Hummer Wantabe

[Guppy]

I am sure this has been posted already but, since the forum changed it may have gotten lost. I was wondering if anyone has seen the New Toyota version of the hummer, the FJ Crusier. These car companies just can not stop trying to steal ideas. Even though most of us know there is no real substitute for a Hummer, these other companies are really trying hard.

I was reading some of the specs and was interested in knowing if anyone has seen one or driven one for themselves.

Maybe now that GM has decided to stop making the H1, I wonder if the next car company will try to replace it.

[H3HUMVEE]

Toyota was making the FJ long before there ever was a HUMMER .. the newly re released FJ is not really a HUMMER wannabe but draws it's styling from the original Toyota FJ 40.

[lance-n]

Kudo's on the reply!!! The FJ's are a resurection of one of the best off-road rigs ever built.
A friend of mine just received his FJ Cruiser last week and it is DYNAMITE!!!
His is black with a white top. He did add custom wheels and a 3" lift kit, but it is still lower than my stock H3 with 33's! The FJ drives really nice, although it is a bumpier ride than the H3. I guess maybe it has a little bit shorter wheelbase. It is roomy inside, but less space than the H3. Can't even fit short boards in the back with the seats down! It does have a real 4wd shifter in the console, something I trust more than the "push button 4wd" the H3's have.
The dash is set up very nice, with large, readable gauges, a level indicator too. The interior is not as nice as the H3's, however after actually seeing it, it is nicer than the website looks.
He purchased the upgraded sound system and it has a large subwoofer in the back. Nice sound, but way overload, I must be getting too old for that kind of stuff!!
The FJ's really are sweet looking rigs. I will get back to you in a year and let you know how it is then, but around here, the Toyotas seem to be the rigs that last the longest. Time will tell.

[H3broad]

They are not a sweet looking ride. The FJ is one of the ugliest looking things I have seen. I looked at one and that's all I did was look. For me it is ugly and I wouldn't be caught dead driving one :) I'll stick with my new H3 :D

[allan p]

it's about time toyota has finally got back into the respectable off-roader market... the fj isn't for me but they aren't that bad looking. we can already see there's a bigger aftermarket selection for the fj so i think in no time at all we will be seeing some decent rigs...

http://www.revtek.com/img/toyota/trucks/Toyota_FJ007_640x480.jpg

...not too shabby.

a l l a n

[usetosellhummer]

I looked into one just for fun but not for me. They can come wheel with me in my H3 but it's not a Hummer!

[Desert Dan]

Isn't the FJ built on Toyota Tacoma frame?

It should be bullet proof since it is a Toyota

[The Green Lantern]

Mini Hummer? :eek: :eek:

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4859

[milbrath47]

Hahaha.

How is the rigidity on the FJ. The thing honestly looks like it can take a beating.

[DTHVLY]

Hummer Wantabe? Hardly. As stated before the FJ is a modern day SUV version of the FJ40. See similar styling cues, like white roof, grill, and vertical windshield.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/yotataco/77FJ40.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/yotataco/FJAllpro.jpg

[The Green Lantern]

It's more like - "Jeep Wanna be!!"...:eek:

[Hummer Guy]

Not a wannabe, I agree. But what are your opinions on them bringing it back? Would they have done that if it weren't for the stock-offroad market success with the H2/H3? Maybe not even success as much as the announcement of plans to start production of Hummers in the last few years...

[DTHVLY]

To say that the old AK10 (the vehicle that the FJ40 was derived from) is a wantabe Heep would be a legitimate argument, but the Toyota was an improved more reliable version of the Willys Heep.


In 1933 the automotive division of Toyota Automatic Loom Works was established. The origins of the Toyota Land Cruiser began some five years after the Second World War, when US Army Jeeps were a common sight in Japan.

These were the only 4x4s available and at the time there was a need for a vehicle a little larger than the Jeep and one that could be built locally as part of the reconstruction programme meant to revitalise Japan?s economy. The US Army and the Police Reserve approached Toyota Motor Corporation with a request to design and produce such a vehicle. Toyota used its experience gained during the war when it produced the light scout car, the AK10. In only five months a Jeep-like prototype called the Toyota Jeep was built. Willys quickly pointed out that this name would be an infringement on its trademark, and in the following year it was given a new name - the Toyota Model B-85. Production commenced in 1953 and a year later, after 298 Model B-85s had been produced, so the name Land Cruiser made its mark on the world.

[Anti-BlInG]

A hummer wanna be? no, a lifted mini cooper.:p