Toyota FJ Cruiser

[wilfred]

What do you guys think of this new SUV?

http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=101856

Maybe a good contender to the new H3?

[wilfred]

What do you guys think of this new SUV?

http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=101856

Maybe a good contender to the new H3?

[RIC-H0]

Looks like a Mini Cooper SUV!
Sounds like it's got guts to it though!

Ric-H2

[wilfred]

Maybe it's the round headlight but it reminds me of my H2 though...

[wilfred]

Kinda like a mix of FJ40 + H2 + Wrangler.

[KenP]

Kicks the Xterra's butt in looks, about the same size. Talk about a blind spot. I'll take an H3 for a comparably sized truck.

[PARAGON]

In a recent (or kinda recent) lengthy discussion on here with some off-road guru who has built his own custom rigs, the point of what the hurrincane eludes to was totally lost, maybe with the exception of Yetti. I don't remember the user or what thread it was in but it was the decades old argument of IFS and independent suspensions all together. The argument was that to be a true off-roader you had to have solid axles. I waited, while succinctly arguing with the guy, for someone to bring up the Hurricane when I mentioned how Jeep was headed in the direction of full independent suspensions because, if applied correctly, offer much more potential than the standard solid axle setup.

While the Hurricane will never be produced. Hell, it has 2 V-8s in it. The technology and testing I alluded to in that thread was applied to the Hurricane. I thought it was quite obvious but the "expert" just didn't get it and went so far as to say something along the lines of "why would Jeep ruin their flagship," the Wrangler he said, "by doing away with solid axles."

Phil's post about the Hurricane reminded me about that. The Hurricane has a four corner independent uneven-length-arm suspension system, with coilovers, and unique split axle design that means it has 4 drive shafts. One for each wheel instead of 2 that's split between differentials. The transfer case sends power to each individual wheel. It has an approach angle of 64 degrees and departure angle of 86 degrees. It has 14 inches of ground clearance and over 20 inches of wheel travel at each corner. Of course, it has the 4 wheel steering, 2 hemis, etc but who knows if they will be applied to anything in the future.

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PhilD:
Good info paragon. Even if it will never make production, I still want one http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>What we need is an unlimited supply of money so that we could build our own. I could dig having a twin engine 4 wheel steering super-offroader as well.

[DiscoDancingRover]

I dig it, but I am kidna lost on how it looks anything like an H2?