Birth background
Toyota Super Cruiser was born in 1995. This is the largest and most hardcore SUV ever made by the company. This car was originally a military off-road vehicle developed by Toyota for the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. It is mainly used for military purposes such as transporting infantry, towing heavy mortars and carrying mobile surface-to-air missiles. In the research and development stage of this car, Toyota borrowed many design elements of American Hummer H 1, so it is also called "Japanese Hummer".
After the successful development of the super cruiser, the Japanese police, fire and rescue departments also equipped this off-road vehicle. Later, in order to meet the market demand, Toyota also introduced a civilian version of the super cruiser, but this car was only sold in Japan. However, due to the high price, taxes and operating costs, the market share of this car is not large. According to Toyota Motor, between 1995 and 2002, Toyota manufactured 149 super cruisers with civilian specifications.
performance parameter
The size of the super cruiser is really' mega' (huge), with a length of 53 15mm, a width of 2 177mm, a height of 2055m and a wheelbase of 3396mm, which is larger than that of the American Hummer H 1. The dead weight of the vehicle is 290 1kg, and the payload is 750 kg. Power comes from 4. 1L four-cylinder turbodiesel engine, and the maximum power is only 150 horsepower. However, this engine is specially tuned to adapt to off-road environment, and attaches great importance to high torque output at low speed. Power is finally transmitted to four wheels through a 4-speed automatic transmission and three locked differentials at the front, middle and rear.
In terms of chassis, Toyota used some ingenious engineering designs on the super cruiser, such as built-in brakes, four-wheel steering system and four-wheel drive system with Torsten limited slip differential as the core. With the wheel deceleration mechanism and 37-inch tires, the super cruiser also has a huge ground clearance of 420mm (in contrast, the ground clearance of the new Land Rover Defender is only 29 1mm). And in order to cope with the harsh off-road environment, even if the super cruiser is driving, the driver can control the inflation and deflation of the tires in the car, and the extreme off-road orientation is very obvious.
In the eyes of cross-country enthusiasts, the super cruiser is good, but it is the kind of car that can be met but not sought. Because this car has been discontinued, the market share is too small, and most of it is in Japan. Therefore, it is difficult for ordinary people to buy it, and the price is extremely high: the initial price of this car was about 74,000 pounds (650,000 RMB) in the 1990s, and now the second-hand transaction price has risen to 6,543,805 pounds (654.38+0,365,438+0,000 RMB). In short, the super cruiser is unheard of by most people and has gradually evolved into a legend in the off-road vehicle industry.
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