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Toyota Land Cruiser is a vehicle with series of four-wheel drive produced by Japanese auto manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation. The development of the first generation of Toyota Land Cruiser began in 1951 when the Toyota version of the Jeep-like vehicle and production began in 1954. Toyota Land Cruiser has been produced cabriolet, coupe, wagon and utility truck versions. Toyota Land Cruiser reliability and longevity has led to great popularity, especially in Australia, where is the best-selling full-size, body-on-frame four-wheel drive car. Toyota also has a number of tests for the Toyota Land Cruiser the Australian Outback - is considered one of the toughest operating environments as well as temperature and terrain.

In 1941 the Japanese Imperial Army occupied the Philippines, where they found an old Bantam Mk II, and immediately introduced into Japan. Japanese military authorities ordered Toyota to make a similar vehicle, but not to model the appearance of the American Jeep. The prototype was called the AK model and was officially adopted by the Japanese Imperial Army as Yon-Shiki Kogata Kamotsu-Sha (type 4 compact cargo truck).

Later, in 1941, the Japanese government asked Toyota to produce a truck for Japan military campaign. Toyota has developed a prototype called the AK10 2.1 tons in 1942. The AK10 has been developed using reverse engineering the Bantam GP. There are no known surviving photographs of the AK10. The only known pictorial representations of some sketches. The truck also a vertical grille, flat front wheel arches that angled down and back, like the FJ40, headlights mounted above the wheel arches on either side of the radiator and a folding windshield.

AK10 used 2259 cc, 4 cylinder Toyota Motor Type C AE model sedan, three-speed manual transmission and transfer two-speed gearbox connected to it. There is no mechanical relationship between the AK10 and the postwar Toyota Jeep BJ. Most of the AK10 is not actively used, unlike the Jeep) and there are almost no images of the battlefield.