I was talking to a guy a couple weeks ago about toyotas. We got on the subject of when they stopped making staight axles. I said 85 was the last year. He came back and said it was the last year they were sold in the united states!!! He said they still make them or recently stopped making them over seas. Ive been on vacation in the carribean and ive seen toyotas ive never seen in the us. (older double cabs and other variations)

Just trying to clear this up.
thanks
jason

 

Toyota is still making 4WD vehicles with live axles front and rear.
The LC70 is coil-sprung up front and leaf-sprung in the rear with optional front/rear diff lockers and powered by a 4.5L V8 turbo-diesel..

http://www.toyota.com.au/landcruiser-70-series

 

thanks for clearing that up

 

he's right. except they are powered by a Twin Turbo diesel producing well ove 600 ft.lb. torque. They even still do them on some special Hilux's so i am told.

 

Check out this one still offered in africa.
http://toyota-africa.com/showroom/la...html?selcon=00

Oh and the v8 is single turbo and 430Nm torque or 313 or so foot pounds not over 600

 

I was looking at the Hilux in that website. They sell those in Mexico - not Tacomas. I've seen them around town since El Paso is on the border. Quite abit smaller than the current Tacoma which I think is pretty neat. The look is a little too carlike for me but the interior looks very comfortable.

 

Still made overseas. The last year for the US was in 97 with the FZJ80 Land Cruisers.

 

that's right. the one on the VDJ200W is the twin turbo version with 265 hp & 650 N-m (479 lb-ft) of torque.

 

In north america, you could get a LX450/land cruiser up until 1997 with SFA and dual lockers.

 

i know in Japan they stopped selling 4runners with a sfa in 1993. As for other models i am not sure

 

I wonder if the current HiLuxes are still riding on the same frame as the 2nd/3rd gen trucks?

Hmmmmmm........