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Originally Posted by JavaBrewer
Sorry Matt but you're way off base. FJ80, it's a taco truck inside with nothing to stimulate senses other than outstanding performance and reliability  But like I said, a run of the mill taco.
Disco I was a farm tool. Disco II a refined farm tool. Both oozed character and offered a ride that nothing in that segment could touch. Reliability was mostly bad but ours were mostly good. Oil drips are par for the course. Spend $2 on a piece of cardboard and problem solved. Discos drink premium fuel by the boat load. I don't miss our Disco (had a '97, '99, and '03) for a second but my wife still oogles the LR4s that she blows past on the highway in her Infiniti (no soul) G37. YMMV |
You sir, need to do some more research.
There is nothing in common between a Tacoma (Taco) and an 80 series Landcruiser (Lexus LX450). The 80 series came out in 1990 and has a lot of commonality with the old 70 series wagons. These were all engineered and built in Japan. There are A LOT more Toyota Landcruisers working in A LOT more rugged places than Land Rovers and Jeeps put together. In the Australian Outback, Sub Saharan Africa, South East Asia, South America, it is Land Cruisers that people trust their lives to.
The Tacoma, at least the early ones, were great trucks despite being designed and built in the US. The FJ cruiser and 4Runner are based on this chassis.
The North American Landcruisers and Lexus LX's built after 1997 are based on the Tundra / Sequoia chassis and are designed for the shopping mall rather than off road use (I own a 2011 TRD Tundra).