midlifecrisis said:
1.What does FJ in FJ Cruiser stands for?
The "FJ" Comes from the original (in the US anyway) Landcruiser, designated FJ40, which the FJ Cruiser takes several styling cues from. the "F" indicates the engine, in this case 1F, 2F, 3F etc. newer land cruisers and diesels have different designations as they have different engines and chassis. the current 'cruiser is UZJ-100, a diesel 40 series is an HJ-40.
There is debate as the the purpose of the "J". i have heard everything from it representing jeep to being made in japan. im more inclined to thing the japan part as the designation of pickups changed when they started up the north american plants (jap made had the JT at the beginning of the VIN, NA made had *AT). than and i dont want to think of anything remotely Jeep being related to a land cruiser.
The reason they use the FJ designation on the FJ Cruiser is because they are trying to link the hard core off road heritage that the land cruiser name carries without losing the behemoth luxomobile that the current landcruiser has become.