Other retro cues include the wrap-around rear window glass and the rear mounted spare tire with the off-centred license plate position.Īn independent double-wishbone suspension up front provides for almost 8-inches of travel. How about those three miniature wipers? They’re absolutely cartoonish to watch, but do a great job of cleaning the vertical gun slit of a windshield. With its white headlight trim, simple mesh grill and circular headlights, it’s easy to see the family lineage. It’s truly a retro-modern celebration of the original FJ40 and as such, there is nothing else quite like it on the market. You’ll like the FJ Cruiser if you’re looking for an SUV with “look at me styling”. Inside, the shift knob and four-wheel-drive selector knobs are polished black and the interior trim is colour-coordinated to the exterior.
Toyota says that this is “the toughest and most capable FJ ever that pays tribute to the iconic vehicle”. Aside from its exclusive, monochrome Heritage Blue paint scheme and BF Goodrich All-Terrain tires on 16” black TRD beadlock style alloy wheels, this special edition is also enhanced with roof lights with an integrated air dam, off-road rocker panel rock rails, matte black bumpers, door handles and mirrors. I’m convinced that it’s going to be a future classic and it won’t be here for long. The Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Teams Special Edition is a commemorative final edition of the FJ Cruiser limited to only 150 units in Canada. Sold since model year 2007, the FJ Cruiser is based on the rugged body-on-frame chassis of the 120-series Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, an SUV that Toyota sells outside of North America. Nonetheless in time, it too migrated upscale to the SUV that it is today.Īnd this is where the FJ Cruiser was created to fill the void. The 4Runner was introduced to fill the void of a more basic four wheeler. The subsequent Land Cruisers grew larger, more luxurious, and also more expensive.
However, later models morphed to suit the changing tastes of suburbanites. So this review is really a hello and goodbye to a Tonka Toy truck that I’ve had my eye on since it first debut as a concept truck several years ago.Įarly Land Cruisers were basic but quickly built a reputation for their toughness and reliability in harsh off-road conditions worldwide. On that same token, the Toyota FJ Cruiser was inspired by a rugged off-road vehicle that Toyota sold for over 20 years: the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser.Īlas with tightening corporate fuel standards and decreasing sales, model year 2014 will be the last year that the FJ Cruiser will be sold in the North American market. BMW’s MINI got it right with today’s modern MINI because it takes the original vehicle concept and moves it forward.
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