The duality of man: he buys a Range Rover, knowing it'll cost him a grand a year to maintain. He also buys a Hilux, knowing he can neglect it for a decade and enjoy ABSOLUTE reliability and lose hardly any money 😂👌
Just move to Norway - you can spend a grand a year maintaining any vehicle. Case in point, my 2013 Toyota Avensis... full service 12000,- nok ... about a grand.
I’ve driven Toyota for 30 years, I’m the proud owner of an invincible X identical to this one. There are no negative points in my book, and unlike this guy I know how to drive it, if you click the power mode, and sequentially change gear it does everything you could want and more. I’m tired of explaining the manual locking tailgate, it means that you can secure your valuables in the cab, but still have access to your kit and tools, that’s not a mistake it’s well thought out.
@@pauldavies6037 Thanks my friend. I despair at times of some of the B.S. people upload without being in possession of facts, or understanding what the hell they’re talking about.
That argument doesn't really hold water though. It would be perfectly possible to have a central locking actuator in the tailgate and still be able to manually lock and unlock independently of the main cabin. It's clearly an issue for enough people if you have to continually explain it away in this manner. It would drive me mad enough to install a locking actuator myself.
@@landiemark I’m not saying that you don’t have a valid point, it’s not an issue for me and suits what I use it for. If you used it as a car and wanted to put the weekly shopping in the back, with an arm full of carriers I can see how it may be annoying, but first and last it is a working truck, hairdressers and wives do not tend to drive them. Where does it go after the central locking? Electric hands free tailgate, voice recognition, retina operated ignition, it’s a truck not a school run around.
Bought one of those used with 7k miles, put on another 35k over four years and just sold it for £1000 less than I bought it. Utterly reliable, I miss it already.
If your dpf ever becomes full and the warning pops up on the dash, the button beside the camer view button is the manual DPF Regeneration button. Shame that other cars dont have a manual DPF regeneration button!
Bought one of these in basic form from a Toyota dealer with under 50 miles on the clock. We needed the two seater for use on a caravan park, close to the sea. Still ruggedly reliable and financially a bargain in my view. Thanks for the video.
As someone from subsaharan Africa (Zambia) that watches your channel, the Toyota Hilux is just that dream car for any Zambian driver. I’d like to own one someday. Great review as always.
@@mac22011964 That’s interesting in your experience. Mine has been very different the newer models specifically modern common rail diesels with emissions reduction tech such as egr, dpf and adblue not to mention the complexity of common rail injection with its high cost of maintenance and when something goes wrong and it will the injectors alone will set you back 3-4K easily not forgetting its sensitivity to fuel quality. The older models never had such issues and if they did they were relatively minor as easy to resolve.
@@mac22011964 What aside from the dpf issues that have plagued the 1gd and 2gd engines which resulted in a class action lawsuit against Toyota. Also the timing chain has a design flaw which leads it prone to rattling and potentially snapping something Toyota hasn’t been able to rectify in 9 years similar to the issues with the 1KD and pistons cracking. And let’s not forget it’s a common rail diesel with complexity of the emissions reduction tech such as the egr, dpf and adblue fitted.
My wife uses our 2018 Hilux for lugging around her dog training equipment and it hasn’t missed a beat in all the time we have owned it. It is still under warranty and service plan and just keeps on running. Greetings from South Africa.
@@dinho890i Fortunately not (yet). It does now have two tracking devices and I can follow the movement if needed. After business hours I do the driving with it. It is insane how much they are loved by the hijackers, and they disappear over the border very fast!!
I have a '63 Invincible that I've had for 8 years. Great, ultra dependable vehicle that dives and runs like a tractor. However, underneath has been a shocking battle against rust and rot for the past couple of years with cross members crumbling and requiring cutting out and new sections replaced. I live nowhere near the sea and it's not getting to hard a life on a ten acre small holding, so all I can assume is absolutely shocking corrosion protection and quality control out of the factory. For a £53k investment, I'd want a pretty solid explanation as to how the corrosion process has been radically improved over the past 11 years!
