Toyota Land Cruiser 71 for Export from Dubai

The Toyota Land Cruiser 71 is the short-wheelbase two-door of the 70 Series, and it is one of the most requested vehicles leaving Dubai. It is the compact member of a family that has been in continuous production for four decades, built for places where recovery is a long way away. Before you export a Toyota Land Cruiser 71 from Dubai, understand one thing about the numbering, because it causes more wrong orders than any other Toyota: the number describes the body, not the model year or the trim. A 71 is not a newer 70 or an older 76. This page covers the specification, the numbering, buying and shipping, the export steps, tiers, paperwork and destinations.

Vehicle specifications

The LC71 is the short two-door hardtop, seating four to five, on a ladder-frame chassis with live axles front and rear and a part-time four-wheel-drive system with a low-range transfer case. Gulf cars are most commonly the 4.0-litre petrol V6, driving through a manual gearbox, with the 4.5-litre V8 turbo diesel appearing in some markets and specifications. Differential locks, heavy-duty suspension and a snorkel are common either from factory or fitted locally. Equipment is deliberately basic, and that is the point: fewer electronics, mechanical simplicity and parts availability in almost every country that has a dirt road. The short wheelbase gives it a tighter turning circle and better breakover angle than any of its longer siblings, which is exactly why expedition and utility buyers ask for it by number.

What the numbers actually mean. Within the 70 Series, 71 is the short-wheelbase two-door hardtop, 76 is the long five-door wagon, 78 is the extended Troop Carrier, and 79 is the pickup. These are four different vehicles sharing a chassis family, not four generations. Because the 70 Series has been built with only gradual changes since 1984, a recent car can look almost identical to one twenty years older, so confirm the model year against the VIN rather than the styling. That distinction decides whether the car clears your destination's import age limit.

Toyota Land Cruiser 71 Export Dubai: logistics and buying process

On OneClickDrive you deal directly with the seller. To buy a Toyota Land Cruiser 71 for export from Dubai, browse the live listings, filter by model year, engine and mileage, then contact Dubai's Toyota Land Cruiser 71 export dealers by phone, WhatsApp or callback. No agent in between, no commission added. Confirm the engine, the gearbox, whether differential locks are fitted, the mileage, the service history and the VIN, and ask for current photographs rather than stock images. On a vehicle this often used off-road, ask specifically about chassis and underbody condition, which matters more here than cabin wear.

The short body has a real shipping advantage worth knowing about. Because the 71 is considerably shorter than a 79 pickup or a 78 Troop Carrier, it packs more efficiently. Two can commonly be loaded into a single forty-foot container where two long-wheelbase 70 Series cannot, which changes the per-unit freight cost noticeably on a two-car order. If you are buying more than one vehicle, ask the forwarder to quote container loading both ways before defaulting to RoRo. On a single car, RoRo is usually still the simpler route.

Once you agree a price, the seller or their freight forwarder arranges the booking, the customs filing and the bill of lading, by RoRo, container or overland for regional destinations.

Step by step: choose your configuration, engine and gearbox; confirm colour, interior, diff locks and any fitted equipment; receive an export quotation; secure the booking with a verified payment option; then take delivery worldwide by sea or overland. The dealer handles everything from inspection to export documentation and customs clearance.

Export process and requirements

For a used car registered in the UAE, clear any fines, Salik or finance first, with a bank No-Objection Certificate where the car was financed. The RTA then de-registers it and issues temporary export plates and the Export Certificate, which cancels the local registration and replaces the registration card, the Mulkiya. The export is declared to Dubai Customs, and GCC destinations need a Vehicle Clearance Certificate to register on arrival.

A new 0 km car that has never been registered in the UAE has no Mulkiya and needs no de-registration. It moves on the dealer's purchase invoice as proof of ownership, with a Certificate of Origin, the customs export declaration, a VCC and the Bill of Lading. Exports are usually zero-rated for VAT when completed and documented in time.

