I sure like the look of the new Cruiser... enough that if it were offered in a diesel I'd consider making my very first brand-new-vehicle purchase. Oh, that it were so. Why no diesel? Isn't Toyota still manufacturing passenger vehicle diesel engines?

Pic:

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/12/23/188916.2-lg.jpg

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

They have never given us a diesel cruiser. Canada got the BJ40 and BJ60 but we got the wrong end of the lollipop.

Yeah... wonder why that is? I see the old ones for sale once in a blue moon, but they never last long. You'd think with the VW TDI success in the states, they'd bring some over and sell them as gas-sippers. It seems to me that would be a hit in the SUV market. I like them for their pedigree... that's a serious vehicle, and the stuff I'm reading in the automotive press indicates that they really like the new ('07) model.

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)