Toyota Looks to Enter the Off-road Game

This looks oddly like a Hummer H3. I love the safari roof rack adn the clean lines. Time will tell if this is a true off-roading machine.

- “Before sport-utility vehicles became the vehicle of choice for hauling kids and commuting to work,” says Senior Editor Kim Wolfkill, “people actually got them dirty. It was off-road prowess that really mattered, not on-road comfort.” For his report on Toyotas all-new FJ Cruiser, the author did plenty of on-road and off-road driving and found that this affordable ute offers plenty of spirited performance when the pavement ends and on-road manners every bit as good as any vehicle in Toyota’s plentiful sport-ute lineup.

With its cool looks, fun two-tone paint, plentiful standard features and a starting price of only $21,710, the FJ Cruiser is going to be a big-time hit.


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