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2020 Toyota FJ Cruiser FT-4X Redesign, Release Date, Concept, Price

2020 Toyota FJ Cruiser FT-4X Redesign, Release Date, Concept, Price

2020 Toyota FJ Cruiser FT-4X Redesign, Release Date, Concept, Price. The 2020 Toyota FJ Cruiser FT-4X concept will be the production version of the platform presented at New York car show in 2017. The concept will come out of the factory so fast because of the huge interest.

The boxy rear of the SUV is very interesting. From the dashboard and steering wheel to the cargo area, every detail counts.…

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Jim Lentz has been Toyota’s best American official for over 10 years, serenely controlling the Toyota, Lexus, and Scion marks through the retreat and into the present blast. Lentz addressed Motor Trend at the Detroit car expo in January.

Toyota and Mazda simply declared a common plant in Alabama that will manufacture Corollas and a little Mazda SUV. The end result for the plants as of now assembling Corollas?

A couple of years back, we were attempting to discover greater limit with regards to RAV4. We chose to move all K-stage vehicles toward the northern piece of the U.S., the C-stage vehicles toward the south, and trucks in the southwest. We moved Corolla out of Canada to Guanajuato, Mexico, to prepare for more RAVs. What’s more, we utilized our Baja plant for more Tacomas, which we were working at a 60,000-unit yearly rate in December. The pickup advertise keeps on developing, so we required more pickup limit. In the meantime, there was an open door with Mazda. The speediest method to get this going was to move Tacoma generation to Guanajuato. That illuminated our most squeezing need. We sold 329,000 Corollas in America a year ago, in addition to another 50-ish in Canada. We have Mississippi building 165,000, and the new joint wander in Alabama will assemble 150,000 more. (Mazda gets the other 150,000 from the Alabama plant.) So we have 310,000 limit in North America. It is possible that we have to figure out how to fabricate a couple of all the more relying upon request, or we get a couple from Japan. We believe that is the privilege long haul feasible Corolla number.

Toyota Motor North America CEO Jim Lentz

To start with sharing the Yaris with Mazda2, now the plant. Is Toyota getting comfortable with Mazda?

The greatest thing is the rationality of the two organizations. They are both headquartered in a territory where they’ve been for quite a while. We’re in Nagoya, and Mazda is having the 100th commemoration of being in Hiroshima in 2020. Mazda is an organization that truly adores autos and cherishes driving autos. That is a decent match for us and for (Toyota Motor CEO and friends scion) Akio (Toyoda). The head of Mazda and Akio truly hit it off. Mazda is a piece of a versatility bunch working with us on the e-Palette (idea), alongside Uber, Amazon, and Pizza Hut. What’s more, they are working with Denso, chipping away at the basics of EV stages. This has developed after some time.

You anticipated years back that the RAV4 would beat the Camry, and now it has. How far would suvs be able to go?

A year ago, we sold 407,000 RAVs including Canada, and Camry was 387,000. The move from traveler autos to light trucks been moving 3– 4 rate focuses a year. That will moderate, however there still will be some development. Clearly the huge development has been in the little SUV portion, and I don’t see that backing off. Regardless I figure they will be super hot. On the off chance that any one fragment has astonished me it was section (subcompact) SUV. I figured it would have been more sultry, however it likewise indicates individuals know the estimation of the (minimized) SUV.

Toyota has demonstrated some intriguing, rough little SUV ideas, for example, the FT-4X. Do you see an arrival of a FJ Cruiser-type vehicle?

There’s space for a bona fide little go dirt road romping SUV. Everybody moved out of that portion in light of truck CAFE appraisals, yet the 4Runner keeps on doing admirably in its fragment. In any case, we’re getting a ton of solicitations from people who need another FJ or some variation. Some of our ideas are thusly. We’ll perceive how advertise testing goes. As every one of these SUVs get bigger, and we see multiplication in the general SUV portion—there is room on the lower end regarding cost or genuineness for a real, rough terrain, outline based SUV, which is the thing that the FJ was. This would be for individuals going outside yet really going rough terrain. This would not be about all-wheel drive for wellbeing; this would be four-wheel drive with ground freedom. The distinction is in wheel travel, and you can just do that with outline based. This could be FJ-sized, yet for an aficionado, it’s gotta be something with a little wheelbase to be more flexibility when in the stones. We’ll do some testing with little ideas.

Where does the SUV drift leave the 4Runner and Sequoia?

