Watch: Toyota LandCruiser 300 teardown

The Victorian-based Auto Innovation Centre has torn down a new Toyota LandCruiser 300 to give us a first look at its bare bones and individual parts.

It might be hard to see the highly anticipated 300 series model in such a state, given production delays have foreshadowed the LandCruiser's arrival and would leave some buyers anxious for delivery of theirs. But it’s for a good cause.

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Created in the wake of Australia’s deceased automotive manufacturing industry, the Auto Innovation Centre (AIC) supplies high quality data on new vehicles to local firms intending to develop aftermarket products for popular makes and models.

In this LandCruiser 300’s case, the AIC has torn down the new vehicle – with less than 20 kilometres on the clock – to its bare components so they can be laser scanned, weighed and measured.

“We got people developing draw systems, fit-out kits, floor mats,” AIC employee Luke Truskinger says in the video. “There are all sorts of things, so we are just scanning absolutely everything anyway.”

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“[There are] big calls for roof racks, for wheels, suspension, GVM upgrades, and interior parts already. We got a massive list of stuff we got to do.”

In the process, we get a close look at what makes the new LandCruiser tick – especially underneath.

Truskinger beckons us to the LandCruiser’s body-in-white, pointing out how the front guards and bonnet are aluminium. He also brings us around to the passenger side of the engine bay, where you can see the intricacies of the new model’s side intake system.

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The crew at AIC also have extracted the LandCruiser 300’s new diesel engine, which has downsized from the old 4.5-litre turbo V8 to a 3.3-litre twin-turbo V6 while adding a 10-speed automatic transmission.

With its hot-vee packaging of the turbos, the video lends a great opportunity to see where all its associated bits lie and how Toyota configures the system.

From here it gets even nerdier, with Truskinger pointing out how many transmission breathers there are. This level of detail continues throughout the rest of the video.

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So, if you have 20 minutes spare, watch on to learn more about the new LandCruiser’s wheels, chassis, suspension, drivetrain and more – including where a bolt is missing from this early production-run example. It’s worth it.