[TexasBadlands]

I wanted to make sure all new FJ owners and prospective FJ owners read this, so I posted it in "Chit-Chat", and here as well since the pedigree of a vehicle is in my opinion considered 'tech'. If First Toy wants to delete it, he can go right ahead but I wanted to give hard evidence of the lineage of the new FJ according to Toyota's own publication here.



For a couple of months now there has been much back and forth about whether the new FJ Cruiser is a “Land Cruiser” or not. Some of the “Old Guard” FJ owners hotly dispute that the newest Toyota is not a Land Cruiser. I have come forth with hard evidence to the contrary, that the new FJ Cruiser is indeed a new series of Toyota Land Cruiser.

OFFICIAL Toyota Publication
Issue :: 01 Spring 2006 FJ Cruiser catalog, which you can pick up at your Toyota dealer –

Inside this booklet on the new FJ Cruiser we are given a


Time Line of Land Cruiser History:

We start with the BJ series model being introduced in 1953

1960- The 40 series is introduced.

1980- The 60 series is introduced.

1984- The 70 series is introduced.

1990- The 80 series is introduced.

1996- The 90 series is introduced. (Prado)

1998- The 100 series is introduced.

2002- The 120 series is introduced. (Prado)

2006- The new FJ series is introduced (FJ Cruiser).

So many say, “It’s not a Land Cruiser” and yet do you see any mention of a Toyota 4-Runner, Tacoma, or any other kind of Toyota in this timeline except Land Cruisers??????? This timeline, a sort of bloodline, pedigree, is proof from Toyota that the new FJ is a new Land Cruiser model.

Further, on page 9 of the same Toyota publication: “The FJ Cruiser has its daddy’s eyes, ruggedness, and can-do attitude”. Directly tying the new FJ to the older 40 in lineage.

Page 6: “Now, Toyota has chosen to revive the famed FJ name with a vehicle that, in capability, spirit, and styling, honors the heritage of its legendary ANCESTORS”. I capitalize ancestors because if the vehicle is not in the “bloodline” then it is not a Land Cruiser. The word ancestors, proves once again that the new FJ is in the Land Cruiser bloodline.

Page 2: “Over 50 years later, and over one million LAND CRUISERS sold worldwide, A NEW FJ STEPS UP, fit to carry the torch, and worthy to keep Toyota’s committed, and passionate off-road legacy moving forward”.

A “NEW FJ”, - tying it directly into the LAND CRUISER LINE, not the 4-Runner line, not the Tacoma line, not the Sequoia line. The LAND CRUISER line.

I rest my case without further comment on the subject other than to say that yes, I will put Land Cruiser stuff on my new FJ, and I encourage the same from those who feel as I do about the FJ Cruisers status in the Land Cruiser line.

[Isotel]

Thats a Buch of Marketing Mumbo Jumbo..

They didint badge it a land Cruiser because its not one..

That Being said, its a Sweet Toyota, and I love Regular Yotas just as much as i do Cruisers..

Proof needs to be in the form of Actual HardCore Data.. not marking Speals designed to sell the new
FJnotalandCruiser

[Mark W]

Who gives a rat's ass what the marketing department says? Since when is overblown rhetoric from copy writers paid to sell a product proof of anything? If you want to think that your FJ Cruiser is a Land Cruiser go right ahead.

Seems to me that Toyotra would call it a Land Cruiser if they wanted it to be one. Personally I want to see one keep up with real Land Cruisers in true third world use and abuse for a decade or two before I'll be convinced that it's got what it takes. Or at least see one modified and keeping on our trail tougher runs for a few years.


Mark...