The jury is still out. Most SUVs have gone auto based on the grounds that they expected to get lighter. There’s market interest for outline based SUVs, however we need to crunch all the CAFE numbers to check whether there’s space for them in our lineup. 4Runner keeps on doing great, however the mildest section is for huge SUVs, where Sequoia is. It’s been OK yet not incredible in light of the fact that the moderate size SUV raise situate bundles are so great, and the size has become bigger. In the event that you have a vast family and a considerable measure of payload, you gotta go expansive. However, the portion was level, though medium size was up 6.5 percent and little was up 8.9 percent. Be that as it may, passage SUV was down 1.3.

BMW has just demonstrated its Z4, which will be imparted to a Toyota sports auto. Anything you need to say in regards to the new Supra?

We have no declarations yet. This is the longest presentation ever.

Toyota as of late reported it would dispatch 10 EVs all around by the mid 2020s. Be that as it may, what number of are bound for the U.S. advertise?

It relies upon where showcase heads in the U.S. We’ve discussed 5.5 million charged vehicles by 2030, however that could be either unadulterated battery-electric, energy component, or half and half. Around 1 million would have been battery-electric, which could incorporate energy unit. Taking a gander at the U.S. showcase today, cross breed is 2.7 percent of the business, and EV is only 0.6 percent. It’s an extreme market for EVs. Request still isn’t there in the U.S. Fortunately as a result of requirement for EVs in China and Europe, that is making a worldwide push for EVs. Be that as it may, when request comes here, we will have a stable of EVs to look over. When you take a gander at the quantity of makers pursuing that 0.6 percent, it’s still not a business yet. We’re at 9 percent of our business blend is mixtures and will be 15 percent by 2020. Toyota will build the quantity of half and halves, module cross breeds—we’ll keep on seeing the innovation of hydrogen and see where the innovation runs with battery electric vehicles. In the event that you take out the GM EV1 and the Toyota RAV4 EV, at that point battery EVs have been available as long as half and halves in the advanced period. Half breeds have gone from 0 to 2.7 percent in 18 years. EVs are still at about a half-purpose of offer. The inquiry is whether the selection of EVs will become speedier than the appropriation of cross breeds, slower, or about the same. Regardless of whether it develops all the more rapidly, it’s hard to see a strong EV showcase soon. Not at all like half and halves, EVs still have range and foundation challenges.

Little auto producer Daihatsu is a Toyota auxiliary. Shouldn’t something be said about conveying the Compagno indicate auto to America rather than the exhausting old Yaris?

We’re not included particularly in their item at the present time. They are seen as a little auto and creating market auto mark, not a develop showcase auto. It’s not focused for created markets. Be that as it may, we can go to check whether there’s something that gets us energized. Back in the Scion days, the Copen got us energized, yet it didn’t work out.

Toyota kept away from having Apple CarPlay and Android Auto infotainment in its autos. In any case, the 2019 Avalon will have CarPlay. What changed?

Everybody needs to control the inside pile of the auto. When you take a gander at who’s in charge of the wellbeing of the middle stack, it’s on the OEM. So we have to control it. Apple comprehends that need. Not every person does.

What do you think about the Lexus LF-1 leader SUV idea?

There are ideas to extend the creative energy of the planner, made on nonexistent stages, however they not buildable. At that point there are ideas based on stages that could go to advertise. This is on a stage that could go to showcase. That is the course Toyota goes, particularly in North America. We utilize this as a recieving wire into the market. You can extend the creative ability, yet then despite everything you need to get the idea to generation. To us, we believe there’s a business opportunity for a vehicle like this. We’d rather have an idea that could go to showcase considerably snappier. There is a voracious hunger for light trucks. What’s more, the extravagance section is moving as hard as the standard.

Motor sound of the turbocharged 2017 Lexus IS 200T

The German extravagance brands have had turbo-four motors always, however the thought is new to Lexus. How have Lexus clients responded to turbocharging?

They have been generally welcomed. The LS twin-turbo six-chamber is simply hitting the market, and the response has been staggering. Turbos are seen as a higher-tech motor, so extravagance clients consider it to be a stage in front of a normally suctioned motor. Much the same as hatchbacks were. They were the modest autos; now they’re the cool autos. Be that as it may, it’s about how you execute the turbo or the bring forth. Lids were less expensive, however now they make an extremely pleasantly styled auto. You can have an extraordinary performing motor with a turbo; it’s not only an approach to stick a little motor in a little auto.

Shouldn’t something be said about the eventual fate of the Lexus F and F Sport subbrands?

