Toyota Australia has corrected an error in a press release issued two days earlier, on 23 September 2015, which overstated the number of airbags to be added to the LandCruiser 70 Series single cab as part of an upcoming safety upgrade.
The original release said single cabs would get seven airbags, five more than the airbags fitted now. The corrected figure is five airbags in total.
At a Glance
- Toyota Australia corrected an error from its 23 September 2015 LandCruiser 70 Series safety release.
- Single cab variants get five airbags in total, not seven as first stated.
- The upgrade adds two curtain-shield airbags and a driver's knee airbag to the existing driver and front-seat passenger airbags.
- The targeted five-star ANCAP safety rating for the 70 Series isn't affected by the correction.
- Everything else in the original release stands, including standard fitment of VSC, brake assistance and cruise control across all 70 Series variants.
So if you're buying a single cab, you keep the existing driver and front-seat passenger airbags, plus two curtain-shield airbags and a driver's knee airbag. The amended wording in the release now reads: "Single cabs will also gain curtain-shield and driver's knee airbags as part of the improvements."
Toyota Australia says the correction doesn't change the targeted five-star ANCAP safety rating. That's still the goal of the safety update programme set for the second half of 2016.
All other details from the September 23 release stand. Vehicle stability control, brake assistance and cruise control become standard fitment across all 70 Series variants in the same update.
Toyota Australia's spokesperson said the company "regrets and apologises for inadvertently issuing incorrect information."
If you run a 70 Series single cab, five airbags is still a real step up on what you have now.