How to improve the ride... Get a concrete paving flag and lay in in the rear cargo bed, that should do the trick. You just need to put a bit of weight in the back and get some flax in the Cart Springs!
Looks great. I have the forrester 3 years old, same colour and the styling including steering wheel is identical but different. Just bought the Mrs a new Yaris for round town last week. Cracking little motor. Only Japanese cars for me from now. Might I mention my old Land Cruiser did 270k miles before I sold it, and it went in a day....
Bro I used to have one and man it was a nightmare for my back. The fortuner (suv version of hilux) was worse. The trim level we got in our country which is revo rocco for some reason is more comfortable than the rest of the trim levels.
I think the reason why they don’t put the tailgate on the central locking is not because they didn’t think about it but more because it’s expected that it’s gonna get the granny smashed out of it and there’s no central locking to go wrong, it’ll always work with a manual lock.
I’ve just sold my 23 plate 2.8 Invincible X after 20 years with Hiluxes. Reason, wish I could get 27mpg, 23 was my average and the thing is just too big for every day driving. Depreciation….. None. Sold it for more than I bought it for new 15 months ago.
If you're in europe (or the middle east) you probably should. I'm sure muricans will complain that it's far too small or not luxurious enough, but their relationship with "trucks" is just way too different from the rest of the world.
a lot of muricans would like to be able to buy the Hilux but can't. We settle for the Tacoma which is marginally bigger and more powerful then the Hilux. The are otherwise pretty much the same. We are begging Toyota to start selling the new Scout (unibody pick up) but no word on that yet.
Wrong. Most of us Americans who want/need a smaller truck would gladly buy a Hilux if Toyota sold them here. Most of us don’t want “bro-dozers” or overpriced complicated computers-on-wheels, but that’s what they make and offer for sale. Blame CARB requirements, manufacturer one-upsmanship , whatever. Our dealers are filled with overpriced under built junk that gets recalled a month after it’s built. We want smaller and cheaper. Case in point - Ford Maverick sales increases are blowing everything else out of the water. Not a coincidence.
Matt - Toyota is a very conservative company, I think having a blade key for the tailgate is a very clear example of that - probably they wanted to keep it as simple and as old school as possible. And, probably, to have redundancy in case central locking fails.
08:58 - I've not heard of a car which requires you to pull over, or visit a garage to regenerate the DPF. Every car I've come across with a DPF, will do a regeneration when required on the move. Providing the temperature of the DPF is in zone, and the average speed is above x amount. If you had to wait for a garage visit, you could theoretically be there every 4 thousand miles, or more without a regen. You could block a modern DPF in under four thousand miles, depending on the cars usage if it didn't regenerate.
All diesels do their DPF regen on the move, every few hundred miles depending on the car. It’s only when they’re relentlessly mooched about town, never getting up to operating temperature at very low speeds when the DPF doesn’t have a chance to regen. That’s when you need to force a regen manually through diagnostic software. Usually the fault of the owner, not the car. If anyone is having to do manual regens, just get a petrol…
I worked for Toyota as a parts manager for 12 years. The Hilux was our best seller. I could sell Truckman tops all day long. Bull bars were in then. Amazing vehicle. Bit agricultural to drive in the early 90s but a terrific vehicle..VW made one called a Taro. But that was just to get round import control. Didn't last long. Rear light lenses were vulnerable but reliability was off the scale.
These Hilux engines (both the 2.4 and 2.8) is highly popular for tuners in where i’m from. I’ve seen Hiluxes (and its SUV counterpart) were heavily tuned to 400HP and capable doing top speed runs against Golf GTI and even BMW 140i.
This is definitely the pick up to buy if you value reliability. My bosses have an Amarok each and a 3.2 Ford Ranger, all from new. One Amarok is on its 3rd engine and the other recently had timing chain issues. The Ranger has been doing ok except for an oil leak on the back of the engine.
