Discontinued this year after a production run of 17 years, a new trademark uncovering has hinted at the return of the Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Smaller Land Cruiser seemingly bringing an end to five years of speculative reports after the debut of the FT-4X.
First rumoured in 2019 as heading for production, a new trademark submission discovery has seemingly confirmed the introduction of new smaller model below the newReported at the time as going into mass market availability in 2021 based on the FT-4X Concept shown at the New York International Auto Show in 2017, the concept had been expected to adopt the 4Active designation based on an earlier trademark, but never made it into production for reasons unknown.
Again, branded as a concept, but without any mentioning of production readiness, the uncovering of the mentioned application documents now point to an all but certain reveal soon.reports the application to the Japan’s trademark office, under the “vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water” classification, mentions the name Land Cruiser FJ and not Land Hopper as previously stated.
Appearing similar in profile to the 40-series Land Cruiser, the image further shows the spare wheel affixed to the tailgate, a styling element dropped from the Prado that will be sold as the Land Cruiser in the United States and Europe, as the Land Cruiser Prado in Australia and South Africa, as theNew Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, known simply as the Land Cruiser in the US and Land Cruiser 250 in Japan. will likely be the styling inspiration for the FJ Cruiser.
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