Looking back, I usually find that I can tell from my notes how excited (or not) I was by any particular vehicle. Sometimes there is just one page, hastily scribbled down just so I don’t forget the car. In the case of the 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser however, there is a whopping 4 full pages! Most of these notes relate to cool factor or utility, two things which the FJ has in abundance.
When climbing up into the cabin, there are a lot of details to take in. The first design element to jump out at you must be the body colour center dash stack. Our tester was clad in Sandstorm beige, which prompted Mrs. Grant to exclaim: “The dash looks like the enamel stove my Mom used to have”. From this nostalgic foodie, that was a compliment of the highest order. Cool, in your face design was obviously a priority for engineers and it shows in other elements like dash vents and a really cool shifter. The killer stereo is backed up by a rear mounted sub woofer that looks like it might have been taken from the set of a space flick. Toyota has also included an aux jack for mp3 inputs, a must in today’s world.
