Toyota Land Cruiser: 88 Cars in Stock, Almost All One Generation, Almost All China 5

The Car Every Export Market Asks About First

No model appears more often in the first ten emails from a new buyer than the Land Cruiser. It is the car for roads that are not roads, for fuel that is not clean, for a workshop that owns one socket set and a hammer. Toyota stopped building the 200-series in 2021, China stopped importing it new, and every car that reached Chinese soil was a parallel import from the Gulf.

Which is exactly why our stock looks the way it does: 88 cars, 87 of them the 200-series, registered between 2012 and 2020, and every single one registered as China 5 (国五). That last fact is the most commercially important thing on this page for anyone exporting to Europe, and it is invisible unless you read the certificate.

Key numbers: 88 units, ¥215,500 to ¥840,000 (median ¥520,000). 77 × 4.0 V6, 6 × 4.6 V8, 4 × 5.7 V8, 1 × 2023 LC300 3.5 V6. 84 of 88 are white. Mileage from 4,336 km to 328,355 km (median 120,334 km).

What Is Actually in Stock

Read that table twice. A 2016 car can cost ¥380,000 or ¥590,000 with similar mileage, and the reason is trim: GX-R, EX-R, VX, VX-R and GT sit on the same platform with materially different equipment. On a Land Cruiser, the trim name is the specification.

Specifications

The LC300 in stock is a different car underneath — 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6, ten-speed automatic, a lighter and more complex platform. Do not quote it in the same breath as a 200-series; the parts catalogues barely overlap.

Gulf Spec Is Not a Marketing Word — It Is a Trim List

Every car here is 中东版 (Middle East specification), imported to China as a parallel import. That has real consequences that a buyer comparing against a local-market Land Cruiser will not expect:

• Airbag count varies wildly. GX-R base cars from the Gulf were commonly ordered with two airbags. Five of our listings state 两气 explicitly; others state 八气 (eight) or, on 5.7 cars, 12气 (twelve). If your market or your insurer cares, ask for the specific unit's airbag count in writing — this is the single most consequential line on the spec sheet.
• Spare wheel location. 底挂 means under the floor; 外挂 means bolted to the tailgate. It changes the overall length, the rear-door loading, and what the tailgate is worth in a repair.
• Wheels and equipment. Several listings state 铁轮 (steel wheels), no reverse camera, or no headlight washers. These are base Gulf cars, not showroom cars.
• Fuel tank. Gulf-spec cars frequently carry the auxiliary tank. Confirm the specific car's capacity rather than assuming the long-range setup.
• No factory warranty, ever. These were never sold through Chinese dealers.

What Export Buyers Should Check

1. Chassis rust, before anything else. A Land Cruiser with a sound frame is worth shipping; one with a rotten frame is scrap with a nice body. Get under the car — rear cross-member, body mounts, the area behind the rear wheels — and ask for photos of the frame, not the paint.
2. The airbag count on the actual unit. Two, eight or twelve, in writing. This is not a rounding error; it is a different car.
3. Emission standard. All 88 cars are registered China 5 here. If your market demands Euro 6 / China 6, this stock does not satisfy it, whatever the model year says. Check the certificate of conformity for the individual car.
4. Mileage honesty. The stock spans 4,336 km to 328,355 km. A 2017 car showing 4,336 km is possible and also worth verifying — a Land Cruiser that sat for years still has perished rubber, seals and fluids. Buy condition, not the odometer.
5. The 4.0 versus the V8s. The 1GR-FE 4.0 is the simplest, cheapest to service and by far the best supported in Africa and Central Asia. The 4.6 and 5.7 V8s are lovely and much harder to keep alive outside the Gulf.
6. Transfer case and diff operation. Low range should engage cleanly and the centre differential lock should actually work. Test it, do not take the seller's word.
7. Trim-level equipment, item by item. Two cars at ¥520,000 can differ by sunroof, leather, cooler box, rear air-conditioning and wheel size. Compare the two spec sheets line by line.

What the Stock Looks Like Today

Who Should Import It

A good fit when the buyer wants:

• A petrol 4.0 that any diesel-and-petrol garage in West Africa, Central Asia or the Gulf can service
• A seven-seat body-on-frame car that survives roads which destroy crossovers
• A car with a documented, verifiable airbag and equipment list — provided you insist on it
• The newest possible 200-series: the 2019–2020 GX-R cars are the sweet spot of condition, price and parts support

Think twice when:

• Your market requires Euro 6 — every car here is China 5
• The buyer assumes all Land Cruisers are equally equipped — they are not, and base Gulf cars with two airbags are the trap
• You want the LC300 — there is exactly one in stock; that is a conversation with our team, not a catalogue order
• Nobody will inspect the frame — buy a Land Cruiser on the chassis, always