The first model was sold from 1984 to 1993, replacing the F10/F20/F50/F60 series Taft. It was available in short wheelbase form with a convertible softtop or removable hardtop (F70/F80) and in long wheelbase form (F75/F85) with fibreglass top. The extended variant, called Rugger Wagon, could carry up to eight people in the back, facing each other. Three engine options were available: a Toyota 2.0 L "3Y" petrol engine with single overhead cam and single carburettor producing and two 2.8 L diesel variants: a naturally aspirated variant producing and turbocharged variant producing , both featuring overhead valves. The turbodiesel appeared early in 1985. Part-time four-wheel drive was standard on all models. A Toyota diesel-engined (2L) version was sold in the Japanese market as the "LD20" Toyota Blizzard.