6:04 is quite a big one for me - the pickup we had while in the US there was enough space under the bench seat to get 2 small backpacks which went a long way to making up for the lack of a proper boot (which you will miss even with the cargo bed). My Navara has just a shoe box sized space which the subwoofer already sits in under one of the rear seats and 2 smaller spaces under the other two which aren't very useful at all.
Mat I had one for years to be honest I never had a issue with it .. It just kept going ..I covered over one hundred and seventy thousands miles in the truck.and only kept to the maintenance schedules. The only advisory I ever had with a mot.was to change the drop links .. I sold the truck to the local farmer and it is still going strong ..to be honest I don't know what the mileage is now but it must be near three hundred thousand now. If I was in the market for a pickup again Hilux would be the only one I would buy.all I can say is don't use cheap diesel ..in the truck. And every now and again put a shot of redex or something like it in the fuel tank.
Hi Matt, I’ve watched many of your videos and it’s alway very pleasant to listen to you speaking. It seems like you’re doing it off the cuff but in this video with all those details and the clear structure, I can’t image that you’d do this without thorough preparation. Could you tell us how much time it takes to make a video like this? I’m just curious. If it’s an impertinent question please ignore (and sorry for the question). Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands.
My son used to drive one of these and loved parking it into a corporate car park. He always arrived early when it was empty . Amazingly enough later on there was always a parking space either side of it as the BMWs, Audi's and Mercedes Benz cars always gave it a wide berth.
I had a 2018 SR5 and did 30,000 kms then sold it for $7000 more than I paid for it, missed it and just bought another one a couple of months ago and love it all over again!
Bizarrely, I wouldn't buy a Dyson vacuum if they were £10, they're crap ! Found out the hard way TWICE. Now I buy Sebo, and had my current one for nearly 15 years. Also wouldn't go anywhere near a Range Rover. Apart from the fact they look hideous, I wouldn't want the insurance cost, nor the very high likelihood of it either breaking down, or being stolen. Pickup though, Toyota HiLux all the way !
16 years ive had them and not one problem ,just yearly services. the only thing i think looks stupid is how the body overhangs the wheels so much, the best mpg i could get out of the 2.4 was 28mpg :(
We have had a 2002 hilux on our farm sinse new. Besides routine serviceing, a new pair of batteries, windscreen wipers and tyres it has never required anything else.
Well done for mentioning the factory extended warranty, not many people know about that. It applies to all Toyota models. These shape Hilux’s can need a set of injectors (you’ll only need to do it once, and it’s warranty obviously), they also have P/M sensor issues from time to time. The fuel economy is pretty remarkable as well for what they are. I reckon i service/work on at least 5/6 a week.
How to improve the ride... Get a concrete paving flag and lay in in the rear cargo bed, that should do the trick. You just need to put a bit of weight in the back and get some flax in the Cart Springs! As for the DPF, just give the car a bit of welly weekly for a few miles and it'll never need a regen!
I would say reason for blade key is remember tray is removable, maybe different box or flat deck say for farming, hay bales and the like . Chassis cab sometimes sold by ute companies can be cheaper.
I used to park cars at Manchester Airport and drove a complete variety of cars from 20 year old jag XJ with grinding noises every time you turned onto the upramp.. My mates loved my pictures and descriptions of each car.. The Toyota Hilux I drove had I'd say a good Stockport council bin worth of litter in it and drove as I told my mates like driving a bouncy castle! Parking with no sensors in drop&go at Manchester airport with a Hilux trying to find a suitable space you could fit in was stressful...😩
In the US it's called the Tacoma and for 2024, we have these trims, SR, SR5, 6 TRD models, TRD Pro, TRD PreRunner, Sport, Off Road, Sport i-Force Max, and Off Road I-Force Max, Limited, Limited i-Force Max, and Trailhunter.
