I can't really read the clip&paste you've included in the thread but I spoke with a few dealers in Los Angeles recently and they told me Toyota had stopped production for a while but they've started again and dealers will be getting shipments of 2009 FJ Cruisers in the coming months. Another dealer told me there were only eight 2009 FJ's scheduled to come to all Southern California dealers in total for the rest of the year. Unfortunately, you can't really trust what dealer's tell you, I don't think they are bad people or trying to lie but frankly they don't care that much (as much as we do) about any specific car let alone FJ Cruisers.
This said, 2009 FJ's didn't show up on Toyota's FJ Page until July of this year I think, probably 2010 FJ's won't show up 'till July 2010 (that'd be my guess) and they'll probably sell the 2010 model thru 2011 or until they’re gone. Personally, I'm looking for a good used low mileage 2008. Few months ago I even saw a Bay Area Dealer with a new 2008 that (my local SoCal dealer looked up on his internal Toyota website) and according to my local dealer they had it on their lot for 20 months.
Yeah, dealers will tell you FJ’s are “rare” but this is not a high volume seller for Toyota, it's an image vehicle and just like OPEC they are trying to limit production to firm up the market price. This makes sense; I’d do the same if I were in their position but just keep in mind something else that is also rare – buyers for this vehicle, that’s us!
My $0.02 - Good Luck...
