Toyota Land Cruiser Official Timeline

[LandCruisers4Life]

Thought this might be of some interest to Cruiser owners:

Corporate Archive: TOYOTA LAND CRUISER TIMELINE


1935 – Toyoda initiates manufacturer of trucks with the G1
1937 – Toyota Motor Co. founded from its roots in Toyoda Automatic Loom Works
1939 – G1 becomes the GB, with 75-hp Type B engine
1950 – Development begins on 4x4 AK10 utility vehicle using the Type B engine
1951 – BJ sold to Japan’s National Police Agency
1953 – Large-scale BJ production begins
1954 – BJ named Land Cruiser
1955 – F-Series 3.8L Six adopted, FJ25 introduced
1955 – BJ discontinued
1958 – Land Cruiser introduced to the U.S. in September
1960 – 40 Series introduced, replaces 20 Series
1961-1965 – Land Cruiser 40 Series is the best-selling Toyota in the U.S.
1967 – 55 Series station wagon introduced
1968 – 100,000th Land Cruiser sold
1972 – 200,000th Land Cruiser sold
1973 – 300,000th Land Cruiser sold
1975 – 4.2L engine, four-speed transmission introduced
1979 – 55 Series production ends
1980 – 60 Series, second-generation wagon, introduced
1980 – Millionth Land Cruiser sold
1983 – Final year of 40 Series sales in the U.S.
1984 – 40 Series production ends
1984 – 70 Series introduced
1989 – 60 Series production ends
1990 – 2-millionth Land Cruiser sold
1990 – 80 Series, third-generation wagon, introduced
1991 – Full-time four-wheel drive introduced
1993 – 4.5L DOHC six-cylinder engine introduced
1993 – 90 Series introduced
1997 – 80 Series production ends
1998 – 100 Series, fourth-generation wagon, introduced
1998 – 4.7L i-Force V8 introduced
2002 – 120 Series (current Prado, Lexus GX 470) introduced
2003 – 4-millionth Land Cruiser sold
2007 – FJ Cruiser introduced

[JohnnyC]

you timeline is a bit off (you got that from toyota didnt ya?)...the ak10 was built during WWII ...toyota doesnt mention that at all...and they like to hide the fact that they were producing vehicles during the war as well as a number of other things...i got an archive document from a toyota employee many years ago...from PR in japan...i havent translated too myuch of it recently....but...i will be posting up every now and then from the begining of toyoda...till 2001? i think thats when the files end.

see link: http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-...ical-data.html

[LandCruisers4Life]

I had seen the old timeline which only went to 2001.

[TejasYOTA]

While working in the automotive industry, I found that many Japanese companies that were around WWII, are ashamed of what happened and what they did during the war.

[ilikebigtires]

There's no "land" in FJ Cruiser.

Kelly, you owe me $5!

[BrettinSanAntonio]

Toyota just announced they're stopping the time line at 1997. I don't know why.

[rrdogma]

Why is the FJ Cruiser in the Land Cruiser timeline??

[LandCruisers4Life]

Because it's one of the Land Cruiser models. The FJ is built on the modified 120 series Prado foundation.
They are including it under the 'new' 90 series however in their booklet..... They did chop the 120 frame length. The Land Cruiser Prado is the 'new GX470 in the USA. The 90 is not imported.

[rrdogma]

There is no Land in Prado either......

[BrettinSanAntonio]

Doesn't "Prado" mean, from the loins of a whale in Portuguese?

[LandCruisers4Life]

Originally Posted by ilikebigtires

There's no "land" in FJ Cruiser.

Kelly, you owe me $5!

Not another one with horse blinders on........

[LandCruisers4Life]

In Spanish, "Prado" means "Like a field"...... like a field of grass...

[ilikebigtires]

Originally Posted by LandCruisers4Life

Not another one with horse blinders on........

No really, I couldn't find the word 'land' anywhere on the truck (while driving it at Katemcy).

We scoured the truck, even looked by the vanity mirror, but there wasn't one of those either.

[highlandcruzer]

My Tundra has a 2UZ-FE.....a Land Cruiser motor.... A descendant of the FJ45's? Yes! Land Cruiser!




















[J/K]

[ilikebigtires]

Originally Posted by LandCruisers4Life

In Spanish, "Prado" means "Like a field"...... like a field of grass...

