Toyota Land Cruiser returning to U.S., teaser images confirms

Toyota has released the first images previewing the return of the Land Cruiser nameplate to the U.S. this year. They show the silhouetted — but still officially unidentified — four-door SUV parked nose-to-nose with a first-generation Land Cruiser.

The Land Cruiser was the one Toyota nameplate that survived the company's stumbling entry into the U.S. market in 1958 and remained in the lineup until 2021.

Company sources say the next Land Cruiser will be based on the next-generation Land Cruiser Prado, a smaller, less expensive SUV sold in overseas markets, including Europe, and marketed in the U.S. as the Lexus GX.

The body-on-frame GX has been overhauled from top to bottom for 2024 and appears boxier, though still upright.

A full reveal of the next-generation Land Cruiser is expected to take place in early August.