2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser

This Cruiser was originally supplied to California but has since found its way to the vendor’s home in Brugge, Belgium. It’s being offered with both its American registration card and a very recent (less than six-month old) thorough Belgian technical inspection certificate. Invoices show the latter involved some expenditure before it was given the all clear.

This left-hand drive FJ has covered 189,420 miles, though you’d hardly believe it, as it remains in excellent condition and its five-speed automatic transmission and 4-litre 239bhp engine are said (by the vendor) to operate without fault. The vehicle also remains entirely mechanically standard, which is unusual for these often-modified machines. Though it does sport some cool additions; including that chunky roof rack, light bar and tow bar fixing.

Having just been given the once over by the Belgian motoring authorities and given a clean bill of health, this FJ also benefits from a new set of tyres (not those pictured, though these are also included) plus (according to the vendor) a full fluid and filter service. In other words, this all-terrain beast is ready to tackle anything that’s thrown at it.

Once your retinas recover from the intensity of this Toyota’s Sun Fusion Yellow paint, you’ll notice that its huge sections of metal and plastic remain near unmarked. An impressive feat for such a utilitarian vehicle. There are a few small imperfections on the bonnet and front end that need mentioning. There’s a scratch in the paint on the driver’s side of the bonnet and another, smaller chip on its leading edge, which also marks the site of a shallow dent. There’s also a glue stain on the lower valence, perhaps the site of a former licence plate?

Those beefy wheels and tyres still look great and as mentioned already, the latter are brand new – as is the Falken spare on the tailgate.

Please note our vendor has informed us of a small crack in the front window on the upper right corner.

This FJ’s hard-wearing interior appears to be er, hard to wear, with its water-repellent seat fabric and rubber-like floors and surfaces still looking great. It’s easy-clean cabin isn’t without signs of wear, but what’s here is minimal and certainly doesn’t match the expectation suggested by the mileage. Rear doors are of the suicide-opening flavour, allowing easy access for rear passengers.

As this FJ is located in Belgium, we weren’t able to get over to see it in person for a close inspection but according to the vendor, ‘the on-board instrumentation and the electrical equipment are all functioning normally.’

This FJ has a really clean and tidy engine bay and, as you’d expect from Toyota, nothing’s leaking. There’s even a yellow oil filter (as if it wasn’t yellow enough!). Though we weren’t able to get underneath and hadn’t seen any images of the underside at the time of compiling this listing, the vendor reports that he knows of nothing at fault.

We also didn’t get a look at the history for this Toyota but we’ve again been informed by the vendor that there is documentation to accompany this FJ. He also informs us that this Toyota has just had a ‘complete overhaul with replacement of fluids and filters, new tyres (not on the pictures, old tyres from pictures come with the car too) plus the car has its four original rims in good condition. The car brakes normally and there isn’t any play in the running gear.’

These fantastic, funky off roaders weren’t available here in the UK and yet they’re a popular private import with several on our roads today. The problem is, the owners are in no hurry to part with them and who can blame them? These are fun, functional and reliable off-roaders with bags of retro charm, which makes them a rare sight for sale and means they sell quickly. As a result, we’re setting the estimate on this fine example at €23,000 - €30,000.

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