Marques
Toyota’s four-wheel drives descend from the 1951 Jeep BJ and the Land Cruiser name of 1954: the 20 Series of 1955, the 40 Series that made the name from 1960 to 1984, the station-wagon 55, 60, 80, 100 and 200 Series, the 70 Series in production since 1984, the Prado, and the Hilux, 4Runner and FJ Cruiser lines.
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All 12 Toyota marques by years in production, 1948 → today
The first vehicle to carry the Land Cruiser name in production: the 1955–60 20 Series, a civilian development of the 1951 Toyota Jeep BJ on 2,285 and 2,650 mm wheelbases, sold as the FJ25 with the 3.9-litre F engine and exported to Brazil as the first Bandeirante.
The 40 Series of 1960–84: the short FJ40, the medium FJ43 and the long FJ45 and their diesel BJ and HJ counterparts, built in Japan for 24 years and in Brazil as the Bandeirante until 2001 — the Land Cruiser that made Toyota's name for four-wheel drives outside Japan.
The first Land Cruiser designed as a station wagon: the FJ55 of 1967–80 on a 2,700 mm wheelbase, with the F and later 2F petrol sixes, built alongside the 40 Series for North America, Australia and the Middle East.
The 1980–90 Land Cruiser wagon: the FJ60 with the 2F six, the FJ62 with the fuel-injected 3F-E and an automatic gearbox, and the HJ60 and HJ61 diesels, on a 2,730 mm wheelbase with leaf springs front and rear.
The working Land Cruiser since 1984: the short 70 and 71, the medium 73 and 74, the long 75, 78 Troop Carrier and 79 pick-up, on leaf and then coil springs, built for Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and still in production.
The 1990–97 wagon: the first coil-sprung, full-time four-wheel-drive Land Cruiser, on a 2,850 mm wheelbase with the 3F-E and 1FZ-FE petrol sixes and the 1HZ and 1HD-T diesels, sold as the Lexus LX 450 in the United States.
The 1996–2002 mid-size Land Cruiser: the Prado 90 on independent front suspension and a coil-sprung rear axle, three-door and five-door, with the 2.7-litre 3RZ-FE and 3.4-litre 5VZ-FE petrols and the 1KZ-TE turbo-diesel.
The 1998–2007 wagon: the first Land Cruiser with a V8 and independent front suspension (the 100), sold beside the solid-axle 105 for Australia and Africa, and as the Lexus LX 470.
The 2007–21 wagon: a full-size Land Cruiser on a new frame with independent front suspension, the 4.7 and 5.7-litre petrol V8s and the 4.5-litre twin-turbo V8 diesel, sold as the Lexus LX 570; the ten-millionth Land Cruiser was built during its run.
Toyota’s four-wheel-drive pick-up since 1979: the leaf-sprung N30/N40 with the 2.2 and 2.4-litre R-series petrols and L-series diesels, followed by the independent-front N50 of 1983, the Hilux that became the standard light truck of Australia, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The wagon made from the Hilux: the N60 of 1984–89, a removable-roof Hilux 4WD with a rear seat, sold as the 4Runner in North America and the Hilux Surf in Japan, and the beginning of a line that runs to the sixth-generation 4Runner of 2025.
The 2006–14 retro-styled Land Cruiser: a Prado 120 chassis under a body that quoted the FJ40, with the 4.0-litre 1GR-FE V6, part-time or full-time four-wheel drive and a rear locking differential; about 200,000 sold in the United States and continued for the Middle East until 2023.