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But it is the most difficult, 10%, of the terrian that really counts
It's good to know the driver's seat will go up and down. I don't plan on getting the optional displays (inclinometer, etc) that sit on top of the dash, but that might be something one will have to buy if one wants the vehicle. In that case, the vertical adjustment of the seat will help.
Even though the searchlights on the outside mirrors would go along with the police Cruiser concept, I would prefer just plain mirrors.
I feel this is going to be a great vehicle!
I'd guess that for 99% of the owners, they will never be on anything more challenging than a well-kept logging road.
in regards to pricing strategy. I'm comfortable paying 28K for a LOADED fj but 32K is out of the question. I can get a new forunner v6 loaded for less than that! I understand
that the dealers will be at their usual games early on(witness the 05tacoma) but I'm
going to stay on the fence for 8+mos and wait for the dust to settle and for the color
Tan.
All I really want is a Toyota Jeep with mileage in the low 20's instead of the mid teens.
BTW, those old 4-runners with the camper shell back and 4-cylinder engines were great vehicles. They ran forever and you couldn't get an owner to part with one.
Used car lots used them as eye candy.
FJ is going to be in a very crowded price segment if they get into the the upper 20s but it could be a home run if it is priced in the lower 20s. I am pretty sure that the price will be under $25k once all the hoopla has worn off and supply is plentiful as it is on the 4Runners... Xterra arguably offers more because of the full rear doors and thus the FJ price will have to be inline with that!
My $0.02!
Date Posted 11-08-2005
ATLANTA — Toyota kicked off its marketing campaign for the 2007 FJ Cruiser in the Mojave Desert following the SEMA show last week. It was the first of a series of events aimed at influential off-roaders, Inside Line has learned.
"We will do no TV advertising," said James Farley, Toyota Division vice president of marketing. "We will only focus on the enthusiast."
Farley said the company has hired "close to 50 off-road instructors" who will conduct a series of events throughout the country in the coming months as Toyota introduces the latest iteration of the roughneck FJ40 to a group of new consumers. The company is turning to over 30 Land Cruiser clubs in the U.S. to come up with participants for its FJ Cruiser off-road programs.
"Many people don't know what the FJ40 is," Farley said. "We'll spend all of our money establishing the FJ Cruiser's credibility as an off-road machine. We won't race [it] before we do rock crawling [and] mud and trail activities."
The 2007 FJ Cruiser goes on sale in February.
What this means to you: Toyota shows it understands the rule of the off-road: If you don't have authenticity, you don't have anything when it comes to vehicles like the FJ Cruiser.
Says who. I DONT WANT A WHITE ROOF, they better have an option for body color roof, and it better not cost a lot.
All black...OR All titanium.
alternatively, are the only pictures of the FJ in all black the ones taken from a video and put on the autospies site?
Remember that the last Nissan 300Z costs almost $40,000 before they stopped importing it in the 90s. The new Z starts at $27,000.
I would bet that the base price of the new FJ will be $20,995.
Now if we could just get Toyota to change the name from the FJ to something else.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
I would like to know what is up with this veny or speaker in the compartment on top of the dash? :confuse:
I checked it out and even stuffed my hand in that hole.
It is not smooth or finished like you'd expect a storage cubby hole to be, but this was a pretty crude pre-production one.
Plus I rather have automatic when I am off roading up some rocky terrain. Little easier without stalling and burning up a clutch. :sick:
I have had manual on 4 out of 5 of my vehicles and currently do. But I don't really see the advantage of it over manual with the exception on a sports car and that it saves you around $900 at purchase.
In any event, I also want to see what the new 4 door 2007 wrangler will look like. If it is similar to the concept jeep rescue, it could be very interesting.
Also, it will be interesting to see how toyota prices the FJ with popular options. I was very interested in buying the new Tacoma, until I saw that it would cost over $30k to get one in 4x4, w/ 4 doors, tow package, and side airbags. $30k is just too rich for my blood for a truck. I hope the FJ comes in below that.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
I have a garage and often open the rear hatch with the garage door closed. Couldn't do that with a side opening rear door. And the side opening door is less convenient when parked at the curb and loading stuff. Love the half doors on the FJ... hate the rear door.
I just stumbled over here... I don't think I will buy an FJ, but they are really neat. They look like the old off-roaders--not just Toyota, but Land Rover as well.
Someone's not thinking at Toyota...
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=351
If that doesn't work, go to gallery, member's gallery, page 2, toyotommy.
I can tell you that this vehicle is no dressed-up grocery getter. This car is designed for off-roading. For those looking for a comfortable for four ride, look elsewhere.
I am going with the Xterra personally I can deal with that leg room.
All Toyota needed to do was make a 4Runner without all the luxery stuff, sold it for $8K less and they would have had a winner!