By all means, the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and its more sumptuous and expensive Lexus GX sibling, are two extremely capable off-roaders that happen to be used, more often than not, on the road as regular passenger models.

However, just because a vehicle is mechanically proficient in tackling the Australian outback, the African bush, or in a scenario like this, Russia’s frozen roads, doesn’t mean that the same applies to its driver as well.

The only other reasonable way to explain what happened in the incident seen in the video that follows the break, is that the Lexus GX was fitted with wrong or warn out tires.

Check it out for yourself and tell us what you think in the comments.

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