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My dad had a lifted one of these in the 90s with a 383 stroker in it. He was at a red light in the straight lane and he wanted to be in the turn lane. He checked his mirrors and backed onto an old ladys windshield without knowing she was there.
black with chrome accents sans those ugly wheels would be some amazing eye candy.
Best color for this car is tan... Its like making a yellow Bentley..
Seriously... Wtf is this?? Whoever created this hideous contraption and disgrace to the criuser should be should be shot
Description: The story begins in 1941, with the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. An American-made Willys Jeep was captured there, at the time a brand-new model. The captured vehicle was sent to Toyota, who we...
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Ok carbuzz you've pissed me off!! That is not the story! Look it up and try again! Thanks for making a legendary and very humble vehicle look like a carbon copy!
Typical. I guess this is where Japan started building cars by blatantly copying the work of everyone else.
Description: In 1950, the war in Korea meant that the US military needed to get Jeeps to Korea in a hurry, and it was ultimately decided that it would be easier to commission Toyota to build them under license and...
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Are those the turn Donald of a 70 series or a newer model? Oh and replace the spare before the photo shoot it looks neglected!
its a bit odd that there are cushions in it, but its a great car. stop nitpicking!
Yeah, I usually completely fill my Land Cruiser with red cushions too.
Description: But since Studebaker was discontinuing the model that year, and there was little chance that anyone would confuse the two vehicles, nobody made a fuss over it. The Land Cruiser would become one of the...
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Description: The construction was still body-on-frame, and it was still a highly capable vehicle, but the public (in the US at least) no longer thought of it as a true off-roader. To that end, Toyota built the FJ ...
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every vehicle has blind spots, & the blind spots in an FJC r larger than most, thanks to those barn-sized C pillars... If you're driving w/out looking over your shoulder when changing lanes, you're doing it wrong. And don't forget to signal.
@kent completely agree. Ive gotten so used to using the mirrors that i dont ever look out of the back window of any car i drive. Just move the mirrors.
to see the light. I love my jku, but I have to admit, you can't see behind it driving in reverse.
@kent. Don't get me wrong, the FJ is an awesome beast. When I drove one if felt so stable yet somehow felt so light. But I found that every time I was near to being the first car behind a red light I had to bend down.
Believe me, I have and love my FJ, there are no real visibility problems. Though I gotta admit I never use my sun visor
As I believe the c pillar is like "mega pillar" and it's like the cameros a pillar
No, I think he meant the flat front windshield. It's flat and low, and you sit a ways back, it makes seeing traffic lights hard...but you never have to use the visor.
There are no visibility problems in the FJ, only people that don't know how to properly adjust their mirrors.
My stepdad has an 08. He's got big tires on it, he needs to lift it cause the tires rub.
@Paul, there is NO metal in the rear bumper of a 2007-2013 Wrangler...except the small brackets and bolts that hold it to the frame. Whole bumper probably doesn't weigh 10 pounds. Replaced one already and have a spare in my garage...
They made the new generation for Arnold swarzneggar or however that's spelled to fit in it. Since the old one was too plucky and little for him haha how is this an offroad icon
It's not good. It has great potential but it's not being used. If I got one I word replace it all with after market gear
Toyota chose to put plastic everywhere because when you go offroad and smash up the pieces, they are easy to replace. Or you just buy aftermarket bumpers, sliders, etc.
@Nick, that's not very specific...BFG & Goodyear build tires that I would NEVER put on an offroad rig. Even Goodyear Wranglers are available in piss-pour street treads
Now imagine all in black with a 4-inch lift and mud grappler tires..
This with a white top or that tan color with white top is my favorite color combo
Description: There is a limited-run TRD special edition produced every year, but this doesn't offer much in the way of increased off-road handling enhancement. In the early days of development, the vehicle wa...
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The TRD was only made in 2007. The special editions after that are called Trail Teams from '08,'10,'11 and '12
Description: Thankfully, reason won out with a design by an actual young person, 24-year-old Jin Won Kim, which gave us the retro off-roader we have now. But don't think the FJ Cruiser is all a marketing ploy...
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Well, that might be true, but when offroad I don't really care about horsepower, torque is king....and you can never have too much torque.
Just like with the wrangler, the should have made it a 5.7L iForce V8 option
It was also a good thing to still offer this with a stick shift in the States. Maybe I'll check one out soon.
I'd take either fj or jeep...one fanboy trashing on the other is weak sauce...saw an offload club last weekend staging(?) at a local parking lot...was strictly jeeps and fj's all modified....made my frontier look girlie...
And I was not trolling (nor was Patrick). I was just saying, I don't like stock FJs, but I've seen some badass modded ones. That being said, I still prefer wranglers
I hate red neck trash too. Those pesky rednecks. Yeah the FJ is more capable than say, a Corvette offroad. But Rubicon > FJ ALL day.
I do have fun with it, it's actually pretty damn capable offroad. It seems to me you have nothing better to do than troll. I'd just like to make it known that I'm not a fanboy of any-kind. I just hate red-neck trash that thinks their word is gospel
Haha Tara I doubt you've ever done any serious offroading so I won't take your comment too seriously. Kent I went crawling last weekend and didn't break anything. Like I said, IFS is crap. Have fun with it.
@Trent admit it, the FJ (fake jeep) is a bad copy of a Jeep. @Tara that's a pickup truck.
Also, I'd much rather be driving a jeep. No doors and no roof in a badass off roader, or driving a bright blue hot wheels-like car all covered up? I'll go with the wrangler
Haha kent it looks like your the fanboy, and a Toyota fanboy at that! Anyways, Jeeps are much much better then the FJ. At least the wrangler does not look like something a 5 year old would try and draw. Also, the FJ is a little too feminine for my tastes. They are not chicks cars for sure, but they are a little girly (when not modded).
Ahh and the jeep fanboy shows up. Hopefully I see you on the trails someday so I can laugh as you try to dig yourself out
I've had a Wrangler and I currently have an FJ and I must say the FJ is 10 times better than the wrangler. The jeep was under powered and as unpractical as a truck can be. The FJ is a great car, aside from its gas mileage. Wouldn't change a thing
Baja rack, ARB front, stock sliders. I had sway aways on my first FJ and they are absolutely worth saving up for. You'll love them. And i do recommend installing them yourself.
Metal tech sliders, demello evil eye front bumper, ATX Teflon wheels with BFG mud-terrains. I'm saving up for sway-away coilovers. You?
All these pictures of stock FJ's, I should have submitted a pic of mine to show them what a modded one looks like
Description: Sales started out very strong, but the combination of economic meltdown and rising gas prices haven't been kind to the FJ Cruiser. Poor fuel economy, resulting from the 4.0-liter V6 which is the ...
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It's based on the Prado chassis sold elsewhere in the world! I personally would rather have seen it based on the 80 series. It would have been more traditional, though less versatile! I loved my independent Tacoma!
These things are pretty much just a shorter Tacoma frame and motor with an ugly SUV body on it...
For one thing, the 4.0 V6 recommends the use of premium gas. Secondly, the FJ costs a full 5k more than a Jeep. I think I'll go with the Jeep...
I believe is what stopped sales of the FJ was the release of the pentastar in the wrangler. It has comparable HP and MPG's but yet jeep is selling truckloads now. Toyota should redesign using a removable top and solid front axle. Just copy jeep!
They are only on their 3rd article
Nick, me too man, I love my FJ
Ive been waiting for this article for ages!
I hope the K-5 is coming
They skipped the Chevy Blazer...
Jeez, it's like being within seven moves of Kevin Bacon, they've all got their roots with the willy's jeep, lol