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Chevrolet Camaro (fifth generation)
“Back from the dead for five glorious years, then off to make room for the next one.”
“Retro on purpose, beloved by accident, gone on its own schedule.”
The FJ Cruiser was a retro-styled mid-size SUV Toyota built from 2006 to 2022, sharing its bones with the Land Cruiser Prado. It began as a concept at the January 2003 North American International Auto Show, and the public's enthusiasm was so strong that Toyota approved it for production. Final form debuted at the February 2005 Chicago Auto Show, and it was built by Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors in Hamura, Japan.
Toyota announced in November 2013 that the 2014 model year would be its last in the US, but the FJ refused to leave the party all at once — it kept selling in Australia until exports ended in August 2016, and as of April 2022 was still on sale in Chile, the Middle East, the Philippines, and SACU countries. Toyota announced the final end on 1 October 2022. Few vehicles get to say goodbye this slowly; fewer still earn
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“Back from the dead for five glorious years, then off to make room for the next one.”
“Two liters of screaming joy, nine gears of nothing but smiles.”
“Five names, one job: it kept your dashboard humming while the road went by.”