Toyota Hilux confirmed return to Japan!

"Galapagosized Guy" (galapagosizedautomotive) 07/14/2017 at 04:26 • Filed to: None

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Yes. The iconic luxury pickup truck is still on sale everywhere outside North America, but has been killed off from Japanese market 13 years ago. Japan still has an old stupid mindset of rejecting pickup trucks as lifestyle vehicles, preferring old-fashioned station wagons for that place. The Japanese market had strong aversion to the standard, bonnet-type pickup trucks since 1970s, but this went too extreme in 2000s, along with incompatible rules, that put an ultimately tragic end to the pickup truck market in Japan.

However, times change, the station wagon market has been under decline In Japan as SUVs and MPVs took over place. Still, the aversion to pickups are still on in Japan, until recently, when the want for pickups to come back have suddenly increased. From the ending of limited-sales Mitsubishi Triton and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! pickups, the demand for these types of pickup trucks have shown its signs of revival. The hope and hype for the pickup trucks aren’t stopping in Japan, like they did last decade.

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Recently, Toyota Hilux were ones showcased in Tokyo Auto Salon, signalling the return of the luxury pickups a possibility. However, this made real when !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , making this possibility even possible. The revival of luxury pickup trucks finally came to light when Japanese news reported recently.

According to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the new Hilux is the one currently sold around the globe, and will go on sale in Japan this September.

Some news portals also said that the new generation of luxury pickups will be made at Hino’s Hamura plant in Tokyo. The same plant that made FJ Cruiser and the last, 6th-generation Hilux (Japanese don’t get 7th generation Hilux due to extinction of pickups in JDM).

With return of Hilux in JDM confirmed, will the luxury pickup truck end Japanese’ aversion to pickup trucks and reviving the pickup truck market in Japan? Will it reignite Japanese car enthusiasts’ interests in pickup trucks?

Stay tuned!

(On a side note, instead of American-market 4Runner, Toyota might rename ASEAN-market Fortuner as Hilux Surf if it’s brought to JDM.)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Galapagosized Guy 07/14/2017 at 04:44

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one of the most popular vehicles here down under.

Galapagosized Guy > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/14/2017 at 06:19

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Extremely popular in South East Asia too, but completely disappeared in Japan.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/14/2017 at 06:33

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I see more rangers and bt50s these days. And Amaroks. That might be a Canberra thing though.

pip bip - choose Corrour > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 07/14/2017 at 07:39

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true, Rangers are popular too.

mind you the other night i was at a local servo and there were five HiLuxes there. 3 twin cabs.

404 - User No Longer Available > Galapagosized Guy 07/14/2017 at 08:18

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Japan still has an old stupid mindset of rejecting pickup trucks as lifestyle vehicles, preferring old-fashioned station wagons for that place.

Still better than those stupid, stupid compact crossovers.

BahamaTodd > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/14/2017 at 08:46

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Maybe a Colorado ZR2 on the way for you? Or the suspension adapted to your Colorado?

pip bip - choose Corrour > BahamaTodd 07/14/2017 at 08:52

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hopefully some bits of that one into ours

Svend > Galapagosized Guy 07/14/2017 at 09:19

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Where I am in the north of England it’s mostly Nissan Navaras, Mitsubishi L200s and Isuzu D-Maxs.

the occasional Ford Ranger

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/14/2017 at 21:22

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yeah, I think the HiLux was legitimately the best selling vehicle of 2016.. I just don’t see as many of them. but Canberra wouldn’t be the prime market.

Galapagosized Guy > 404 - User No Longer Available 07/14/2017 at 21:34

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Japanese people prefer roomier vehicles though, so most station wagons lose interior roominess to minivans and SUVs.

404 - User No Longer Available > Galapagosized Guy 07/15/2017 at 00:29

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MPVs like the Nissan Serena are huge sellers there.