Men's Journal 9/07

It’s dark.  It clings to rocks.  It looks mean.  The Icon is a Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser rebuilt with half of a tarantula’s DNA and all of its rude beauty.  An original FJ40 chassis sacrifices its ride then gets fortified with a passed of engine options.  Dana axles as thick as your forearms, and suspension parts built to withstand an A-bomb.  Off-roaders will dig it when they see it.  The Icon is the dark knight of the Rubicon Trail, a middle-finger salute to the minivans and station wagons trying to act as sport-utility vehicles. (from $96,000: tlcicon.com)