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Following confirmation in August that it would arrive early next year, Toyota Australia has confirmed that its rugged and retro-styled FJ Cruiser will make its local debut in March.
Making its first Australian appearance at this year's Australian International Motor Show in October, the FJ Cruiser is expected to be a popular option for drivers looking for something different.
“It’s a very capable off-road vehicle - it’s based on the Prado platform so I think it’ll appeal to a wide demographic,” Toyota Australia's Mike Breen told TMR. “I think it will cross over between urban dwellers and hardcore four-wheel drive people."
“If you look at the US you see them in all walks of life, whether it’s in Los Angeles or the Rocky Mountains.”
Designed to pay homage to the LandCruiser FJ40 of the 1960s, the new FJ Cruiser is built atop the Prado platform and gets the same 178kW petrol V6 engine that drives its less audacious cousin.
Technical specifications have not yet been revealed, although the new FJ's V6 heart is expected to be paired with both automatic and manual transmission, along with full-time and part-time 4WD options.
Despite its origins in the past, the 2011 FJ will include air-conditioning, steering-mounted controls, a reversing camera and an eight-speaker six-CD audio system with Bluetooth among its standard features.
The Motor Report will be at the launch of the new FJ Cruiser next year, so watch this space for our 'first drive' review.
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2 years ago
2 years ago
petrol only because that is the current configuration it has been built since 2007 (in the US). It actually gets the new VVTi 150 Series Prado V6 (202kw) albeit down a few KW and torque due to a different exhaust system
Being a niche market vehicle the cost of developing a diesel variant would far outway the return, BUT hopefully these first ones sell like hotcakes in OZ then it may create enough demand to make it worthwhile for Toyota to slot in V8 Turbo diesel motor from the 70series! !
As far as the Patrol goes, have a look at the biggest market for them - the middle east! and guess where the cheapest petrol is
2 years ago
I think Toyota are being slack in regards to engine development lately, i.e using Subaru's boxer motor in there new sports car and not developing a bigger (may be a V6 diesel) for there range as it would be a big draw card.
They where great at building awesome motors back in the day ie the 2J and the 3lt in the hilux of the early 90's and yet its still a 3lt (yes i know it has changed)
As a kid i looked at Toyota as the cars that had the real engines. Now well, a V8 diesel that uses as much oil as diesel and gets 20lt per 100km.
Nissan's new V6 diesel might hurt Toyota a bit, more power, more toque, better towing, ad as for the Pathfinder vs the Pardo well sorry the value for money the Pathfinder V6 Ti sh*ts over the Pardo.
Toyota is to over priced for what they are. They are not the same quality built as it once was witch is sad.
2 years ago
So the reason we are finally getting them in Australia is because they are left overs and no one is buying them in the States any more.. We have become Toyotas dumping ground
2 years ago
I do a bit of offroading, and there is a real dearth of decent options between the brilliant ability but hard-to-live-with-if-you've-got-a-wife-and-kids character of the Wrangler, and the slightly too big, too shiny and more than a bit naff school run special Prados.
2 years ago