Toyota may well be operating on a boxy little off-roader to function an access level for the LandCruiser line.

The corporate lately previewed the silhouette of a small, upright SUV within the background of the new-generation LandCruiser Prado livestream and now it has reportedly gained a reputation.

Eastern e-newsletter Easiest Automotive Internet studies this new Corolla Go-sized LandCruiser fashion can be known as the Land Hopper, no less than in Japan. It would have other names in several markets, like the hot LandCruiser Prado.

Toyota lodged a hallmark submitting for the Land Hopper identify with the Eastern Patent Workplace on August 8, 2023 which can be utilized for “energy equipment and home equipment for land cars”.

This new Toyota Land Hopper will slot beneath the LandCruiser Prado and shape as a brand new access level for the rising lineup of LandCruiser cars.

It’s unclear when this rugged compact off-roader be published at this degree, although Toyota prior to now mentioned it is going to provide thought cars at this 12 months’s Japan Mobility Display. It runs from October 26 to November 5.

The Eastern carmaker hasn’t published to any extent further pictures or information about the Land Hopper although the shadowy instance proven within the LandCruiser Prado livestream carefully resembles the Compact Cruiser EV thought at first unveiled on the finish of 2021.

The teased automotive has a in a similar way boxy aspect profile, LED headlight signature, in addition to a thick C-pillar because the Compact Cruiser EV. Some notable adjustments, then again, incorporated a tailgate mounted-spare wheel and the next trip peak.

Easiest Automotive Internet studies the Land Hopper can be to be had with a variety of petrol engines at release, then again an all-electric model could also be added in a “few years”.

Doable powertrain choices may come with the 1.8-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol, a 1.8-litre hybrid, a 2.0-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder, a 2.5-litre hybrid, or a 1.5-litre turbo hybrid.

The Toyota Land Hopper will reportedly be a identical dimension to the Corolla Go and measure in at 4490mm lengthy, 1800mm huge, and 1850mm tall.

“Our shoppers agree with in us to stay LandCruiser related and thriving towards the longer term,” mentioned Toyota Motor Company leader branding officer Simon Humphries throughout the LandCruiser Prado livestream.

“And this long term may imply anything else from carbon impartial approaches, to making sure the LandCruiser logo is extra inexpensive and inside of achieve of much more folks all over the world.

“What it’ll even imply exploring new approaches to mobility that reinforce no longer solely the LandCruiser revel in but additionally additional folks’s freedom in movement.

“Suffice it to mention there are many thrilling paths to converting the way forward for automobiles.”

As prior to now reported, Toyota Motor Company (together with Lexus) showed it is going to release 10 electrical cars (EVs) by way of 2026, during which time it targets to be promoting 1.5 million pure-electric cars globally.

Toyota says the approaching EVs can be introduced “basically” in the US and China.

It says all cars scheduled for release in 2026 will use new chassis, digital and device platforms and can be evolved and produced beneath the newly established BEV Manufacturing facility department.

Toyota hasn’t introduced plans to transition its eponymous logo to an all-electric lineup, although Lexus will cross EV-only by way of 2035 and targets to be promoting a million EVs once a year by way of 2030.

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