• Decent quality
• Lots of physical controls
• High level of standard equipment

How is the quality and layout?

Toyota has certainly improved your initial impressions, with lots of soft-touch plastic on the dash and front doors, quality switches and knobs, and even a few strategically placed squishy pads for your knees and elbows. You’ll need an extreme off-road scenario to need them, but the Land Cruiser could certainly find itself in that scenario.

Closer inspection does reveal a bit of flex to the centre console and the switch panel for the heater controls, and it doesn’t feel as classy as a Defender 130, or luxurious as a Range Rover Sport. However, this is still a perfectly pleasant place to be, and is far more user friendly thanks to the large number of physical controls.

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All the heating and off-road kit is designed to be operated with gloves on, and there’s an awful lot to be said for that. The steering wheel also avoids touch-sensitive controls, so save for a few buttons hidden near your right knee (typical Toyota), it’s an overall successful interior, if one that doesn’t quite feel worth over £70k.

Infotainment and tech

In terms of technology, you get a large 12.3-inch touchscreen with integrated wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as a digital dial display that changes depending on what driving mode you’re in.

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Neither are quite as crisp as those in a Land Rover Defender, but they also have to do a lot less heavy lifting thanks to all those lovely buttons. The central touchscreen is certainly responsive and has menus that are easy to navigate with icons that aren’t too tiddly.

The driver’s display can be a bit fiddly to operate, and you’ll need to master the menus to switch off the speed limit warning, but it can display a lot of info.

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Comfort

• Heated and cooled seats front and rear
• Recline on second row is snooze-friendly
• Three-zone climate control standard

All Land Cruisers come as standard with black leather seats with electric adjustment for the front seats and those at the very back. They aren’t as adjustable as some of Land Rover’s optional seats, with just a seat base extension and tilt, plus lumbar support over the basic functions. The second row has a manual recline function split 60/40 with a wide range of adjustment.

The seats are soft and comfortable, if lacking in side support if you corner keenly, giving no problems over a week of driving. The front and outer second row seats are both heated and ventilated, and there’s a heated steering wheel, too. The heaters get nice and toasty quickly, and the ventilation blows ice cold. All three rows get at least a pair of USB C ports, and even the third row gets cupholders.