I had the exact same as this one on a 21 plate had it from new it was stolen 2 weeks ago🤬 gutted. Both keys were in Faraday box they can just scan tye car now. Make sure anyone who has one put a tracker on and full size steering lock on. Loads are going at the moment. The toyota tracker they can turn this off too! Amazing truck used to tow 3.5 ton plus weight in the back on road and off no problem.
The Hilux definitely does not ride as well as the new Ranger….no doubt about it. HOWEVER my last Hilux was 14 years old when sold with 186k miles on it. It was used and abused, travelled with a camper on it to many countries….awesome off road. In its life other than servicing it needed a new clutch and two front CV joints….both of which were bust by me in extreme off road conditions. I now have a ‘22 Hilux and just returned from an extensive tour through Turkey, Georgia etc …..some very rough tracks and of 3 cars it was the only one that made it unscathed. The 2018 Ranger is still in Van in Turkey trying to be fixed! ….and as for the defender? It made it home BUT was a constant battle to keep it going.
It's strange because I don't like sky jacked 4X4's , but the rims and tires on this look a touch small. The one Toyota I have always loved was the Toyota FJ40 , considering they were made from 1960 - 1983 , they were completely indestructible ( Given salt levels of your country , lol ) and enough torque in low to climb a tree ( Yes , I'm being facetious, but you get the point ) A buddy of mine had one in Vancouver and we took it up to Whistler all the time , I was amazed at it...
I really wanted to love the InvincibleX when I got my last pickup. The exterior looks great, but the interior just lets it down. Ended up getting a SsangYong Musso. Nearly two years on still very pleased with it.
My friend from Jubrique (mountain village) has exactly that version, he sold his VW Touareg and bought the Hilux as he needed a pickup for his finca. He says he couldn't get better.
Too small for me. I have always thought the full size trucks in America would be too big if I brought one over here. I saw someone in a newish RAM on Oxford Road in Manchester yesterday though and now I am convinced that they will work here. Everywhere apart from the underground parking in my apartment building.
Forgot to mention hilux antiperforation warranty is only 5 years and toyota will refuse to cover all the chassis that are rusting away .spending 5000k on chassis welding is so common in uk and ireland . Waxoiling helps but why will toyota not address this issue and treat them on production line .have personally seen 2012 up to 2016 rusted through.and spent 1000 on my own 2014 last year on disintegrate chassis brackets.buyers beware because a hilux that looks like new on outside can be horrendous underneath
We bought an Active Double cab 23 plate with 50 miles from a main dealer. I find it a nightmare to actually get in the driver's seat. I'm 6ft 2 and theres no seat height adjust. The steering wheel feels too low even when adjusted up. There's no parking sensors or rear camera either. A fkin nightmare on wheels the wife calls it. I had to take the drivers side high handle off as it kept catching my head on every sway.
Oops... The terrorists are in 70 series... Quite possibly with a 1HZ, you know, the Toyota diesel engine still being manufactured that doesn't have any (much?!) electrical gear in the engine bay...
Yup. And I'm driving a LHD one here in the UK for work and as the daily. Loving it. It will see me out. As you say, zero electronics under the bonnet. Brilliantly simple and reliable.
@@harrietgibbs4086 Yeah... 1HZ is really ideal if the vehicle is offroad for the vast majority of its life... Faster than an old defender though? That's a carwow or carexpert drag race I'd love to watch... Lol...
