There’s still a few Daihatsu Rockies around here, and I’ve shot one for a future CC. But this is my first sighting of twin Rockies. Looks like they’re ganging up on that unsuspecting Land Cruiser. Any left in your neck of the woods? A closer look:
CC Outtake: Do Two Rockies Equal One Land Cruiser?
– Posted on November 27, 2011
I always thought these were handsomely styled. The wide track helps quite a lot, and I’d rather have one of these than a Sidekick, especially the silver one pictured with the hardtop.
These things straddle the gap between the Samurai and the Sidekick. Narrow body with wide axles, and fender flares to cover the wheels. I would have cross-shopped them when I bought my Sidekick, but they’d already bailed from the US market by then.
I still see them around occasionally.
yeah, I have a 90 and 91, same red color here n northwest AR just found ur site, have enjoyed it a lot, thanks
A friend of mine bought a Rocky new. Once the Diahatsu dealers had packed up and fled, he had to retire it for lack of brake, bearing, and suspension parts. That was pre-internet though, so maybe it is easier to come by parts and parts compatibility information now.
yeah, parts aren’t hard to find, I’m always looking for parts rigs though
The Buick Dual-Path of SUV’s!
Nice find. We never got these in Canada which is a real shame.
Lots still around in NZ and the Toyota Blizzard version good clittle bombs with diesel Hilux motors
I had to google the blizzard. Nice looking rig. Might be a good story there…
i wonder if that diesel would bolt into my rig
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of those Rockies here in the Northeast and we’re just ridding ourselves of those Suzukis Samuries and Sidekicks.
I have had a soft-spot for that handsome Land Cruiser since they appeared in the late 90s — they were way too cost prohibitive when new and now I just don’t swing that way. During my first visit to Columbia i saw a million of them… when I asked my wife why that was the case she indicated that all the mafiosi (and their escorts) drove those…
I”m happy to report that I saw a lot less of these types of vehicles during my last two visits to Bogota–progress of some sort. ..
These used to be quite popular in Indonesia maybe two decades ago. Usually with a diesel engine that vibrated so badly you can see the car’s body vibrate at stop lights. Can’t imagine what it feels inside. You probably would develop a stutter from sitting in one of those for too long. Still, these were simple, rugged vehicle that are easy to maintain, so they sold well for a long time. Strangely, only the separate, removable rear section (like the one in the picture) were called Rocky. The regular, all metal non-removable top one were called Taft, and the gasoline-engined version was called Feroza.
They were Feroza in Australia too, then the wide-track, flared arches was Feroza II.
The Rocky was an earlier vehicle with leaf springs all around, a relative had a turbodiesel ute version that was called the Boneshaker.
I saw a fairly decent white soft top version in traffic a couple of months ago. It had rust but not too bad. Pretty rare here in the Midwest.
There is at least one teal colored rocky running around Enfield CT I see it once every few months. But thats the only one Ive seen in years. Still see Samurais all the time.
Never understood why these didn’t sell in Philadelphia!