great engine and, to them, there was no way that an engine with half the cylinders could take its place, despite the fact that the smaller mill produces more torque in showroom-stock trim. Initially available with just a six-speed automatic transmission, our drives of the four-cylinder 70s proved them to be better performers than the manual V8 but, as always, there’s more to driving a…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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