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Although it had long since disappeared from most markets where it was available, the strange and flashy FJ Cruiser was still on sale in its home market, Japan. From there it will also be extinguished soon, as the brand has announced a special edition of farewell to the huge all-terrain.The FJ Cruiser was born 12 years ago in 2005 as a kind of retro-cool design rival to the now-defunct Hummer line from General Motors. Taking the design of the classic Land Cruiser FJ40, much appreciated in numerous markets, the FJ Cruiser featured an extravagant design on a huge and tall body mounted to the robust chassis of the Land Cruiser.Its design began in the mid-1990s, when Toyota's American division, in cooperation with Akio Toyoda himself, began to develop an original FJ40 successor, but with high off-road capabilities. The exterior design was handled by Toyota's Calty Studio in California, and before its arrival, several concepts were presented, such as the 2001 Rugged Sport Coupe Concept, created before the final final design was approved.

Revealed in the United States for the first time with its definitive appearance in 2003, only in 2005 that the model was presented in its final production format, beginning to be manufactured the following year. Marketed in many markets, it had a single engine, a 4.0-liter V6 engine that initially developed 242 hp and in its latest specification had 276 hp.In 2013 he was leaving the United States and in 2016 he was withdrawn from other major markets, such as Australia and the Middle East. Until now it was still available in Japan, where from October will be released the new limited edition farewell, of which the brand did not reveal the volume of its production. They just limited themselves to anticipate that they expect to market around 200 monthly units of the model once it is available from the dealers.This new version 'Final Edition' features 20-inch wheels, black finishes for exterior plastics and a curious beige paint on the bodywork that gives it an 'oldie' feel. In mechanical terms, it has the latest evolution of the 4.0-liter VGR 1GR-4E, with 276 hp and 380 Nm of torque, in addition to the all-wheel drive system with automatic transmission. Its price will be 3,492,720 yen, something around the $ 98,200  at the current exchange rate.