Things you can't have

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 05/20/2016 at 14:40 • Filed to: Toyota, Hilux

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.......if you’re from North America (except Mexico).

You can’t get a Hilux so your next best thing is to read about one !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Key take aways from this UK market one: you get an engine that shrinks from a 3.0 diesel four to a 2.4 (there are other options elsewhere) and most Hiluces (this plural looks good to me) sold in the UK are automatics, a surprising fact which suggests that few business users buy them. Also the Hilux is the biggest selling pickup in Europe, which isn’t quite the commendation it sounds because the market for these vehicles here is small. Odd though it might sound to an American, you don’t see many at building sites, farmers don’t have that many and if you call a plumber or other tradesman he won’t arrive in one.

Have a real working one from Oz. Admire the plain steel wheels and proper work ready body. Note the chrome. Note also the exposed chassis, painted bumpers and lack of hubcaps, because work. There’s a market for something like this in North America, estimated at about six.

Want more chrome? Fancy headlights whose DRLs flow into the the grille? Pseudo running boards? Pseudo roll bar? Shiny alloys? Of course you do.

EL_ULY > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 14:46

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plenty of Hilux in Mexico

Dru > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 14:50

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I actually like the bottom one. I don't mind fancy trucks, as long as they're Toyotas.

Cé hé sin > EL_ULY 05/20/2016 at 14:53

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Mexico is of course in North America, a fact their neighbours to the north often forget too!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 15:34

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I've seen them around town here in Texas with Mexican plates. Honestly I don't wish we had them here. The size doesn't look all that useful. Too tall and narrow. I think the Tundra and Tacoma fit the US market better.

Roundbadge > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 16:00

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I so want to put a flatbed on my Tacoma. I want that top Hilux quite badly, yes...

Regarding your “it’s about six” comment...I fully believe that to be false. I think the market would be way bigger, but dealers don’t want to sell the utilitarian truck. They want to mark up the high-dollar fully loaded bro-dozers.

Babz > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 16:53

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I love how that base hilux looks, this looks so fucking utilitarian, I dig it !

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 16:58

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I use rented utes to tow the racecar (cheaper than paying for the extra gas of driving an SUV as my daily), and the rental company I use mostly has these. You REALLY do not want the 2.4D - most gutless thing I ever drove.

Svend > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 17:02

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I do quite fancy a ute but I think I’d probably want to import a Ford Ranger tray ute. 3.2 diesel manual. AUS$46,490 GBP£23,161 plus import costs obviously.

Cé hé sin > Svend 05/20/2016 at 18:18

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Odd looking contraption if you ask me. Only two seats (?) and not much room in the back either.

Svend > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 18:33

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I sort of like it. Practical and utilitarian.

It’s 2+3. Three seats in the rear.

Different car below but the same body style.

I’d remove the rear seats and add some inside drawers and stuff.

Cé hé sin > Svend 05/20/2016 at 18:46

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I think that has three seats in the back in the same way as a 206CC has two. There are literally seats there, you just can’t actually use them!

Svend > Cé hé sin 05/20/2016 at 19:22

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Ye’, that’s why I call it a 2+3. The rear ones are more jump seats than fulltime seats.

There is the four door tray ute with proper rear seats.