Toyota has filed a trademark software for one thing known as the Land Hopper in Japan. It is unknown on what automobile the mysterious moniker will seem, however the latest 2024 Land Cruiser presentation might provide some clues.
The trademark submitting fell into the “automobiles” class and was noticed by customers on the Land Cruiser Discussion board. This led to hypothesis that it would apply to one of many automobiles proven in silhouette on display screen through the Land Cruiser presentation. The picture seems on the 18:39 mark of the video, wherein three automobiles could be seen in profile.
On the left is a short-wheelbase SUV that resembles a shortened Land Cruiser. Toyota has in-built prior generations shorter, two-door variations of the Land Cruiser Prado, which is the predecessor of the U.S. market’s 2024 Land Cruiser (the Prado suffix was dropped). This specific one virtually seems to be prefer it could possibly be an FJ Cruiser successor.
The automobile on the appropriate seems to be a big, probably 3-row crossover. The distinct flat bodywork the place a grille would usually go signifies it might need battery-electric motivation. It virtually seems to be like a modified bZ4X.
Nevertheless, one person identified that the trademark class contains bikes and bicycles too. That factors to the automobile within the heart, which seems to be like an off-road electrical bike of some type. Land Hopper can be the proper identify for one thing like that.
In his speech, Chief Branding Officer Simon Humphries mentioned, “This future may imply something, from carbon-neutral approaches to making sure the Land Cruiser model is extra reasonably priced and inside attain of much more individuals world wide. Or it could even imply exploring new approaches to mobility that improve not solely the Land Cruiser expertise, but additionally additional individuals’s freedom in movement.”
A foldable electrical bike is likely to be the proper companion to the Land Cruiser. It’d even be designed to slot in to the cargo space, like Honda did with the Motocompo within the Nineteen Eighties.
It wasn’t talked about within the discussion board put up, however on the identical day Toyota additionally filed a trademark for the identify Tazuna in Japan. From so far as we are able to inform, the phrase means “bridle” in Japanese. What sort of automobile it would apply to is anybody’s guess.
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