RUMOR!!! Toyota Land Cruiser diesel may debut in Canada for MY2009

[Good Times]

way cool Now only if we can get that engine over here!

According to an unofficial source who may have previewed some upcoming promotional materials, it looks like the diesel-powered version of Toyota's off-road brute may be landing in North America this fall. The recently redesigned Toyota Land Cruiser offers a new 4.5L diesel V8 in overseas markets, but North America has had to be satisfied with the gasoline-fueled variant. Unfortunately for Americans, it appears that only our northern neighbors will access to the compression ignition Land Cruiser for now since they are not subject to Tier 2 Bin 5 standards. However, a cleaner version of this engine should arrive stateside for use in the Sequioa and Tundra about a year from now. According to our source the new V8 is rated at 280hp and 520lb-ft of torque. The fuel mileage of the diesel Land Cruiser is expected to be about 22.4mpg, which makes it comparable to the Chevy Tahoe hybrid. The low volume is Land Cruiser is quite a bit pricier though starting at about $77,290 Canadian (roughly $78,000 U.S.).

Source: AutoBlogGreen.com

[cooldry]

I think there are really any problems with bringing diesel engines. It's the car they won't let you bring in. 22mpg is incredible. Only if I could get mine back up to 13mpg I think I'd be happy.

[AlexJet]

This will be great, but Land Cruisers are not sold in Canada. Toyota stays that Canadian market is too small compare to US and having LX and Lancruiser will kill the sales of Lexus, so only LX for Canada. This is sucks as many people including me doesn't want to pay 20k for letter "L" instead of "T".

[DHC6twinotter]

Awesome! I'm excited to see the possibility of a 1/2 ton diesel Tundra!