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    Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser, Part 3

    Why you should buy this car:
    The FJ is an extremely capable off-roader. It's an urban style statement. It's an extremely capable off-roader that's an urban style statement. And it's cheap.

    Why you shouldn't buy this car:
    If you don't go off-road, you might as well have "fashion victim" tattooed on your forearm as cruise in a Cruiser. The FJ ain't nothin' but an Old School SUV: rough ride, piss-poor fuel economy, terrible visibility, barely acceptable packaging, basic cabin and cheap plastics.

    Suitability Parameters:
    • Speed Merchants: No
    • Fashion Victims: YES
    • Treehuggers: No
    • Mack Daddies: YES
    • Tuner Crowd: No
    • Hairdressers: No
    • Penny Pinchers: No
    • Euro Snobs: YES
    • Working Stiffs: No
    • Technogeeks: YES
    • Poseurs: YES
    • Soccer Moms: YES
    • Nascar Dads: No
    • Golfing Grandparents: No

    Vitals

    • Manufacturer: Toyota
    • Model tested: FJ Cruiser
    • Model year: '07
    • Price as Tested: $27,545
    • Engine type: 4.0-liter DOHC V6
    • Horsepower: 239 hp @ 5200 rpm
    • Torque: 278 ft.-lbs. @ 3700 rpm
    • Redline: NA
    • Wheels and Tires: P265/70 R17 mud-and-snow-rated steel-belted radial blackwall
    • Drive type: full-time 4WD
    • 0 - 60: 7.2 secs.
    • 1/4 mile: 15.9 secs.
    • Top speed: 108 mph
    • Fuel economy city/highway: 16 / 19
    • NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: Not rated

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