The final competitor in our Death Valley 4x4 torture test is the retro-inspired 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser.
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00:00 The last vehicle in our competition is the FJ Cruiser.
00:16 This is a vehicle that obviously harkens back to a rich Toyota FJ40 heritage, but this vehicle
00:22 has been completely updated and completely redesigned.
00:25 A new all-aluminum 4 liter V6, 239 horsepower, 278 foot-pounds of torque, and the mechanicals
00:33 on this, as far as the four-wheel drive system goes, very sophisticated.
00:37 An incredible combination of traditional rear locking differential in a part-time transfer
00:42 case, which also includes a very smart software package that allows traction control to work
00:48 with the rear locking differential.
00:50 Specifically, the four-wheel drive system is part-time, allowing you to shift with a
00:55 manual lever from two high into four high lock, or down into four low.
01:01 In low range, it completely kicks out into a new software package with the traction control
01:06 system that allows it to work at each wheel, regardless of whether you have the rear locking
01:11 differential engaged or disengaged.
01:13 The system makes it a very strong competitor in our competition.
01:17 It did incredibly well through some of the difficult trails we took through Death Valley.
01:22 Also the transmission falls easy to hand, very easy up shifts and down shifts whenever
01:26 you need them, and overall a very strong competitor with the road test drivers that we had here
01:30 this week.
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