Toyota FJ Cruiser News

Army Green? And it's drab too, other than a gloss finish. Yeah, might've even been cooler if Toyota had given it a coat of matte paint, all the rage in tuning and exotic circles right now, but it's pretty stylin' just the same.

Redesigned for 2010, Toyota's original SUV is returning to its roots as a pickup-based mudslinger that is also comfortable on the street.

Want more traction? The team at Auburn Gear has introduced two new limited slip differentials for the Toyota truck and SUV market.

When Toyota offered to let us tag along on a 2010 4Runner durability test on the Rubicon Trail, we immediately accepted the invitation.

But by building on experience that began in 1992 with the T100, Toyota is steadily gaining a reputation for building tough trucks, tapping its legendary off-road experience that goes back decades with the FJ Cruiser and Land Cruisers, but also by investing heavily the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

The 4Runner moves to a platform that's shared with the FJ Cruiser. The 4Runner can seat up to seven people if absolutely necessary.

Arriving fresh from this year's Car of the Year festivities a few weeks back in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the task of summarizing the new automotive trend for 2007 seemed simple enough.

In an age of downsizing, lightening, and increasing political correctness, Toyota is introducing a redesigned 4Runner whose only concession to the changing times is the deletion of a V-8 engine from the options list.

Exactly twenty-five years, four generations and little over 1.5 million sales after the debut of the first 4Runner in 1984, Toyota today launched the fifth-generation model of its mid-sized truck-based SUV.

When the first Toyota 4Runner sport utility vehicle was launched back in 1984 it was a revolutionary new vehicle based on the mechanics of the four-wheel-drive Toyota pickup truck.

This is a real off-road machine, not one of those crossover pretenders. KDSS off-road technology makes the 4Runner just as capable on the pavement as it is in the dirt.

Chrysler's first fling at making a big-ute hybrid sees the Aspen get an electric motor to offset the thirst of the vehicle's HEMI powerplant.

The M1A2 Abrams tank has better visibility than the 2009 FJ Cruiser. It's not really a fair comparison -- the tank includes high-tech optics to operate its 120 mm smooth bore gun and the FJ Cruiser has a windshield slightly larger than a basement window.

You gotta have an SUV huh? Whether folks say the SUV craze is in or out, there really are some very redeeming qualities when it comes to driving the biggest piece of equipment on the road.

You gotta have an SUV huh? Whether folks say the SUV craze is in or out, there really are some very redeeming qualities when it comes to driving the biggest piece of equipment on the road.

Toyota has announced pricing on a number of 2010 vehicles and the good news is most prices go relatively unchanged from the 2009 model year.

You gotta have an SUV huh? Whether folks say the SUV craze is in or out, there really are some very redeeming qualities when it comes to driving the biggest piece of equipment on the road.

The FJ Cruiser might not be Toyota 's hottest seller at the moment - sales are down 56.8 percent to just 7,148 FJ Cruisers so far this year - but the Japanese automaker hopes that a few changes to its engine and suspension are the kick-in-the-pants the SUV needs.

Toyota has announced pricing and some changes for certain 2010 models. The Avalon, FJ Cruiser, RAV4, Tacoma, and Yaris will reach dealers in August.

We're not sure where a convertible version of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro ranks on General Motors' post-bankruptcy to-do list, but like affordable health care, another long promised government-administered product, odds are it's a long way off.