la times

"The FJ Cruiser does exactly what it sets out to do — inspire drooling materialistic poseur-lust in hip, young urbanites. You can't beat the price of $23,000. But if you're a serious off-roader pining for your old steel coffin FJ, keep on pining. "

More flatterng than what I would've said.

How true is that? Very.

Toyota finally has their HUMMER

Looks less plasticky in silver... in person, the trashy interior has a sense of character to it, almost H2-like.

The ever- enjoyable dan neil:

Calling a Panhard bar "pan-hard" as if a reference to cookware was particularly timely.

"...derived from the 120-series Prado, known as the Lexus GX470 in the U.S. market."

Oooo: how continental: referring to the international nameplate as a primary tho writing for a domestic city newspaper.

Further: there are 2 singular references to the clear market inspiration for the fj: Hummer (that's toyota for you- always reacting...): a second-hand anonymous insult and a note of a 1/2-inch less ground clearance.

Could his article be more scripted?

There is a fine line between retro and caricature. This thing is about three miles behind that line.

So what? A Mini Cooper had illicit relations with a Element and a Hummer plus a classic FJ40 and gave birth to their bastard son.

I will admit, this would be one of a very, very small number of Toyotas I would consider buying used in the far future. (And I mean far.)

Edited January 31, 200620 yr by YellowJacket894

How true is that? Very.

Toyota finally has their HUMMER

Coincidently.. to many automotive journalists.... squared off, macho truck-like styling isn't stupid and ugly anymore. I wonder why?

I wonder what the environmentalists think about Toyota adding yet another SUV to their lineup.

did they call it FJ40 now instead of cruser?