Land Cruiser price gouging, better to just buy a Land Rover Defender?

[Walter]

Thought exercise ... if Toyota dealers / agents keep on mistreating buyers of the LC300 and J250 ... price gouging, not following SRP, inflated insurance premiums, required to buy accessories, you get moved down the list because some VIP outranked you, etc ...

Would it be a good idea to just buy a Land Rover Defender 110? ... price is almost the same or the Defender 110 will even come out cheaper after all the add-ons the Toyota dealer requires...

Cheapest Defender 110 is 6.23M ... not sure if this is a base model or how much price would go up if you add-on features to match the LC300 ...

If you're buying a 6M+ vehicle ... you'd expect to be treated well ... same logic as to why Jay Leno would never buy a Ferrari ...

[GTcervan]

Others would choose the patrol royale despite the outgoing platform if they want something cheaper. The land rover, while being fancy as ever, has quality issues.

[Walter]

Nissan is a bankrupted company ...

[Vodka]

haven't owned a defender but they do have a reputation for being unreliable. i'm sure they not *that* bad especially if you don't keep them for a long time

that prado 250 seems like a glorified fortuner w/ torsen center diff. doesn't interest me at all

i guess the defender is fine if you want more luxury but personally i'd go w/ a wrangler since this is all just a gedankenexperiment as einstein would call his thought experiments. i'd really rather have a Model Y awd plus jimny, rather than a prado

[GTcervan]

Yep, ang fugly ng j250 prado lalo na in the front. After merging lc and fjc styling cues into one, there's no executive appeal anymore unlike the j150 model.

[Walter]

Jeep also does not have a good reputation when it comes to reliability ... Yes, a Tesla Model Y and a Suzuki Jimny would be a good pair ... Would be nice if they sold the Toyota 4runner here ...