Worldwide, more than five million Toyota LandCruisers have been built since it first started life in Japan in 1951. More than 500,000 have been sold in Australia, where it has rightly secured its place as one of the most competent four-wheel drives around. It continues to be a best-seller in the Northern Territory and Queensland, where a legion of fans would never consider buying anything but a Toyota. What makes it so impressive is its no-nonsense build quality, ability to tow a large boat and also venture seriously outback when the black-top runs out. At $83,800, the luxury Sahara may well compete in the rarified European atmosphere inhabited by the BMW X5, Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Allroad and Mercedes-Benz M-Class but unlike the Euro line-up, for that price you get a silky V8 mated to a five-speed auto and fully adjustable suspension.