Ugly, Unofficial 2024 Toyota Sequoia Redesign Predicts the SUV Will Go Back to J200 Looks

According to the rumor mill, the host believes that Toyota is preparing harsh new model year modifications for the Tundra pickup truck sibling. The Sequoia nameplate first appeared – mainly for the North American markets – in 2000 as a 2001 model year. Manufactured at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana in Princeton, Indiana (2000 to 2021) and now in Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas in San Antonio, Texas, the three generations have become a staple of rough and tough family-oriented SUV adventurers.

Its main competition includes successful models like the Ford Expedition and Chevy Tahoe/GMC Yukon, and the third generation appeared early last year for the 2023 model year. It rocked the same tough yet cool looks as the XK70 Tundra pickup truck sibling; the TNGA-F platform also shared with the N400 Tacoma and replaced the classic 5.7-liter 3UR-FE V8 with an electrified 3.4-liter twin-turbo V6 mill that produces 437 hp and is standard across the range with the i-Force Max moniker.

However, the channel's pixel master has imagined the 2024 model year with significant changes, as the host believes the Japanese automaker will strive to rework the Sequoia's image as a proper heir to the 'heavy duty' J200-series Toyota Land Cruiser that went on hiatus in America a full three years ago. Thus, they put the LC 200 front end on top of the Sequoia profile and also updated the rear taillights to slimmer LED modules. Sorry for the language, but I must call this out as utter and proper bull crap!

First of all, Toyota had just started production of the third-generation Sequoia in Texas, and a lot of research and development – years' worth it – went into styling the all-new iteration in line with the design of the Tundra sibling. Plus, both of them inspired the all-new fourth-gen N400 Tacoma! So, why would the company change that vision the very next model year?

Secondly, if they wanted a successor for the J200 Land Cruiser in America, they could have just brought the current J300 Land Cruiser that was presented during the summer of 2021. There's simply no reason, whatsoever, to modify a modern full-size SUV to look like an ugly depiction of the 4x4 that was sold between model years 2008 and 2021 in America – it's too obsolete, even with a CGI nip and tuck.

Thirdly, the Japanese automaker just launched the worldwide versions of the light-duty J250-based Land Cruiser – dubbed Prado in Australia and parts of Europe, Land Cruiser 250 at home in Japan, and simply as the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser in America. And it looks modern and vintage at the same time, so it stands no reason to have two Land Cruisers on sale at the same time, even if one of them is a 'wannabe' with a different moniker.

So, in conclusion, that's a hard no from our point of view. Instead, let us just allow the Toyota Sequoia to go on its merry 437-hp hybridized way and eagerly expect the 326-hp 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser goodies that are set to come once deliveries kick off in America from spring next year. The future looks good; no need to ransack it with ghosts of Land Cruiser pasts!