The Toyota Jeep That Became the Land Cruiser

In nineteen fifty-one, a Toyota test driver climbed Mount Fuji in a boxy little four wheel drive. It was called the Toyota Jeep, and the real Jeep's owner did not like the name. This is the story of how that truck became the Land Cruiser, a vehicle sold in about one hundred seventy countries. Sources: Toyota Global: Land Cruiser history Wikipedia: Toyota Land Cruiser Toyota Australia: Land Cruiser passes ten million sales Wikipedia: Toyota War 4x4 Australia: Toyota BJ and FJ Land Cruiser evolution Image credits (resized and cropped for video): Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). --- Voiceover is produced with AI text-to-speech. Licensed photos are credited above; other photos are courtesy of their respective owners; archival film is public domain. #history #cars #RayStricklandCars