Toyota FJ Cruiser Discontinued Once more, Now within the Center East

No — you didn’t get up in 2014, I’m sorry to say. The affable Toyota FJ Cruiser has truly been on sale this complete time, simply not the place you may purchase one. That’ll finish very quickly, although. Toyota, which has been promoting FJ Cruisers within the Center East for this complete time, is sending the quirky SUV out with a Ultimate Version for consumers in that area subsequent 12 months.

All instructed, the FJ Cruiser lasted 16 years within the Center East. That’s very spectacular, and we’re very jealous. Each instance of the FJ Ultimate Version shall be completed in beige, based on Abdul Latif Jameel Motors, a licensed Toyota distributor in Saudi Arabia.

That coloration will lengthen to all the things — the physique, pillars and roof, as nicely the upholstery and heart stack trim within the inside, to offer a “distinctive sense of modernity.” I don’t know if I’d name beige probably the most fashionable coloration, however to every their very own. For me, and I’d wager for an excellent a lot of you, the quintessential FJ coloration scheme will all the time be yellow or blue with a white roof, finish of debate.

Toyota hasn’t printed photographs of this special-edition FJ, however as Motor1 factors out, the outline of the Center East particular version sounds very much like the Ultimate Version mannequin offered in Japan 5 years in the past. In addition to all of the beige, Japan’s particular version additionally had black trim on the grille, bumpers and step rails.

Just one,000 of those last-call vehicles shall be offered within the Center East, and the modifications are purely beauty. The powertrain — the 270-hp, 4.0-liter V6 — is unchanged. That’s alright; it doesn’t have to vary. The FJ was a tragic SUV, derided throughout its existence for being too bizarre and cutesy for an American public nonetheless swilling Monster Power and three Doorways Down. Toyota ended manufacturing mere seconds earlier than Individuals determined they solely cared about overlanding. Had the FJ remained on sale within the States, it might undoubtedly be successful now. If Toyota’s sensible, it’ll get its idea Compact Cruiser EV into showrooms as quick as it may possibly.