The FJ is an extremely capable off-roader. It's an urban style statement. It's an extremely capable off-roader that's an urban style statement. And it's cheap.

If you don't go off-road, you might as well have "fashion victim" tattooed on your forearm as cruise in a Cruiser. The FJ ain't nothin' but an Old School SUV: rough ride, piss-poor fuel economy, terrible visibility, barely acceptable packaging, basic cabin and cheap plastics.

• Speed Merchants: No

• Fashion Victims:

• Treehuggers: No

• Mack Daddies:

• Tuner Crowd: No

• Hairdressers: No

• Penny Pinchers: No

• Euro Snobs:

• Working Stiffs: No

• Technogeeks:

• Poseurs:

• Soccer Moms:

• Nascar Dads: No

• Golfing Grandparents: No

• Manufacturer: Toyota

• Model tested: FJ Cruiser

• Model year: '07

• Price as Tested: $27,545

• Engine type: 4.0-liter DOHC V6

• Horsepower: 239 hp @ 5200 rpm

• Torque: 278 ft.-lbs. @ 3700 rpm

• Redline: NA

• Wheels and Tires: P265/70 R17 mud-and-snow-rated steel-belted radial blackwall

• Drive type: full-time 4WD

• 0 - 60: 7.2 secs.

• 1/4 mile: 15.9 secs.

• Top speed: 108 mph

• Fuel economy city/highway: 16 / 19

• NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: Not rated