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From: guo@acuson.com (Xiaocong Guo)
Subject: Re: Toyota Land Cruiser worth it?
Message-ID: <1993Apr22.163711.27145@acuson.com>
Organization: Acuson; Mountain View, California
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:37:11 GMT
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tvervaek@col.hp.com (Tom Vervaeke) writes:

>My wife and I looked at, and drove one last fall. This was a 1992 model.
>It was WAYYYYYYYYY underpowered. I could not imagine driving it in the
>mountains here in Colorado at anything approaching highway speeds. I
>have read that the new 1993 models have a newer, improved hp engine. 

>I'm quite serious that I laughed in the salesman face when he said "once
>it's broken in it will feel more powerful". I had been used to driving a
>Jeep 4.0L 190hp engine. I believe the 92's Land Cruisers (Land Yachts)
>were 3.0L, the sames as the 4Runner, which is also underpowered (in my
>own personal opinion). 

>They are big cars, very roomy, but nothing spectacular.


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The Land Cruiser has a L6 4.5 engine which has 200 hp and 280 torgue, when I 
drove it here in california, power is more than enough. The high price is 
the only reason I did not buy it.
