FJ Cruiser Will Have A Likely Successor, The TJ Cruiser

The Toyota FJ Cruiser was discontinued sometime in 2016 due to slump in sales after nearly a decade of production. Now Auto Guide is claiming that the FX-4T concept which debuted at the 2017 New York International Auto show last, will be the successor to the FJ Cruiser as a new trademark for the name "TJ Cruiser" has been filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

The concept was prime for the small crossover market, and then Toyota’s studio design chief in California, Ian Cartabiano, confirmed that the FT-4X was already 75% production ready. The FJ Cruiser was built on the Prado platform and had a 4.0 litre V6 engine as its power house that gave it 239 horsepower and 273 lb ft of torque but Toyota says that the FX-4T could have a smaller displacement four-cylinder that would send power through a mechanical four-wheel drive system.