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On July 1, Toyota Motor and Lexus announced on their official website that they would stop accepting orders for the "new Toyota Land Cruiser" and "Lexus LX600" from July 1, because demand was in short supply and global orders greatly exceeded production capacity. Toyota said it would restart orders in the future based on production conditions.

Earlier this year, Toyota announced that buyers of the new Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX models could have to wait four years to get a car. In January, Toyota Motor said: "The new Land Cruiser is very popular not only in the Japanese market, but also around the world, and it is expected to take a lot of time to deliver." When ordering from now (January 19), the lead time could be approximately four years and we do our best to shorten the lead time for our customers." Lexus also announced on its website in February that "we deeply apologize for the new LX announced on January 12 because it takes a lot of time to arrive after ordering." If you buy from now on, it could take us four years or so to deliver your car." In other words, buying the new Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX will take until 2026.

For the "new Toyota Land Cruiser" and "Lexus LX" two models will not be able to pick up the car until 2026, when Toyota and Lexus officials did not disclose the specific reasons. The auto industry is concerned that the main reason may be the shortage of chips and the impact of the epidemic, coupled with the popularity of the two models in the global market. Today, Toyota's orders for the "new Toyota Land Cruiser" and "Lexus LX" are also affected by this.

According to previous reports in the automobile industry, the brand-new generation of Lande Cool Road Ze (code LC300) was officially released in June 2021. Based on TNGA-F architecture, the new car launched GX, AX, VX, ZX and GR SPORT configuration models, among which the gasoline powered model (5 seats/7 seats) sold for 5.1 million-7.3 million yen.(about RMB 300,000 - 430,000 yuan), diesel-powered models (5 seats) sell for 7.6 million-8 million yen (about RMB 447,000 - 472,000 yuan), powered by a 3.5L V6 twin turbocharged engine with code number V35A-FTS, diesel generator with maximum power of 225kw, peak torque of 700N·m, gasoline engine with maximum power of 305kw and peak torque of 650N·m, matched with 10-speed automatic gearbox, 0- 100km/h acceleration for 6.7 seconds.

Land Cruiser, as a classic model owned by Toyota, is known as Land Cruiser or Land Cruiser in China and has a history of nearly 60 years. In December 2007, the new generation of Land Cruiser, code-named LC200, was launched domestically. However, due to the relatively high price of the car, the sales volume in China was not good. FAW Toyota Changchun Factory East Factory was closed in 2016, announcing that Land Cruiser was officially announced to stop production in China, and in the next few years, Land Cruiser sold in China was parallel imported models. At the beginning of May this year, on a car vertical website Rand Cool Road Ze Forum, some netizens released a group of new generation Rand Cool Road Ze camouflage test car spy photos, suspected that the car will return to the Chinese market production, but this news has not been officially confirmed.

As for the brand-new Lexus LX, it was officially unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2021. The car is based on TNGA platform, with brand-new powertrain equipment and brand-new naming tail label_LX600. The current vehicle price is 96.85- 1.74 million yuan. It is equipped with Toyota 3.5T V6 twin-turbo engine, with maximum power of 415 horsepower and peak torque of 650 N·m. It matches 10-speed automatic transmission. Currently, the car can only be sold domestically through parallel imports.

As a high-end brand owned by Toyota, Lexus has maintained its status as an imported car sold in the Chinese market. In 2021, Lexus sold 227,000 vehicles in China, up 1% year-on-year. According to the number of risks, from January to April 2022, Lexus accumulated sales volume was 57927 vehicles, down 30.71% year-on-year.

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