April Car&Driver test the new FJ cruiser in a comparo test
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Finally got mine today. Interesting article. I did notice however the FJC was one of the prerelease models that was driven around here in the US. Wonder if that could be why the FJC suspension was suspect on the road. They praised the 4R numerous times for it's great road manners, so I find it interesting that the FJC, which uses the same platform and suspension, could get bad grades. I seriously doubt 4 inches difference to the wheelbase would suddenly make it unstable, but rather an incorrect setup from a test model????
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Originally Posted by bulldog-yota
Finally got mine today. Interesting article. I did notice however the FJC was one of the prerelease models that was driven around here in the US. Wonder if that could be why the FJC suspension was suspect on the road. They praised the 4R numerous times for it's great road manners, so I find it interesting that the FJC, which uses the same platform and suspension, could get bad grades. I seriously doubt 4 inches difference to the wheelbase would suddenly make it unstable, but rather an incorrect setup from a test model????
bulldog-yota, I think you're right. It's true that longer wheelbase gives your better stability on the road, but we are talking 4" in 110" (4Runner). It's 3.6% drop. This shouldn't affect this much. Another thing that FJC might have different suspension parts such as coils and shocks. As far as I know FJ doesn't have XREAS. All above mentioned doesn't affect much when they are counting one by one, but in combination of those factors may affect driving.
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Originally Posted by AlexJet
bulldog-yota, I think you're right. It's true that longer wheelbase gives your better stability on the road, but we are talking 4" in 110" (4Runner). It's 3.6% drop. This shouldn't affect this much. Another thing that FJC might have different suspension parts such as coils and shocks. As far as I know FJ doesn't have XREAS. All above mentioned doesn't affect much when they are counting one by one, but in combination of those factors may affect driving.
I still wish they had used the Prado 3dr platform for the FJC. Raise the roofline slightly adn you will have a minimum sacrifice in innterior space, but your dimensions for wheeling would have improved drastically.
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