Review: 2009 Toyota FJ Cruiser
Travel to the farthest reaches of civilization and you’re almost guaranteed to find a Toyota Land Cruiser of some sort. The term ubiquitous doesn’t even begin to describe the Land Cruiser in much of the world, where it has earned a reputation for reliability and capability. Toyota hoped to capture some of that mystique when it introduced the retro-styled FJ Cruiser to the North American market for the 2007 model year.
Sold alongside the luxurious (in North American specification) Land Cruiser – with which it shares little more than a handful of switchgear pieces – the FJ Cruiser harks back stylistically to the FJ40 that was produced in various workhorse iterations up until the mid-1980s. The FJ40 left a strong impression on off-road enthusiasts in the United States – restored and modified examples sell in the tens of thousands.
It was this historical mystique – a relatively rare thing for a Japanese vehicle to posses in North America – that encouraged Toyota to introduce a retro-styled off roader, the FJ Cruiser.
What is it?
It’s a shortened 4Runner with vintage Land Cruiser styling touches. The FJ Cruiser is a two-door body-on-frame sports ‘ute with a pair of mini suicide doors (think Mazda RX-8). In four-wheel-drive guise, it’s one of the most capable rigs on the market today, though Toyota sent us a 4×2 to evaluate – a sad realization that most FJs won’t leave the pavement.
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