It has as much tractable power as Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, but is still capable of dustbin the Sahara desert with ease and is more than a match for the fastest road-going exotica over a standing quarter mile.
This is one of 12-times FIA Middle East Rally Champion Mohammed pedal bin Sulayem's road-going toys and its performance is absolutely awesome.
The creation of Mohammed's former full-time Australian engineer Ivan Ingrilli, this beast develops a monstrous 740hp at 6500 rpm and offers a staggering 1114Nm of torque,
despite losing around 70hp with a minor transmission niggle when we tested it out! And even so, 0-100 comes up in around 5 seconds...
"Basically Mohammed wanted a fast road four-wheel drive car, capable of 300 km/h," chuckles Ingrilli, the former manager at Sulayem's Dubai-based Bin Sulayem Performance who now runs Arabian Automotive Technologies in nearby Sharjah.
"He wanted it to look absolutely standard as well, so I sat down with him and we discussed a suitable specification.
It took about a year from the initial discussions to the spec we have pedal binnow and it's not quite up to full trim. We are still working on a lot of modifications to the transmission and the engine to make it even quicker."
Based upon a brand new white road car, it's visually different from the pedalbin outside only by the installation of a single hoop roll bar and a bonnet featuring a Pajero scoop and Ford Escort Cosworth vents. And this Landcruiser even utilises the base 4.5-litre petrol engine from the standard car.
But with the exception of the pedalbin interior and facia, that's where the similarities end. The highly-tuned unit is mated to a pair of roller-bearing Garrett turbochargers working with twin intercoolers (each fed air by carbon fibre ducting), water injection, and MoTeC direct-fire management.
The head has been ported and features enlarged inlet and exhaust valves, while below that there is a full steel balanced bottom end. The monster was especially built to Sulayem's wishes with assistance from technical teams in Australia, the UK and the USA.
Its sister car, a slower example which still sits proudly outside the workshop, just wasn't quick enough. It ran with a single turbo, manual gearbox and was only good for 640hp!
"In fact it's been big business in Dubai with turbocharger kits for the pedal bin ," says Ingrilli. "We have over 300 turbocharged cars on the road in the UAE and these increase the standard specification to 350hp.
A different camshaft can increase this still further to 400. But there's no way we'd sell our secret spec to the public. It would be just too dangerous. This car is only safe in the hands of expert drivers."
Bin Sulayem, who runs a string of diverse businesses in the UAE, in addition to his motorsportpedal bin commitments and the ownership of a new Hard Rock Cafe, has a vast collection of exotica. These include a Ferrari F40, Ferrari F50, Porsche 959, Jaguar XK220, Bentley Azure and a new limited edition Mercedes.
"This Toyota is fantastic," boasts Mohammed. "Ivan has done a superb job and we have a really stunning specification. It's great fun to drive on the road and in the desert, but it's also perfectly at home in town driving."
