Toyota’s 2027 Land Cruiser update isn’t a styling refresh so much as a running list of hardware and equipment changes — new off-road intake hardware, expanded comfort options, and a price that moves in opposite directions depending on which trim you’re shopping.

According to Toyota’s own newsroom announcement, the 2027 Land Cruiser keeps its two-trim structure — the heritage-styled Land Cruiser 1958, with round LED headlamps and “TOYOTA” stamped on the grille, and the tech-forward Land Cruiser, with rectangular LED headlamps and a 12.3-inch touchscreen — but both trims now get a newly available high-mounted air intake designed to improve water-fording and off-road durability.

Key Points

• Both trims retain the turbocharged i-FORCE MAX hybrid powertrain, rated at 326 net combined horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque, paired with an 8-speed automatic and EPA-estimated 23 mpg combined, per Toyota’s newsroom specifications.
• Maximum towing capacity holds at 6,000 pounds.
• Heated and ventilated second-row outboard seats are now available — previously a front-seat-only feature on this generation.
• A new “Inked” black exterior color joins a seven-color palette, and the top trim adds expanded LED fog light options, according to Kelley Blue Book’s independent review of the pricing announcement.
• Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 remains standard across both trims, now bundled with a newer Proactive Driving Assist calibration and motorcyclist detection.

What Changed in the Cabin

The available Premium Package adds heated and ventilated leather seating for both rows, a 14-speaker JBL audio system, a moonroof, a head-up display, and a digital rearview mirror — equipment aimed squarely at buyers cross-shopping the Land Cruiser against three-row luxury SUVs rather than body-on-frame off-roaders. Locking differentials and Toyota’s CRAWL Control low-speed off-road system remain standard, per Kelley Blue Book’s reporting, so none of the added comfort features come at the expense of the truck’s off-road hardware.

Pricing Moves Both Ways

Kelley Blue Book’s coverage of Toyota’s pricing announcement puts the Land Cruiser 1958 at $59,330 with destination included — up from the outgoing model’s roughly $57,200 starting price — while the loaded Land Cruiser trim comes in at $64,175 with destination, a decrease versus last year’s top-spec pricing. In other words, the base truck got more expensive as it picked up the new intake hardware and safety calibration, while the higher trim got cheaper even as it kept its full features list. The 2027 Land Cruiser is expected at dealerships in spring 2027.

None of these are gimmick changes — a snorkel-style intake and locking diffs matter to the overlanders and desert-runners who kept this nameplate alive through the model’s mid-2020s hiatus from the U.S. market, while the JBL system and digital mirror are aimed at the family buyers now cross-shopping it against three-row crossovers. Toyota is betting the same truck can serve both audiences without compromising either one.