The incoming Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series has reportedly been snapped testing in Japan, but you'll have to squint to make it out.
The blurry low-res pic, uploaded to a forum for Japan's Mag X, reveals less than we'd like it to, but if it is legitimate, it at least shows the replacement for the 200 Series is well on its way.
The pic was snapped on Japan's Tomei Expressway on the island of Honshū - around 200kms from Tokyo - with the heavily camouflaged 300 Series undergoing on-road evaluation.
It marks the first time we've seen imagery of the new model, with its development closely guarded secret within Toyota.
But all will be revealed soon, with the new LandCruiser 300 Series expected to debut - at least in Japan - in April 2021.
CarsGuide continues to understand that Australian cars will receive a six-cylinder turbo-diesel engine, with any four-cylinder options likely destined for overseas markets.
There is also reportedly a brace of turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 petrol engines - one hybrid, the other not - but neither are expected to be available in our market from launch.
Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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