@@bruce7890 Can't imagine its faster than anything to be honest! Acceleration is jurassic but eventually you get up to some kind of speed and can hold 70 mph on the motorway all day long without missing a beat. Not what it was designed for but sometimes we need to use it to cover distances, and it can be done. We're just all happier trundling about. Certainly a quality bit of kit and am confident it will prove more reliable than any of the opposition. Best wishes, Harriet
rust is their enemy, current 7 year old one is showing signs of rust everywhere underneath now. We bought our first hilux in 1985 on our 4th one nearly 40 years later
I used to sell New Pickup trucks at a SsangYong dealership and I I did feel a little bad when they said they wanted a truck as reliable as their old hilux and convenience them to buy a SsangYong Musso which would be back in with an engine light at 1000 miles on the clock
It’s a mule Perfect for everything you need to do Bikes in the back Kids in the back 6 hour run & it’s fine Great economy Low depreciation Say no more Good vid
I thnk the model that this hilux is equivalent to in the asian regions is the Toyota Hilux Conquest, and it does comtain some of the features that you think is missing with that particular model
Need to remember with the ride comfort that it’s designed to carry 1000kg and still tow a couple of tons. I have one and it needs at least 100kg in the back, if not more, to take the initial bounce out. A LR commercial doesn’t have this payload, I believe, so can manage on other spring methods. I had a D40 Navara before with a canopy and it made the world of difference. The ICE head units are beyond useless. As a tech country Toyota have some shocking stereo units. Speed dial takes 5 less buttons than dialling the chuffing number!! My big blue wheel barrow earns its keep at work and around the house so anything else wouldn’t come close.
I always buy my vehicles as per recommendations from designated terrorist organisations to be fair
Sensible consumer advice.
If pasta needs mafia approval. Only right that SUVs need taliban certification
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Hahaha 😂
What made you buy the merc then Hitler?
The duality of man: he buys a Range Rover, knowing it'll cost him a grand a year to maintain.
He also buys a Hilux, knowing he can neglect it for a decade and enjoy ABSOLUTE reliability and lose hardly any money 😂👌
Do what I say. Not what I do.
Just move to Norway - you can spend a grand a year maintaining any vehicle. Case in point, my 2013 Toyota Avensis... full service 12000,- nok ... about a grand.
@@enoruel ouch!
Most Land Rover owners actually have something else that's also not a land rover.
Every Land Rover owner realises that they love their Land Rover but also need another car to actually get to their destination
I’ve driven Toyota for 30 years, I’m the proud owner of an invincible X identical to this one.
There are no negative points in my book, and unlike this guy I know how to drive it, if you click the power mode, and sequentially change gear it does everything you could want and more.
I’m tired of explaining the manual locking tailgate, it means that you can secure your valuables in the cab, but still have access to your kit and tools, that’s not a mistake it’s well thought out.
Exactly
Not to mention the lack of electric shutter is a bonus! They're always getting bashed, I don't want to damage delicate electrics
@@pauldavies6037
Thanks my friend. I despair at times of some of the B.S. people upload without being in possession of facts, or understanding what the hell they’re talking about.
That argument doesn't really hold water though. It would be perfectly possible to have a central locking actuator in the tailgate and still be able to manually lock and unlock independently of the main cabin.
It's clearly an issue for enough people if you have to continually explain it away in this manner. It would drive me mad enough to install a locking actuator myself.
@@landiemark
I’m not saying that you don’t have a valid point, it’s not an issue for me and suits what I use it for. If you used it as a car and wanted to put the weekly shopping in the back, with an arm full of carriers I can see how it may be annoying, but first and last it is a working truck, hairdressers and wives do not tend to drive them. Where does it go after the central locking? Electric hands free tailgate, voice recognition, retina operated ignition, it’s a truck not a school run around.
I’m confused as to why I’ve always liked the Toyota Hilux. I definitely don’t need it - but I want it 😬
It does have that charm to want long for it even if you don't need it
I have a Toyota Hilux and there is storage under the rear seats for tools, tow rope, jumper leads etc. (to use on other cars).
The machine gun turret seems a popular option
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😂😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥
I would not buy a Dyson now...but I would buy a Toyota 😊
Do Toyota do Vacuum Cleaners ?
@@willmitchell255do bloomin good sewing machines.
@@adzy166and forklifts
Henry the Hoover
@@MrHyabusa1300 Miele and only Miele
Bought one of those used with 7k miles, put on another 35k over four years and just sold it for £1000 less than I bought it. Utterly reliable, I miss it already.
