4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1984–2002
BASE MODELJapan

Rugger / Fourtrak / Rocky F70 (short, 1984–2002)

The Taft’s successor: the F70 Rugger of 1984 (Fourtrak in Britain, Rocky in Europe and Australia, Taft in Indonesia), a short-wheelbase 4x4 with the 2.8 DL diesel (turbocharged DL-T, later the intercooled DL-42) and 2.0 and 2.2 petrols, part-time four-wheel drive with manual hubs (automatic from 1991), leaf springs to 1991 and, after Bertone’s 1992 redesign, independent front suspension and a coil-sprung rear axle; built in Japan to 2002.

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Sources & evidence
Rugger / Fourtrak / Rocky F70 (short, 1984–2002) — A Rugger resin-top 2.8 turbo-diesel ELTennen-Gas · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗
MODEL LINERugger, Fourtrak and Rocky F70BUILT BYDaihatsu, Ikeda, OsakaPRODUCED1984–2002PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 86.8″

The record

The Rugger was the workhorse of the Daihatsu range for eighteen years: the Fourtrak became the British farmer’s and horsebox-tower’s vehicle of the 1980s and 1990s, Bertone built the BMW-engined Freeclimber from it and Toyota sold it as the Blizzard LD20. Astra Daihatsu built the Indonesian Taft, Rocky and Hiline, some with locally developed five-door bodies, until 2007.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1984–2002
ENGINE2.8-litre DL diesel (DL-T turbo, DL-42 intercooled); 2.0 and 2.2-litre petrol fours
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSended in Japan in 2002 (Indonesia 2007); no direct successor
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINERugger, Fourtrak and Rocky F70
FAMILYRugger, Fourtrak and Rocky F70
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE86.8″
BODY STYLESoft top
VARIANTS3

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Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • Beige (Taft / Rugger)

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Sources

  1. 1Daihatsu Rugger ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched