Toyota began assembling the Land Cruiser FJ25 in Brazil in 1958, the first Toyota built outside Japan. It was renamed Bandeirante in 1962, after Brazilian frontier explorers, and the Toyota petrol engine gave way to a 3.4-liter Mercedes-Benz OM324 four-cylinder diesel that suited farm use. In 1968 the J40-based OJ series took over, with jeep, wagon and pickup bodies, and it stayed in production for more than three decades. In 1994 Toyota's 3.7-liter 14B diesel replaced the Mercedes engine. Production ended in November 2001, after about 104,000 vehicles, ahead of new Brazilian emissions rules.
The Brazilian-built Land Cruiser, built from 1958 to 2001 and named Bandeirante from 1962. It used a J40-based body with a Mercedes-Benz diesel for most of its life, then a Toyota diesel from 1994, and came as a Jipe, a wagon and a pickup.
68years
2generations
5trims
77–101hp range
SUVPickup
The Lineage
2 generations · tap any to explore1 trimFJ25 (J20-based)
1958–1968
4 trimsOJ50 (J40-based)
1968–2001
The Story
Why the Land Cruiser Bandeirante mattersTrims · OJ50 (J40-based)
4 trims · 1968–2001Long-running Brazilian Bandeirante built on the J40 Land Cruiser until Nov 2001; Mercedes OM324 diesel replaced by the Toyota 14B 3.7 diesel in 1994.