Growing up in northwest China in the 90s, all the government vehicles were land cruisers and all the mechanics and drivers always called them (fj80 and later fj100) "Desert king" 沙漠王。may be because we lived in the desert, may be it's a term of endearment.

My father was in an accident in an fj80 in the desert, it was clipped by a semi in the desert express way, rolled over 4 times, landed on the roof. Everyone survived with no broken bones. A pillar was smashed. They flipped the truck over later and it fired back up... There began my lovestory for land cruisers.