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20Montana previously said:
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Having owned Land Cruisers for 28 straight years (78, 91, 99), I was interested in the low sales of the Land Cruiser and LX 470 (Lexus version) and the decline in sales (this year to prior year). I realize that Toyota has a number of SUV's (Landcruiser, 4Runner, Sequoia, Highlander, RAV?, and now FJ Cruiser), but to see less than 11,000 units (LX 470 plus Landcruiser) sales where FJ Cruiser is over 44,000 make me wonder if Toyota has other plans for the North American sales of Landcruiser. The FJ Cruiser has been highly successful in its first year and I wouldn't be surprised to see Toyota offer it to other world markets in a year or two.
Could the price and low volume of Land Cruiser sales (I don't know about worldwide) result in retiring the Land Cruiser (although extremely well engineered for off roading, it is too expensive to play in the dirt)? Then would FJ Cruiser be in line for rebadging as the next Land Cruiser? There is one precedent I know of in Toyota's history, the first Supra was called the Celica Supra (79-81). The FJ Cruiser is not only retro to the FJ40 in looks, but in functionally too.