They’ve been going extremely well. A portion of the executions have permitted F Sport to spread crosswise over whole lineup. Before the LFA (supercar), a F Sport seemed well and good just on a couple of select models. It would just work on a GS. However, we had some picture crawl with the LFA, and now the LC and RC, so it bodes well to have F Sport over the line. It enables us to achieve more extensive socioeconomics, and F Sport skews more youthful. F Sport brings Gen Y into the brand.

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Toyota: No Supra for Detroit, SUV Lineup to Expand

If you were hoping to see the return of the Toyota Supra in January at the North American International Auto Show, you will be disappointed.

It’s too soon to unveil the much-anticipated sports car. Specifications are still being finalized and it’s not at production levels yet, said Jack Hollis, Toyota group vice president and general manager of the Toyota division in North America.

Even the name has not been pinned down. Supra is a candidate but not the only candidate. In fact, “there are other names that could be better,” Hollis told Motor Trend in an interview. Cressida? Celica? And there have been suggestions it could be badged Gazoo instead of Toyota, a nod to Toyota’s Gazoo Racing team.

Toyota collaborated with BMW to create a rear-drive sports car platform for the respective automakers: a Z4 replacement for BMW and a Supra replacement for Toyota, creating some economies of scale for otherwise low-volume vehicles.

Toyota Supra spy shot

We have already seen the next Z4, but the closest we’ve seen to a Supra is the FT-1 concept at the 2014 Detroit auto show and a lot of spy shots of a sports car testing on the Nürburgring. Both cars will be built by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria.

Toyota made four generations of Supra from 1978 to 2002, initially as a derivative of the Celica. Its life was shorter in the U.S. where it left the market in 1998; it had already stopped production for Canada in 1986. It was known for its inline-six engines, and early versions boasted of an independent suspension tuned by Lotus. The third-generation Supra in 1986 split from the Celica which went front-wheel drive while the Supra remained rear-drive. A turbo was added in 1987, and by the fourth generation, it was a twin-turbo.

To partially fill the sports car gap, Toyota introduced the Scion FR-S in 2012 which became the Toyota 86 for the 2017 model year because the Scion brand was discontinued. There is no turbo planned for the 86 because it’s being saved for the Supra.

RAV4 styling cues

While the Supra replacement remains cloaked, Toyota continues to give us strong hints of some of the design cues for the next-generation RAV4 as well as possible new nameplates to expand the SUV lineup.

Toyota FT-AC

For exterior styling cues, look to the FT-AC (Future Toyota Adventure Concept) now on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The concept is a bit bigger than the current RAV4. Hollis sees room for a new crossover in the space between the current RAV4 and the Highlander SUV. There might even be room for two more crossovers.

Because there is room to expand the SUV lineup, while still needing to update existing vehicles, Toyota has shown three concepts since March that are fodder for both missions.

Concepts could become new nameplates

There is the FT-AC in L.A.; the smaller FT-4X (Future Toyota with all-wheel drive) shown at the New York auto show in March; and the TJ Cruiser van concept shown in Tokyo in October. All are ways for Toyota to explore design concepts and features to gauge public reaction and make production decisions.

The FT-AC has detachable foglights, cameras in the side mirrors, an integrated bike rack, and a formidable bin for a roof rack that has LED lighting on the back that can double as a flash for the cameras by using a mobile app. Images and video from the cameras can be uploaded via the vehicle’s Wi-Fi hotspot. Toyota is gauging reaction at the L.A. show only—the FT-AC will not be on display in Detroit because it’s saving NAIAS for a vehicle from a different family (again, not the Supra replacement). Within six months, a decision is expected on whether a version of the FT-AC goes into production as a new nameplate or if aspects of it are incorporated into other new vehicles such as the RAV4 or 4Runner.

The concepts are based on the flexible Toyota New Global Architecture, or TNGA, that will underpin the bulk of the company’s front-drive, car-based, unibody vehicle portfolio and is scaled for all sizes and can accommodate hybrid powertrains.

Toyota FT-4X

No production decision on the FT-4X, the first to be shown, has been made yet, Hollis said. And while initial reaction to the FT-AC in L.A. has been more positive than anticipated, a decision is still about six months out.

Spirit of the FJ Cruiser

Each concept has raised the specter of a return, at least in spirit, of the cult classic FJ Cruiser that was discontinued in 2014 and was on a different platform. Hollis doesn’t dismiss the idea of a more car-based reincarnation of the name. He just says it’s too soon to put it on any of the concepts yet. For now, the exercise is “learning where we might fit in new product down the road.”

