The Toyota Hilux is a 2-door pickup truck (1968–present) / 4-door pickup truck (1981–present) from Toyota, built from 1968, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine. Takayuki Otsuka drew it.
How it came about
The Toyota Hilux (; Japanese: トヨタ・ハイラックス, romanized: Toyota Hairakkusu), stylised as HiLux and historically as Hi-Lux, is a series of pickup trucks produced and marketed by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The majority of these vehicles are sold as a pickup truck or cab chassis, although they could be configured in a variety of body styles. According to Toyota, the "Hilux" name is a portmanteau of the words "High Luxury"; this name means "comfortable vehicle with high technology". It was considered a luxury vehicle only when compared to the spartan, heavy-duty Stout. This was due to its additional sedan-like equipment, similar to those found in the Crown, Corona, and Corona Mark II coupé utilities available until the early 1970s.
The pickup truck was sold with the Hilux name in most markets, but in North America, the Hilux name was retired starting in the 1976 model year in favor of Pickup, and later as Truck in the 1984 model year. In this market, the popular option package, the SR5 (Sport Runabout 5-Speed), was colloquially used as a model name for the truck, even though the option package was also used on other Toyota models, like the 1972 to 1979 Corolla. In 1984, the Trekker, the station wagon version of the Hilux, was renamed the 4Runner in Americas, Australia, and the Middle East, and the Hilux Surf in Japan. In 1992, Toyota introduced a newer pickup model, the mid-size T100 in North America, and the Grandlux in the Middle East, necessitating distinct names for each vehicle other than Truck. Since 1995, the 4Runner is a standalone SUV, while in the same y
The hardware
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 940 kg. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The wheelbase is 4215 mm (SWB) / 2785 mm (LWB). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Hino Briska / Toyota Briska / Toyota Stout (K40) / Toyota Lite Stout / Toyota Stout (K110) / Toyota Stout; its successor was the Toyota Tacoma (North America, from 1995) / Toyota Fortuner (Hilux Sport Rider); assembly was at Hamura, Tokyo (Hino Motors. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Peugeot 504, the Range Rover Range Rover, the Pontiac Firebird — show what else the money bought that year. Its Toyota stablemates include the Toyota Agya and the Toyota Calya.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Toyota Hilux — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.