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Re: 2008 Last year of the FJ?
1. The FJ really does not get that bad of gas mileage compared to other off-road capable SUVs. Check out the Nissan Xterra, Jeep Wrangler, etc. you will see the FJ does fairly well in comparison. The small gas tank makes you think you get less MPG than you do. I agree it could use a larger gas tank.
2. They would get rid of the 65K LandCruiser that gets worse gas mileage before the FJC. The soccer mom SUVs have MUCH more to fear than the true off-road type vehicles. True offroad vehicles have a strong fan base that will pay the extra. Soccer Mom SUV owners will trade for a VW station wagon or something like that.
3. A hybrid FJC would be a bad idea for a off-road vehicle. Electric batteries + water you encounter when offroading = Bad.
4. A Diesel FJC would not be any more economical unless it got GREAT gas mileage with the price of diesel compared to gas in the U.S.
5. Gas will go down. This is the hardest one for anyone to believe, but it will. Oil is in a bubble, period. To put it in perspetive; four years ago I remember people telling me that housing is not in a bubble...that it was simply a market correction and the price would only climb higher and higher.....after all people HAVE to have houses right? Sound familiar to what we are dealing with now?
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