# Toyota Land Cruiser 70

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Toyota Land Cruiser 70 and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its simple, rugged build with few electronics, reliability, and ease of repair, and it remains easy to buy and register in many EU countries.

## Why people recommend it

- Rugged, reliable, simple to repair (2 comments): "It’s simple, rugged, easy to repair, and cheap." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47874578)) "more reliable and bigger payload" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966674))
- Few electronics, simple mechanics (2 comments): "Difference is a v8 with no electronics and a 4 cylinder hybrid filled with electronics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46966602)) "It’s simple, rugged, easy to repair, and cheap." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47874578))
- Strong demand for the model (2 comments): "get these awesome foreign trucks into US" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46099099)) "all we want are 70-series land cruisers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623989))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Toyota Land Cruiser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/toyota-land-cruiser.md): 15 recommend
- [Toyota 4Runner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/toyota-4runner.md): 11 recommend
- [Jeep Wrangler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jeep-wrangler.md): 5 recommend
- [Ford Bronco](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ford-bronco.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Toyota Land Cruiser 70", https://hackerapproved.com/p/toyota-land-cruiser-70-series/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).