Perhaps most importantly, it includes a Magnuson supercharger bolted to the standard 5.7-liter Toyota V8 - the same unit that was available from Toyota Racing Development (TRD) in the Tundra some years back. It also includes bolt-ons such as CBI skid plates, rock sliders, and front and rear bumpers a Warn winch a Prinsu Design roof rack system an onboard ARB twin compressor and luminescence of Rigid Industries light bars. These include rugged accessories such as an Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension good for a few extra inches of ride height, and even more when the suspension is put in extreme high mode smaller 17-inch Evo Corse Dakar Zero wheels mounted with 33-inch General Grabber X3 tires a TJM Airtec snorkel for breathing underwater (something we did not get to experience in the parched Coachella Valley) and StopTech drilled brake rotors. In addition to the performance differentials mentioned above, the J201 benefits from a myriad of additional add-ons. But the J201 Concept does add significant upgrades to the production vehicle, which, based as it is on the venerable and caprine Toyota Land Cruiser, is hardly a slouch in the off-road-capability department. The reference to time-in-lifecycle is kind of an understatement for a vehicle that has existed in its current form, with only minor cosmetic updates, since 2008 - two lifetimes in the product span of most automobiles. J201 is a rolling example of our belief in Always On, the idea of continual improvement no matter the time in a vehicle’s lifecycle.” “Going rogue is actually part of who we are,” says Vinay Shahani, the brand’s vice president of marketing for America. This jacked and tracked truck begs the question: Has Lexus gone rogue? So capable was this vehicle that it was easy to forget that the platform that underpinned all of this ruggedness was Lexus’ posh, flagship SUV, the $88,000 LX 570. The truck handled the challenge with marked aplomb, cresting the ridge without a huff, and eventually leveling off and displaying the glories of what was on the other side: a meth lab. After shifting the transmission into neutral, engaging the four-wheel-drive low range, and closing the ARB Air Locking differentials, we got even and steady on the throttle and pointed our truck-a seven-figure, one-off, overlanding concept known as the Lexus J201-up the steep, rocky face until all that showed through the windshield was dust and searing sky. Taking a left turn off of I-10 outside of Palm Springs, California, we drove down a rutted, sand-blown track for a couple miles before ending up at a tall, rocky pile, an outcrop scaled somewhere between a hillock and a massif.
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