Pictures!

FirstToy · 02-24-05, 02:03 PM

Nice work Dianna! What was your impression in real life?
I like it alot, nice styling work on the fenders and detail transitions.

I like the "TOYOTA" on the front, that's cool if they bring that back.
I removed the "T" beltbuckle off mine too, the one thing I didn't like.

Dianna · 02-24-05, 03:22 PM

[QUOTE=FirstToy]Nice work Dianna! What was your impression in real life?

I actually liked it better when I saw it in person but I'm definitely not in love with it. I might actually like it better if the just marketed it as an offroad vehicle and named it something else. I don't like the fact that they put "FJ" on it. It's nothing like my FJ40, I don't want it compared to it! It's got a round headlight bezel... what else is there?

Dianna · 02-24-05, 03:23 PM

The original, the first concept fj, and then the final "production" vehicle? I don't get it!

labartonmd · 02-24-05, 03:43 PM

The more I look, the more I'm convinced that I'd rather update my original FJ.

Dianna · 02-24-05, 04:19 PM

another for comparison

lx450landcruiser · 02-24-05, 06:05 PM

i get it now they took the original body off a fj40 and threw a hand gernade into it and thats what happened.

YUCK

Dianna · 02-24-05, 08:15 PM

oh, I get it now

White Shark · 02-25-05, 12:59 AM

Nice blind spots. Looks like a 40 that got stepped on and had someone spill a blue raspberry slurpee on it.

mantis · 02-25-05, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Owyhee Jackass

My wife said "We can let Sydney (our daughter)..."

Your daughter has a cool name, but spells it wrong.

<----- Sidney.

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Originally Posted by Owyhee Jackass

Opposite reaction from me. The more I look at it the more I hate it.

Same with me. The day of the Chicago Auto Show I was ready to buy one, and if they had released them that day I probably would be driving one now. BUT now that I've had a chance to mull it over a bit more I highly doubt that I'll buy one when they are available.

Owyhee Jackass · 02-25-05, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by labartonmd

The more I look, the more I'm convinced that I'd rather update my original FJ.

And for what you'll spend on an FJ Cruiser, that's a lot of updating.

beaufort-fj60 · 02-25-05, 08:07 AM

hey jackass

your right, i have been debating the idea of updating myself. choice is spend $30,000 on new and all the fun stuff that goes with new, taxes and insurance. or take old and spend a portion of that to update, your taxes will be much less (i think my cruiser prop tax was $16 last year)

cruisermaine · 02-25-05, 09:09 AM

If it looked like the photochopped 4-doors I saw in the earlier thread I'd have money down on it right now (assuming they're taking orders). But the more I see this the more I'm losing interest. If they change the greenhouse it may improve significantly. The fact that the running gear -or lack thereof- in the show truck looks hacked might mean there are some surprises in store (perhaps pleasant?) when the final specs are complete.

froggy · 02-25-05, 09:53 AM

I like it, nice job! Can't wait to see it at my 'yota dealer!

Biff · 02-25-05, 11:29 AM

Some guys thats a dealer over at t4r.org, says he has already sold two site unseen.

shocker · 02-25-05, 11:54 AM

MoJ was told by a Toyota rep at the Chicago show that the large B-Pillar was going, because of the dangerous blind spot it causes. Let's hope so.

beaufort-fj60 · 02-25-05, 04:41 PM

biff

i went and read that post on t4r.org, you think this guy is talking out his ass? i have been bugging the hell out of all the toyota dealers within a two hours drive from here and they said there are no lists and they do not know when the fjc will be available. never met a car saleman that would not sell a car or their mother if the chance arose, so i kinda think they are telling me the thruth

Romer · 02-26-05, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dianna

My friends can't be trusted with a camera! You got to see my hand

Looked more like the finger to me!

tlcruiser · 02-27-05, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by shocker

MoJ was told by a Toyota rep at the Chicago show that the large B-Pillar was going, because of the dangerous blind spot it causes. Let's hope so.

I think if they lose the pillar, it might alter the appearance quite a bit, in which case I might be interested, particularly if they come out with a 4-door version. It would have been better if they'd shown it in a better color--powder blue??!!!

M-80 · 02-27-05, 06:28 AM

Instead of 4 doors they should focus on a removable top. Whether I remove mine or not, the fact that I can is an awsome feeling. Another thing I 've been mulling around is how the original FJ was over-built competing with the Heep market. This "FJ" (Where's the F?) was built to compete with the likes of the Rubicon.

I just can't see this hanging with dual dana 44s w/lockers.
I do appreciate the pics. This cruiser has a lot of potential, if the designers had only had the original designers outlook. Making it the most capable off-roader on the planet .

Chris