Though Toyota effectively started the funky box trend in America with the original Scion xB, the company has abandoned the sub-segment since killing off the second-generation model in 2015. The Japanese automaker has shown renewed interest in this niche, though, first with the FT-4X that debuted at the New York Auto Show, and now with this Tj Cruiser it will reveal at the Tokyo Motor Show.

According to Toyota, the “T” in Tj stands for toolbox, because this practical little machine can be used like one to store all sorts of stuff. We suspect that a toolbox was also a key design inspiration. It’s all slab sides and sharp corners like a traditional metal toolbox. There are also a variety of strakes stamped in the metal that suggest it’s stiff and strong. The silver paint is accented by panels coated in a bed liner-style material to make it look tougher, as well as resist scratches. We also noticed the grille mesh evokes the look of diamond-stamped steel plates. The slab sides are broken up by wider fenders that help it look lower. Though on paper these design details sound like they would be over-the-top, the overall look is actually rather attractive and it’s restrained enough that we could see a production one looking extremely similar.

The interior continues the theme of straight lines and practicality. The instruments are laid out in a thing and wide binnacle on the dash. The steering wheel is squared off with a horizontal rectangle functioning as the spokes. There are also functional and decorative woven straps throughout the Tj. Even the door panels look like peg boards. All seats but the driver’s fold completely flat, and the backs are covered in the same bed liner material as found on the exterior. The seat backs have plenty of tie-down points, too. Add-in the sliding rear doors, and the Tj Cruiser seems like a very versatile little hatch.

It sounds as though Toyota could be considering this little box for production, too. The company suggests that it would use the TNGA platform that currently underpins the Prius and the C-HR. In addition, it would offer front- and all-wheel-drive drivetrains, along with a “2.0-class engine + hybrid system.” We take that to mean that it would have an engine sized up to 2.0 liters, possibly with or without an electric motor. Of course a hybrid, and one with that engine displacement, would be easy to accommodate on the TNGA platform seeing as the Prius uses it. The C-HR even offers an all-wheel-drive hybrid variant overseas. Not only would the platform make it feasible, but Toyota has registered the “TJ Cruiser” as a trademark in the U.S., and that was before showing this concept. That’s no guarantee of production, but Toyota sure seems serious about this thing.

Source:http://carfreaksng.com/2017/10/06/new-toyota-tj-cruiser-giant-tool-box-wheels/

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my kinda bus,but i need at least 2.7l on this and the front grille should be raised and no side headlamps(makes it look like 2nd generation Jeep liberty) with that we are good to go.

Nice one Toyota. .......make I come dey go fin wife wey go born triplet for me, then I will consider buying one.

Beautifully crafted

Good

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so from FJ to TJ cruiser chia

Awesome car.

Toyota no sabi interior.

I love it

Ok

K

Choi, dis one na for the real big boys, not the I-better-pass-my-neighbours big boys.

Thiz will be so good for ambulance, It may even carry two corpses ghoon. #ToyotaCrap[color=#006600][/color]

nice. I like that it can be used for medical emergency purpose, a make shift bed (in case of distress or camping) and for baby making attempt *winks*

Ok

This is a good one for a family

This is nice. May God bless every one hustle

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LionDeLeo:
Choi, dis one na for the real big boys, not the I-better-pass-my-neighbours big boys.

i got one n i also gat a mai ruwa/mai car washer job...just in case

DabuIIIT:


i got one n i also gat a mai ruwa/mai car washer job...just in case

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Oya, continue from there.

Hmm

Toyota is able to maintain it's good position in the auto industry mainly due to application of practicability in designs. This TJ cruiser isn't different. Many coys into technical and supplies would love this PRACTICAL MACHINE!

Looks like modified honda element

My TJ

Honda don hear whiine... Beaten to their element..

The first time I would say Toyota is mimicking anoother car maker's design. Toyota is kmown for superior originality.

While Mercedes is known for mimicking BMW and Porsche in car design technology.

So this one replaces FJ Cruiser.

Okay..

Papiikush:
Give it 6 months and you'll see the seats peeling off already.

Toyota should work on their fake seats

I have never experienced peeled off seats on my Toyotas up to 7 years later..

Which one dey peel ?

talk2percy:
Did u guys do anything about the shameful breakages of the dashboard Please Toyota do sth about that, it is embarrassing!!!

Leave 1995 Camry alone..

I prefer curves.