Toyota changed Jeep BJ name to Land Cruiser

The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Japan as the Korean War on the United Nations to provide an important base for supplies and services, received a large number of orders from the military off-road vehicles. Toyota has also actively joined the ranks of the auction, starting from August 1950 in accordance with military needs to design new off-road vehicles, and in January 1951 to create a prototype test vehicle. The new car uses a Toyota SB-type 1 ton truck chassis, wheelbase 2400mm, power system equipped with a Toyota B-type 3.4-liter inline six-cylinder engine. Car name, because at that time there are a lot of Japanese occupation forces in Japan are open jeep scenic 1.5 dci turbocharger, "Jeep" naturally become synonymous with all light off-road vehicles, so Toyota will test their own car named Jeep, and equipped with B-type The engine model number is BJ. However, the car has not been recognized by the military, lost in the procurement bid. Until August 1951, Toyota Jeep BJ was finally selected by the Japanese National Police Agency, and was recognized as a patrol car. However, because of the low efficiency of government agencies in Japan at that time, the details of the vehicle Nissan S13 Coilovers specifications and price negotiations and spent two years, so the Toyota Jeep BJ until August 1953 was formally mass production. In the first year, a total of 298 Jeep BJ off the production line, then, Toyota also from forestry, agricultural institutions and power companies to obtain orders. However, in June 1954, Willis Motor Company filed a trademark infringement suit against Toyota in the name of Jeep, which registered the Jeep trademark in 1950. To this end, Toyota Jeep BJ will be renamed the Land Cruiser, the new name by the then technical director Hanji Umehara played, it is easy to think of Land Rover (Land Rover) brand, and the car's early Chinese called the land cruiser, Now renamed Rand Cool Road Ze. The same year, Rand Road, Chak cool in the original BJ series silvia Coilovers based on the addition of a Toyota F-type 3.9-liter inline six-cylinder engine FJ series. In 1955, Rand Cooler Ze BJ / FJ series was replaced by the successor 20 series.