Toyota TJ Cruiser

As for the new RAV4, Hollis wouldn’t say when the top-selling next-generation SUV is due. Details of the RAV4 are all locked down, and Toyota will not make any changes now that it has seen its main competitor, the Honda CR-V, which is Motor Trend’s 2018 SUV of the Year. “Nothing about the CR-V changes our product,” Hollis said.

Meanwhile, at an Automotive Press Association event in Detroit this week, Hollis noted the U.S. market is now a 64/36 split of truck/car sales while Toyota is selling closer to 59/41, showing potential growth with more SUVs. “We should be and we will be increasing in 2018,” he said.

Tundra development under way

On the truck side, the Tacoma is not ready for a refresh yet but work is underway to update the full-size Tundra. It’s still a couple years out, which means it will be after General Motors introduces a new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra and after Fiat Chrysler introduces its new Ram 1500.

As for Toyota’s big bet on fuel cell vehicles while the rest of the industry has chosen batteries for their pure electric vehicles, Hollis said the Mirai FCV, Class 8 heavy duty fuel cell truck, and other FCVs that generate electricity onboard are better products than battery-electric vehicles that have to be charged.

The automaker has announced plans to build the first fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station in Long Beach, Calif. It will be ready in 2020.

Hollis is convinced the public would embrace FCVs if the necessary hydrogen infrastructure was in place. Toyota is working with the state of California as well as co-investors but progress is slow. The state has only completed half the promised number of hydrogen stations, he said.

Toyota will continue to pursue every degree of electrification, he said, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, FCVs, and yes, even pure battery electric vehicles although that is the one flavor of EV it doesn’t currently have.

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Thanks to Toyota, Ford, and Jeep, Off Roading’s Future Looks Bright

This is an exciting time for all of you rock hopping, river traversing, boulder crushing off roaders.

What makes now perhaps the best time ever for folks who love to spend their weekends getting dirty?

The upcoming selection of vehicles purpose-built to tackle any road not covered in asphalt, of course.

The stalwarts from Land Rover and the ultra-luxurious Land Cruiser are mainstays as far as off-road capability goes, but the vast majority never see anything dirtier than a manicured gravel road leading to a hidden lake cabin.

The cars most likely to see true off-road action are the Jeep Wrangler, the upcoming Ford Bronco (we hope), and now, a potential successor to Toyota’s much-loved FJ Cruiser.

The FJ Cruiser ended production in the U.S. after the 2014 model year. The SUV gained a cult-like following during its eight year life for its stout, retro looks, high ground clearance, off-road capability, and on-road manners. Prices for used FJs remain high, with 2012 and 2013 models still commanding around $30,000.

Toyota has noticed the high demand for its discontinued midsize SUV and appears to be readying a sequel. Here’s what we know so far:

Toyota will debut a new concept vehicle named the FT-4X at the 2017 New York Auto Show in April. The teaser image is a close-up of a deep-treaded Goodyear tire wrapped around a chunky wheel adorned with an orange Toyota logo. That screams off-roader to me! Plus, there’s the nomenclature. FT stands for Future Toyota while the 4x is a likely allusion to 4-wheel-drive.

The other new off-roader hitting the market in the next couple of years is the Ford Bronco. Signs are pointing to the Bronco getting the same axles as the Wrangler, which would make the new Ford a genuine competitor to Jeep’s off-road king. Autoweek said,

In an investor presentation this month, Dana revealed that it had won the driveline work for the return of the Ford Bronco in 2020, along with the Ford Ranger in 2019. Dana confirmed that both vehicles will have “front and rear axles featuring our latest AdvanTEK gear technology.”

What does that mean?

It means the midsize and body-on-frame Bronco in 2020 — like the current and next-generation Jeep Wrangler — will have Dana solid axles front and rear.

Ford still hasn’t confirmed its plans, but we’ll keep a close eye on developments as the Bronco inches closer to production.

Which brings us to the new-for-2018 Wrangler.

Photos of the upcoming Wrangler were leaked late yesterday, but they don’t show anything too surprising. It appears that Jeep didn’t want to stray too far from the familiar design of the wildly successful Wrangler, so the automaker found ways to freshen and modernize the design. We expect it will maintain the off-road capabilities of the current model, while improving its comfort, on-road manners, and fuel efficiency.

And no need to worry, the roof and doors will still be removable.

If you could choose today, would you take home the new Wrangler, the Ford Bronco, or Toyota’s next off-roader?

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