Chances are you’ll now not look forward to finding a excessive focus of Land Cruisers 70 Collection fashions in Geneva, Switzerland. The county’s pristine highway community is anything else however austere. However Geneva could also be house to the United Countries, The World Committee of the Crimson Pass, and a bevy of alternative humanitarian assist organizations that perform in essentially the most excessive areas of the globe.

In different phrases, Geneva is the very best position to release the GDJ76. Whilst it will appear to be a vintage, it is a brand-new Land Cruiser made through Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings, a modifier and distributor of Toyota fleet cars that then sells the SUVs solely to humanitarian assist organizations like those discussed.

Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings recently sells the HZJ76, the “wagon” variant within the 70 Collection lineup, configured to hold 10 passengers because of troop seating within the rear. That is the car you’ve most probably noticed at the information dressed in the UN livery.

The brand new GDJ76 options the similar up to date remedy because the recent Australian and JDM “civilian” variations, but it surely foregoes most of the creature comforts like automated high-beam headlights (the GDJ76 is provided with elementary halogen lamps), a virtual gauge cluster, or a touchscreen. What it does come provided with, on the other hand, is Toyota Lively Traction Keep watch over (or, A-TRAC) with manually locking hubs for higher reliability. The signature white paint and black snorkel additionally elevate over from the HZJ76.

Powering the brand new GDJ76 from Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings is the 1GD-FTV engine, a 2.8-liter four-cylinder diesel mated to a six-speed automated transmission. That is the place the foremost enhancements are – in line with TGS, gasoline economic system is up 30 % from the prior six-cylinder 1HZ, and tool is up from 129 horsepower to 201 hp as neatly. Emissions have long gone down 30 %, and that permits the GDJ76 to fulfill Euro4 emissions requirements, important to perform in one of the vital international locations the truck will serve in.

It’s essential to notice that the GDJ76 isn’t essentially a substitute for the HZJ76. The 2 fashions will proceed to be produced in parallel for no less than twelve months, and purchasers of TGS can nonetheless order the HZJ76 in spite of the numerous enhancements of the GDJ76. It’s unknown when – and if – Toyota will section out the HZJ76 utterly.

A spokesperson from TGS famous that room throughout the engine bay has considerably diminished with the GDJ76, which means that they’ll must get a hold of an engineering resolution for one of the vital calls for from assist organizations like twin batteries, higher alternators, and methods that run off engine energy like refrigeration (for transporting vaccines).

As of now, supply of the GDJ76 to help organizations will start in March, and in line with TGS, the United Countries is without doubt one of the first shoppers with a large fleet order.

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