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Land Rover Range Rover Sport vs Toyota Land Cruiser

Two large SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 6 like-for-like measures: the Land Rover Range Rover Sport leads on 4, the Toyota Land Cruiser on 1, 1 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Land Rover Range Rover Sport

  • Against cars of the same year, the Land Rover Range Rover Sport comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 48% less often than average) than the Toyota Land Cruiser (fails 16% less often than average).
  • Fewer Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (5.3% against 15.6%).
  • New Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 158 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 250 for the Toyota Land Cruiser in 2022.
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the diesel Land Rover Range Rover Sport uses 9.8 l/100 km on the road, the Toyota Land Cruiser 10.3.

Toyota Land Cruiser

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Toyota Land Cruiser uses 10.1 l/100 km, the 2026 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 12.6.

Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Land Rover Range Rover SportToyota Land Cruiser
Model years in the US safety record2005–20271981–2023
New cars registered in Europe159,512 (2010–2022)75,963 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom146,73120,860
On the road in the Netherlands11,1633,439
In traffic in Finland—227

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Land Rover Range Rover SportToyota Land Cruiser
UK MOT first-time pass rate80%70%
… against cars of the same age+10%+11%
New York safety inspections failed0.7%1.1%
… against cars of the same year−48%−16%
Illogical odometer records (NL)5.3%15.6%
US owner complaints643285
Most complaints aboutEngineVehicle speed control
Model year with most complaints2016 (77)2000 (25)
US recall campaigns5418
Manufacturer service bulletins8,1314,216
NHTSA defect investigations2813

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

Land Rover Range Rover SportToyota Land Cruiser
NHTSA overall rating—4★ (2027)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

Land Rover Range Rover SportToyota Land Cruiser
Official combined fuel use, Canada12.6 l/100 km (2026)10.1 l/100 km (2026)
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid9.8 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol15.2 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel9.8 l/100 km10.3 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe158 g/km250 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe245 kW (328 hp)150 kW (202 hp)
Average mass in running order2,535 kg2,232 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€118,661€95,861
Average odometer in Finland—416,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).