The brand new Toyota Land Cruiser is leaning exhausting into its heritage. Plainly what’s outdated is, certainly, new once more, and Toyota is embracing the boxy appears of its traditional Land Cruisers to woo followers to its upcoming off-roader SUV. We’ve solely had glimpses to this point, however the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser might be absolutely revealed on August 1. Effectively, within the U.S., anyway. In its residence nation of Japan, the Land Cruiser will reportedly debut on August 2 — proof that, in some methods, Japan resides sooner or later.

Or are we residing within the previous? It’s exhausting to inform, however the Land Cruiser is certainly wanting to return to its roots so far as design goes. That a lot is clear from the footage that Toyota has launched these days, akin to this teaser from Instagram:

From what we are able to see, the strains of the 2024 Land Cruiser will hew carefully to that of the 2024 Lexus GX. The design additionally appears to be a contemporary interpretation of the FJ62 Land Cruiser, in line with Toyota’s personal promotional materials, which invitations Land Cruiser fans to match and distinction the outdated LC with the brand new.

The 2024 Land Cruiser is lacking the chrome bumper, for those who ask me. I get that trendy security requirements are possible accountable for bumper design in the present day, with bumpers now built-in into the general look of contemporary vans and SUVs (vehicles, too). However I do miss the times of chrome bumpers on gnarly vans and SUVs, which acted extra like steps and had been visibly distinct from the remainder of the design.

The brand new Land Cruiser’s massive built-in bumper is extra apparent from Toyota’s Japanese teaser photos, that are on the carmaker’s social media posts and may also be discovered on Toyota’s particular web site devoted to the debut of the upcoming Land Cruiser. The pictures give us extra clues into the look of the 2024 Land Cruiser, however we simply need to piece them collectively like a jigsaw puzzle for now.