From Humble Workhorse to Off-Road King: The Untold Story of the Toyota Land Cruiser
The Genesis: A Military Heritage The Land Cruiser’s story begins in the early 1950s, during the Korean War. The U.S. military, in need of a light utility vehicle for its operations in Japan, commissioned Toyota to build a prototype. Toyota’s engineers took inspiration from the American Jeep, creating the “Jeep BJ.” This vehicle, with its […]