Larry Chen travels to Bogotá, Colombia, to go to the world famous Toyota Land Cruiser store, The FJ Business. They utilize a modern GRJ 70 series Land Cruisers and merge it with a vintage FJ Land Cruiser to make a supercharged modern-day Land Cruiser with the classic look we all know and enjoy. Follow along as Larry Chen walks you through the procedure of how a 2023 FJ Land Cruiser is made.
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Amazing stuff! Although I have to say, there’s barely anything modern with an LC70 besides the model year lol (still want one, spine destroyer or not)
edit: Larry addressed it near the end of the video
The 70 series is the epitome of “If it doesn’t break, don’t change it”.
Even when it does have changes it was using parts that Toyota knows will stand the test of time.
For example, the latest edition of the 70 series kept the 4.5L Turbo V8 Diesel while also having a 2.4 Turbo Inline-4 Diesel option that came from the Fortuner/Hilux (which actually has more Torque than the V8)
Never expected to see Larry coming to Colombia, let alone shoot a whole video about the FJ, also called the “Machito” by our people, hope you enjoyed your time here, Larry!!!
It’s no secret that I’m a big Toyota fan, I just needed to see for myself where these things are given a new life.
Machito? That’s in Venezuela, not in Colombia
@iamnotclarkson guess what? We say it here, too
Venezuelans gotta stop thinking they are the first doing/saying everything
@iamnotclarksonMachito, “care sapo” , “NarcoToyota”, etc. The 70 series and 80 series
Larry great video about the FJ culture in my country. But some pointers tho; these FJ are so unattainable in Colombia itself in the condition the FJCompany sells it. And to be honest they are snatching up all of the FJ’s from the regular people to modify and export that where does that leave the avg person? Nowhere. It’s a business and they thrive but so is Johnatan Ward snatching all the good examples and sending them to California to be resold for a whole lot of cash. Many of those green FJ’s were delivered to the state-run companies, here in Medellin; to the electric company and they were the best to buy as you mentioned because of their maintenance . Glad you liked Colombia
My dream is to have a 1976 FJ40. These are amazing vehicles.
That is sick!!!! Impressive work by that company!
Ah, now I understand why FJ Co’s trucks are so expensive. I didn’t know about the brand new 70 Series underneath or the full body prep required. Nice!
In 1975 I worked at a Goodyear store in Ft. Collins, Colorado. A good customer had a FJ40, dark green with white top and gray wheels with chrome hubcaps. He bought wider Wrangler tires. It looked so cool and off-road capable. So much more than the full size Broncos and Blazers of the day. Loved the video
Companies that do this sort of thing make me happy. Especially when they really care about what they’re restoring/making. Brilliant!
Nice video, and I see that you enjoyed my beloved Colombia 🇨🇴
Impressive!!!! Great to see you guys in Colombia!!!
Crazy to look at these FJ Company FJs and what they cost and think I owned two 79 FJ40s back in the 1980s. Miss them dearly. Lots of memories.
thank you larry, for everything you do. quite inspiring
Land Cruisers in general are the vehicle of choice of Latin America, never thought I’ll see Larry shooting content in Latin America, especially about FJ’s car culture here is nice and full of JDM cars, also what’s up with those 911’s?!
I’m Colombian, and it is sad that the Toyota culture here is shadowed by many misconceptions. I really appreciate that you came all over here to show us (I didn’t even know this shop existed here). Thank you Larry Chen.
What are the misconceptions?
@xwarped83things like Toyota owners are drug Lords or corrupt politician’s
@jhon 722 ah OK. I guess my family and I would be considered really corrupt then.
Larry’s videos never disappoint!
Gorgeous machines and facility. Japan is known for their dedicated hard work and craftsmanship and to see the same application to deliver another Toyota product in a totally different country is mind blowing. There’s probably no other video like this on YouTube.
Larry continues to bring some the coolest car culture content in the world
I’ve been to Colombia and notice a real culture for off road restoration. Lot of gathering to celebrate the vehicles and enjoy them! Back to the vehicle, does the restored vehicle get a green certification (like Euro4)? Otherwise difficult to be used in country like Italy. Go Colombia!!
From Japan, then Singapore, and now Colombia. Cars can take one anywhere.
Amazed to see such a presten factory. Never imagined something like that existed in Colombia.
Every Hagerty segment is pure eye candy. Beautiful shots 👌
Alongside the Renault 4, the FJ Land Cruiser is one of the most iconic and recognized vehicles in Colombia. Cool that this shop exists in the country, it gives me faith for the progress of the Colombian car culture.