Big, capable and luxurious: Lexus' LandCruiser spin-off is suitably over the top

Big and brash – the Lexus LX 570 is a vehicle that needs little introduction. But it is also a vehicle that has confounded critics and the public ever since the first incarnation arrived in 2008: “Why would you purchase one of these over a LandCruiser 200 Series?” they might argue. Petrol-powered and more expensive than its mainstream namesake, the Lexus is limited in appeal. But it is strangely endearing at the same time.