They are one of the most popular vehicles here in Zambia 🇿🇲
Yeah. Especially in 2nd hand form, and originally from South Africa.
@@16sputnik7 Your comment should have just ended with "Yeah" 😂😂😂
@@MHHM97 Yeah. Apart from putting the “2nd hand form,” in quotation marks, I’ll stand by it. It’s true, it’s deadly and hardly laughable.
Based on our experience there is no way we would ever buy a Dyson
Pay for the name and still made in China ?
Got to be SHARK
If your dpf ever becomes full and the warning pops up on the dash, the button beside the camer view button is the manual DPF Regeneration button. Shame that other cars dont have a manual DPF regeneration button!
Mercedes X class ?
@@miamimo70 I meant his Hilux, dunno if the X class has a dpf regen button
Bought one of these in basic form from a Toyota dealer with under 50 miles on the clock. We needed the two seater for use on a caravan park, close to the sea. Still ruggedly reliable and financially a bargain in my view. Thanks for the video.
Actually, when you want a vacuum cleaner, intelligent and discerning people buy a Henry or a Hetty. Dysons are for the mugs.
Or a James!!!!I bought one for my wife's birthday a few years ago! She loves it.
As someone from subsaharan Africa (Zambia) that watches your channel, the Toyota Hilux is just that dream car for any Zambian driver. I’d like to own one someday. Great review as always.
Heck yeah! Buy it! The Old Man, Captain Slow, and the Hampster couldn't destroy it! It beat Top Gear! Name another automobile that accomplished that.
That is a rolling tank that. I have one and man I love it. Bloody indestructible here in Scandinavia.
Have got a 2004 hilux from new , still going and don’t want to change it nearly 21 years old now
Keep it the newer model is shit
@@bobmarli6095Not in my experience…..what is wrong with the newer models?
@@mac22011964 That’s interesting in your experience. Mine has been very different the newer models specifically modern common rail diesels with emissions reduction tech such as egr, dpf and adblue not to mention the complexity of common rail injection with its high cost of maintenance and when something goes wrong and it will the injectors alone will set you back 3-4K easily not forgetting its sensitivity to fuel quality. The older models never had such issues and if they did they were relatively minor as easy to resolve.
@@mac22011964 What aside from the dpf issues that have plagued the 1gd and 2gd engines which resulted in a class action lawsuit against Toyota. Also the timing chain has a design flaw which leads it prone to rattling and potentially snapping something Toyota hasn’t been able to rectify in 9 years similar to the issues with the 1KD and pistons cracking. And let’s not forget it’s a common rail diesel with complexity of the emissions reduction tech such as the egr, dpf and adblue fitted.
I've been running a DoubleCab in NW Thailand's hills for the last 20 years and never had an issue. I do believe the little beastie will see me out.
My wife uses our 2018 Hilux for lugging around her dog training equipment and it hasn’t missed a beat in all the time we have owned it. It is still under warranty and service plan and just keeps on running. Greetings from South Africa.
Hasnt been stolen yet?
Id recommend getting a dmax for her safety
@@dinho890i Fortunately not (yet). It does now have two tracking devices and I can follow the movement if needed. After business hours I do the driving with it. It is insane how much they are loved by the hijackers, and they disappear over the border very fast!!
Best video yet matt ever evolving thank you
Dyson NOPE Range Rover = Nope, This Hell yeah
When you want a vacuum cleaner you buy Miele. 20 years ago since I said that….
0:25 thank you for not saying "when you want a hoover you buy a dyson"
Shark are on their way to Romiley Garage - in their Hiluxes
I have no problem with hoover. Much better than the clunky description. Just spell with a small aitch.