The age limit is the decisive obstacle on this model, more than on most. Because the 70 Series changes so little, buyers routinely assume a car is newer than it is, and many destinations cap imports at somewhere between five and ten years. Establish the exact model year from the VIN and check it against your destination's rule before you pay a deposit. Some markets also require a Certificate of Conformity, and left-hand versus right-hand drive should be confirmed, since the 70 Series is sold in both and Gulf stock is left-hand drive.

Available export models and pricing

The Toyota Land Cruiser 71 export price in Dubai depends on model year, engine, mileage, condition and fitted equipment, so the live listings always show current prices as stock turns over. This model holds value unusually well, so the cheapest Toyota Land Cruiser 71 export from Dubai is typically an older higher-mileage petrol car rather than a bargain in absolute terms. Diesel versions and cars with factory differential locks carry a clear premium, and genuinely low-mileage examples are scarce because most have worked for a living. If you want to export Toyota Land Cruiser 71 Dubai stock as a batch rather than one car, tell the seller the specification and quantity up front, and ask about container loading for the freight saving noted above.

Tier	Profile	Price position	Best for
Value (older model years)	Higher mileage petrol V6, worked condition	Most affordable	Markets with no age limit, utility and fleet use
Balanced (recent model years)	Lower mileage, diff locks, good underbody	Mid-tier	Expedition builds and private buyers
Near-new (latest model years)	Late or unregistered, full specification	Premium	Strict age-limit markets and NGO fleets

Required export documentation

For a used car registered in the UAE: the original registration card or Mulkiya, the RTA Export Certificate and temporary export plates, a bank NOC if the car was financed, clearance of fines and Salik, and insurance for the export plates valid for about 14 days.

For a new 0 km car that has never been registered: the dealer's purchase invoice in place of the Mulkiya, plus a Certificate of Origin.

For both: the buyer's passport or Emirates ID and the seller's ID on a used transfer, the sale invoice showing price and VIN, the Dubai Customs export declaration, a VCC for GCC destinations, and a Bill of Lading. Check one detail carefully on this model: that the paperwork states the correct body code and model year, since 71, 76, 78 and 79 are separate vehicles and a document naming the wrong one will stall the car at the destination. Keep originals and copies, and check your destination's own rules on age limit, drive side, homologation and any Certificate of Conformity requirement.

Key locations and hubs

• Al Aweer Auto Market, Ras Al Khor: Dubai's main used-car and export cluster, and the usual source of 70 Series stock.
• RTA Tasjeel and Al Aweer centres: de-registration, export plates and the Export Certificate.
• Dubai Customs: the export declaration and VCC.
• Jebel Ali Port, JAFZA: the main sea gateway for RoRo and container shipments.
• Overland borders: Al Ghuwaifat for Saudi Arabia, and the Hatta or Oman crossings for GCC road exports, a route this vehicle suits well.
• Souq Al Haraj in Sharjah, another cluster Dubai sellers draw stock from.

Popular export destinations for the Toyota Land Cruiser 71

Few vehicles have a wider export map than the 70 Series, and the short two-door has a following of its own. Across West, Central and East Africa it is a working vehicle and an expedition favourite, with steady demand from Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Ethiopia, where mechanical simplicity and parts availability matter more than equipment. North Africa follows the same pattern, with demand from Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Egypt and Morocco. Within the GCC and the wider Middle East it moves easily overland, with buyers in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Jordan and Yemen, and a VCC required. Central Asia and the Caucasus take them for the same reasons, particularly Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Australia, Europe and the Americas buy them too, though as enthusiast and collector purchases where homologation and age rules allow, and it is there that the age limit most often decides the outcome. Confirm the import age limit, the drive side and any homologation requirement before you commit.

Whichever the destination, the dealer can match the vehicle, the specification and the paperwork to it.

Browse our complete list of cars for export from Dubai, or see Toyota cars for export. Closely related bodies include the Land Cruiser 76 Series wagon, the 78 Series Troop Carrier and the 79 Series pickup.

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