Toyota FJ Cruiser

I’d like an old land cruiser. That FJ is the ugliest vehicle Toyota has ever produced.

I've heard they were comparable to something like the hummer H3. Can't really see them bringing it back as the 4runner already does enough for the offroad demographic.

I'm with @Starrs They may be reliable, but I do not care for the looks at all.

If they bring it back, I hope they do a nicer job of making the view from the inside less like being in a submarine. Also, the one I got to drive long distance had a really bizarre and noisy hood flutter.

Thought I liked it at one point until I drove one. To say the visibility is poor is an understatement. They are quite capable offroad tho.

Replacing the windshield in one of those is the worst job I have ever done. The glass is about 4" under what looks like the roof but is really a one-time-use plastic body part that costs about $200, IIRC the actual windshield was only about $150.

Of course once you learn how to not totally destroy it, you can spend an extra 45 minutes to an hour to remove it and then another 45 minutes to an hour to get it ready to use urethane to glue it back on. If you get that right you won't have the customer coming back because it's loose, or flew off. If they don't come back for that reason you just hope you never see them again because if you do you have to spend a ton of time cutting the urethane without destroying the actual roof when they need another windshield. Some guys who replace them do it pretty quick but that just makes it worse for whoever wants to do it right.

A friend had one. Capable off road but everywhere you look is a blind spot. I absolutely hate driving or riding in that thing.

If they do, they better hop in soon.
New Jeeps are selling quite well and the new Ford Bronco is supposed to be out in 2020.
If Toyota does bring back the FJ Cruiser, it should have a removable top like the Jeep and upcoming Bronco.
More competition from different manufacturers should bring in better offerings at lower prices...Jeep currently owns this segment of the market and need some legit competitors.

I saw this one at a local 4x4 fab shop. Obviously driven. If Toyota made an updated version of this with the same look and feel, I think it would do well worldwide. It could simply be taking the existing FJ design and making the body look a little more old school with a removable top.

I completely agree!
Always wanted an FJ40. The FJ Cruiser didn’t seem to capture the true soul of the earlier generations. The cult following of FJ40s should tell Toyota execs they’d have a line of buyers if they successfully melded old style with new technology. That’s why Jeep Wrangler continues to reign.

The FJ was supposed to be just a concept but the public liked it, and toyota knew it, and had a small amount of time to make it happen. They sold well for the first few years then I believe where selling less that 20,000 a year towards the end of production, in the U.S.

They are basically a toyota tacoma built on the same frame I believe, and have a REAL manual transfer case you have to engage, no button, that is the last toyota in america with that feature I believe, add that it is a 4.0l which is an amazing toyota engine... It was a big contender for my next purchase, coming out of a 2017 tacoma, I wanted back in a jeep TJ Rubicon, but the toyota community absolutely told me I was stupid to get rid of a toyota for a jeep... I have driven the FJ years back, It drove alright, but the blind spot issue that was brought up earlier, is real.

They are VERY ugly inside and I absolutely couldn't buy one even though I KNOW it's a great investment and will never be made again. In my opinion coming from a 2017 tacoma those FJ (fake jeep) or (foreign jeep) are the last real toyotas, with a manual transfer case and manual transmission and the 4.0L.

Toyota quality has taken a dive over the years they dont build there own vehicles anymore the last two sports cars where just a subaru and a bmw with a bodykit they rebadged as a toyota, for being known as "the reliable" company that is going to bite them in the azz putting the supra name on a horribly unreliable german company like BMW

Another problem I have with them, if you want to build one, parts are stupid expensive, two bumpers can run you $5,000, Long arm lifts are another $5,000 etc..

I still like them, they are up there on my top 3 toyotas made, an 85 22re factory sas 4runner is miles ahead of any other yote for wheelin. Been there done that...

A couple friends had them, visibility sucked.