When you see Toyota hilux approaching you in Afghanistan, time to take cover 🤣🤣😂😂
Or Bradford
@@sandwichbar8226 😂😂😂😂
Remove the c lol
I have a '63 Invincible that I've had for 8 years. Great, ultra dependable vehicle that dives and runs like a tractor. However, underneath has been a shocking battle against rust and rot for the past couple of years with cross members crumbling and requiring cutting out and new sections replaced. I live nowhere near the sea and it's not getting to hard a life on a ten acre small holding, so all I can assume is absolutely shocking corrosion protection and quality control out of the factory. For a £53k investment, I'd want a pretty solid explanation as to how the corrosion process has been radically improved over the past 11 years!
Tools are under the rear seat,it lifts up,small pull cord under each side 👍
How to improve the ride...
Get a concrete paving flag and lay in in the rear cargo bed, that should do the trick.
You just need to put a bit of weight in the back and get some flax in the Cart Springs!
Looks great. I have the forrester 3 years old, same colour and the styling including steering wheel is identical but different. Just bought the Mrs a new Yaris for round town last week. Cracking little motor. Only Japanese cars for me from now. Might I mention my old Land Cruiser did 270k miles before I sold it, and it went in a day....
Bro I used to have one and man it was a nightmare for my back. The fortuner (suv version of hilux) was worse. The trim level we got in our country which is revo rocco for some reason is more comfortable than the rest of the trim levels.
I like the fact that the trunk has its own blade key. Makes it less likely for stuff to be stolen if you somehow forget to lock the rest of the car
I think the reason why they don’t put the tailgate on the central locking is not because they didn’t think about it but more because it’s expected that it’s gonna get the granny smashed out of it and there’s no central locking to go wrong, it’ll always work with a manual lock.
I’ve just sold my 23 plate 2.8 Invincible X after 20 years with Hiluxes. Reason, wish I could get 27mpg, 23 was my average and the thing is just too big for every day driving. Depreciation….. None. Sold it for more than I bought it for new 15 months ago.
If you're in europe (or the middle east) you probably should.
I'm sure muricans will complain that it's far too small or not luxurious enough, but their relationship with "trucks" is just way too different from the rest of the world.
a lot of muricans would like to be able to buy the Hilux but can't. We settle for the Tacoma which is marginally bigger and more powerful then the Hilux. The are otherwise pretty much the same. We are begging Toyota to start selling the new Scout (unibody pick up) but no word on that yet.
No one really cares what Americans want.
@@paininthepatoot but hilux are diesel also last longer than tacoma ask mexicans
Wrong. Most of us Americans who want/need a smaller truck would gladly buy a Hilux if Toyota sold them here. Most of us don’t want “bro-dozers” or overpriced complicated computers-on-wheels, but that’s what they make and offer for sale. Blame CARB requirements, manufacturer one-upsmanship , whatever. Our dealers are filled with overpriced under built junk that gets recalled a month after it’s built. We want smaller and cheaper. Case in point - Ford Maverick sales increases are blowing everything else out of the water. Not a coincidence.
@@ahalhalahalhal9701 that would be nice on a Tacoma
Matt - Toyota is a very conservative company, I think having a blade key for the tailgate is a very clear example of that - probably they wanted to keep it as simple and as old school as possible. And, probably, to have redundancy in case central locking fails.
They are just cheap
0:37: Was that a low-key roast of the Ford pickup truck?😂
08:58 - I've not heard of a car which requires you to pull over, or visit a garage to regenerate the DPF. Every car I've come across with a DPF, will do a regeneration when required on the move. Providing the temperature of the DPF is in zone, and the average speed is above x amount.
If you had to wait for a garage visit, you could theoretically be there every 4 thousand miles, or more without a regen. You could block a modern DPF in under four thousand miles, depending on the cars usage if it didn't regenerate.
