My 18-year-old son and I were driving in a luxury car the other day marveling at all the virtual gauges and touch screens.
“Wonder if any of this will work 20 years from now?” I mused, gesturing toward all that dashboard magic.
“Good question,” he said. “I wouldn’t count on it.”
Then, when you climb into the cabin of the massive, old-school 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser, this week’s tester, another thought arises: “This thing feels like it will last forever.” Or 300,000-miles, whichever comes first.
By today’s standards the Toyota Land Cruiser is showing its age. But there’s something about those analog gauges and (merely) 18-inch wheels shod with beefy all-terrain tires that telegraphs strength and stability. This is the car you want to survive nuclear winter and the apocalypse.