Prado translates to "like a field of grass". It's where you'll find grazing horses with blinders.

[ilikebigtires]

haha...I think you are on to something! Toyota owns 5.9% of Isuzu...does that mean that the Zu is a distant Toyota stepchild?


Plans to drop the Isuzu Duramax engine in the 2009 Tundra...

Diesel Toyota Tundra Likely in 2009 - AutoSpies Auto News

According to the aforementioned logic, that would make Isuzu a cousin to the Tundra, and since it has already been established that the Tundra is a descendant of the FJ45, wouldn't it be logical to say that the Isuzu is a 2nd cousin twice removed to the Land Cruiser. Just call it "Land Isuzu"


















[J/K][/quote]

[LandCruisers4Life]

Originally Posted by ilikebigtires

No really, I couldn't find the word 'land' anywhere on the truck (while driving it at Katemcy).

We scoured the truck, even looked by the vanity mirror, but there wasn't one of those either.

Doesn't need to be. Anyone who's been around Cruisers long enough should see the direct correlation between the new FJ and the 40. The FJ is the new 'short wheelbase' version of the Land Cruiser, with the name FJ throwing back to the 40. There are styling cues all over the FJC that 40 owners would recognise if they got inside one. It's not a 'new 40', and shouldn't be addressed that way. It's a modern, short wheelbase model.

[ilikebigtires]

I was merely point out that there is no "land" in FJ Cruiser. It's 'FJ Cruiser', not 'FJ Land Cruiser'.

Honestly though, I like the styling, it reminds me of a Tonka truck. Plus, it performed really well on the trail!

We are just giving you a hard time. =)

[LandCruisers4Life]

Originally Posted by ilikebigtires

I was merely point out that there is no "land" in FJ Cruiser. It's 'FJ Cruiser', not 'FJ Land Cruiser'.

Honestly though, I like the styling, it reminds me of a Tonka truck. Plus, it performed really well on the trail!

We are just giving you a hard time. =)

I know you are damn it!

[LandCruisers4Life]

I actually liked mine a lot, and possibly in the next two to three years I'm thinking to get another one. Just not a 2007..... I wasn't happy about several factory issues that Toyota didn't want to own up to, and still don't as far as I know.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

No, no no. "Prado" means, from the loins of a whale and a whore of a whale. I looked it up. It is Portuguese and it comes from the root latin, Stings the nostrils.

A Prado is made with real bits of whale, so you know its good.

[cool breeze]

Works 60 percent of the time, ALL of the time!

What the hells wrond with the Fj's?

[LandCruisers4Life]

Originally Posted by BrettinSanAntonio

No, no no. "Prado" means, from the loins of a whale and a whore of a whale. I looked it up. It is Portuguese and it comes from the root latin, Stings the nostrils.

A Prado is made with real bits of whale, so you know its good.

The whale being the 80 or 100 sized 'whale' is what he means....

[rrdogma]

Originally Posted by BrettinSanAntonio

No, no no. "Prado" means, from the loins of a whale and a whore of a whale. I looked it up. It is Portuguese and it comes from the root latin, Stings the nostrils.

A Prado is made with real bits of whale, so you know its good.

The FJ Cruiser does look a bit like Baby Shamu... coincidence?

[ilikebigtires]

Originally Posted by rrdogma

The FJ Cruiser does look a bit like Baby Shamu... coincidence?

...and there was one 'beached' on Padre. Wow, the evidence is really stacking up!

[LandCruisers4Life]

Originally Posted by ilikebigtires

...and there was one 'beached' on Padre. Wow, the evidence is really stacking up!

Any 4 wheel drive can be stuck... especially in the hands of an inexperienced driver. Most FJ owners don't know the history behind the vehicle, nor do they know how to drive it.

[Bear80]

All I have to ask is: "Now what series number is the FJ Cruiser again.......??"

It doesn't matter what frame or body a potential vehicle has or shares with another, if Mr. T didn't give it a chrisened series number (I don't care what people try to make it out to be) then it an't no damn LAND CRUISER.

The LC soul = series number. Anything else is just a name and marketing ploys.

I like the FJC to an extent but it's like Scion, the basterd child of Toyota. Wouldn't it have funny if the FJC was sold as a Scion FJC or xC






It's all in good fun though. The FJC has done leaps for the LC community and growth of Toyota.