4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2012–21
NAMED MODELSpecial · MotorsportJapan

Land Cruiser 200 Dakar (Toyota Auto Body)

The Toyota Auto Body Land Cruiser 200 of the Dakar Rally’s production (T2) class: a near-standard 200 with the 4.5 V8 diesel converted to run on diesel or petrol, a roll cage and long-travel suspension within the class rules, class winner every year from 2014 to 2021.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLELand Cruiser 200 SeriesBUILT BYToyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Auto Body (Arakawa Auto Body / Araco)IN SERVICE2012–21PRODUCTIONA handful of works carsLAYOUT4 wheels · 112″

The record

Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body has entered the Dakar since 1995; the 200 Series cars, prepared at Kariya with the 1VD-FTV diesel (petrol V8 in some years), won the production class nine times running from 2014. The 300 Series took over in 2022.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED2012–21
ENGINE4.5-litre 1VD-FTV twin-turbo diesel V8; 4.6-litre 1UR-FE petrol V8 in some years
PRODUCTION RUNA handful of works cars
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINELand Cruiser 200 Series
FAMILYLand Cruiser 200 Series
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE112″
BODY STYLEstation
CATEGORYSpecial · Motorsport

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE
  2. 2Toyota Land Cruiser (J200) ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft