Head to https://betterhelp.com/matwatson to get 10% off your first month with our partner, BetterHelp. I’m risking £100,000 on two "banned" Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series to save my import business. These brand-new, old-school icons aren't sold in the UK, and getting them road-legal is a total nightmare. From stripping panels to "hacking" analog speedos for the IVA test, join me as I gamble everything on these 2.8L diesel legends. Plus, I finally sell a Suzuki Jimny to a happy customer (and his dog). 0:00 My £100,000 Land Cruiser Risk 0:46 Sourcing the 70 Series from Japan 1:40 The Brutal IVA Modification Checklist 3:13 Shipping Disaster: Container Damage 4:05 Wiring the Fog Lights (The Faff) 6:27 Splicing the Analog Speedometer 7:24 Selling a Suzuki Jimny! 10:22 Picking up the UK-legal Land Cruiser 11:28 First Drive: Land Cruiser 76 Review 15:15 YIANNI roasts my £100,000K gamble 16:45 Can a 6'6" person fit in a Land Cruiser? 18:02 Handing over the keys to Tom 20:42 The future of Japanese Dream Machines
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You have lost it fully lol
Oh no NOT “better help “ scam services with a BAD track record. Please Matt don’t do any ads for them poor company .
Portugal has a Toyota factory to build the Land Cruiser 70 series to South Africa (and other African markets). Might be cheaper to import those.
No more BetterHelp ads please.
Cool content, but it’s missing the most important part: the numbers. Show what you paid, what you spent on each car, and what you sold for. otherwise we can’t tell if this is profitable or just looks good.
If you're in a rush to see the Land Cruiser in action, skip the business talk and head here: [09:45] - First Drive | [15:15] - Yianni's Brutal Verdict! 😂🚜
you could not have fitted a cheaper looking fog light - it looks like it might last till water gets in it.
You forgot the most important point on the 76. Its not the legroom its the fact that only cockroaches and landcruiser 70 series will survive the nuclear/ zombie apocalypse. If looked after it will run forever.
The Toyota Land Cruiser are so popular here in Australia. Basically they are underpowered and last forever. The previous model had a manual V8 which was so popular
18:05 i was expecting some big dog, not some little fart 🤣
Once made road legal for the UK roads we need to get these Land Cruisers on the offroad challenge against a Range Rover and a Mercedes G-Wagon, and a very thorough challenge at that. Speaking of making the SUVs road legal, it was a real pleasure watching Lee work, the kind of experienced professional you always hope to get when you take your car to the workshop.
Best decision you'll ever make. You'll be surprised how great this car is. You won't sale one
Betterhelp? HELL NO!!!!!
I've got a 1999 single cab Cruiser with the 4.5 EFI engine on my cattle farm in the Kalahari in South Africa with 790k km on the clock and it is still going, it is still stock and I use it for farm work, hunting and camping all over Botswana and Namibia. My farm is mostly thick sand and dunes and I pull heavy cattle trailers. It uses a lot of fuel, but is totally worth it
Should have got the Australian spec land cruiser
I am a paramedic driver in the medical unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, I drive a Land Cruiser 70 with a naturally aspirated 4.2L diesel engine and with manual transmission and I can testify that this is a beast of a machine for the most terrible roads and the most difficult operating conditions, which can get you out of any swamp and is super reliable, and it also takes a lot of heavy cargo on board. I just fell in love with this car!
Western government when a vehicle is durable and long-lasting: "RRRREEEEEEEEEE NOOOO IT'S DIRTY IT'S SCARY NO FREN WITH ENVIRONMENT" western government when a vehicle is a total piece of crap that would break in 5 years, filling up junkyard faster, but Euro 6: "the future of mobility is coming"
Anyone Noticed the gemini logo in thumbnail?
I would love to see a full review on the Land Cruisers from you.
Johnny Smith did a video a while back, There is already a company importing these, I think these vehicles were imported from South Africa not Japan.