...the pull over comment was baffling from a trader...wt actual fook
All diesels do their DPF regen on the move, every few hundred miles depending on the car. It’s only when they’re relentlessly mooched about town, never getting up to operating temperature at very low speeds when the DPF doesn’t have a chance to regen. That’s when you need to force a regen manually through diagnostic software. Usually the fault of the owner, not the car. If anyone is having to do manual regens, just get a petrol…
I worked for Toyota as a parts manager for 12 years. The Hilux was our best seller. I could sell Truckman tops all day long. Bull bars were in then. Amazing vehicle. Bit agricultural to drive in the early 90s but a terrific vehicle..VW made one called a Taro. But that was just to get round import control. Didn't last long. Rear light lenses were vulnerable but reliability was off the scale.
These Hilux engines (both the 2.4 and 2.8) is highly popular for tuners in where i’m from. I’ve seen Hiluxes (and its SUV counterpart) were heavily tuned to 400HP and capable doing top speed runs against Golf GTI and even BMW 140i.
Yes please I'm gonna buy one! *tries to find stuff to put in the back. Golf clubs and shopping from Aldi*
I would like to drive something like this but the parking and roads in the UK are so small, it must be so annoying to drive.
Yep, little man syndrome car.
This is definitely the pick up to buy if you value reliability. My bosses have an Amarok each and a 3.2 Ford Ranger, all from new. One Amarok is on its 3rd engine and the other recently had timing chain issues. The Ranger has been doing ok except for an oil leak on the back of the engine.
6:04 is quite a big one for me - the pickup we had while in the US there was enough space under the bench seat to get 2 small backpacks which went a long way to making up for the lack of a proper boot (which you will miss even with the cargo bed). My Navara has just a shoe box sized space which the subwoofer already sits in under one of the rear seats and 2 smaller spaces under the other two which aren't very useful at all.
Mat I had one for years to be honest I never had a issue with it ..
It just kept going ..I covered over one hundred and seventy thousands miles in the truck.and only kept to the maintenance schedules.
The only advisory I ever had with a mot.was to change the drop links ..
I sold the truck to the local farmer and it is still going strong ..to be honest I don't know what the mileage is now but it must be near three hundred thousand now.
If I was in the market for a pickup again Hilux would be the only one I would buy.all I can say is don't use cheap diesel ..in the truck.
And every now and again put a shot of redex or something like it in the fuel tank.
Bullet Proof Matt!!
Hi Matt,
I’ve watched many of your videos and it’s alway very pleasant to listen to you speaking. It seems like you’re doing it off the cuff but in this video with all those details and the clear structure, I can’t image that you’d do this without thorough preparation.
Could you tell us how much time it takes to make a video like this?
I’m just curious. If it’s an impertinent question please ignore (and sorry for the question).
Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands.
Thank you! Yes I do plan them meticulously and script them
never saw this car before, but I like it!
My son used to drive one of these and loved parking it into a corporate car park. He always arrived early when it was empty . Amazingly enough later on there was always a parking space either side of it as the BMWs, Audi's and Mercedes Benz cars always gave it a wide berth.
Bit sad.
I had a 2018 SR5 and did 30,000 kms then sold it for $7000 more than I paid for it, missed it and just bought another one a couple of months ago and love it all over again!
I've had three Hilux pickups over the years. They always looked the best and were always reliable. Never ever broke down.
Bulletproof toyota hilux 🔥
If you want to go in and clean the kids bedrooms buy a Dyson. If you want to make it back out unbroken buy a Henry. 👀
I remember my old Toyota Hilux import, surf model I abused it to death never broke, got a Jimmy commercial now which I love.
A nice treat on a Wednesday, keep the informative videos going! 👍🏻
Great. I’ve been thinking about this for a bit 2.8d. No idea why. Glad video been made
I love the straight faced but hilarious (and absolutely factual) joke "look what theyre driving"! Nice one.
Good video Matt, fair assessment of the total ownership package over a fair lifespan. 👍
Bizarrely, I wouldn't buy a Dyson vacuum if they were £10, they're crap ! Found out the hard way TWICE. Now I buy Sebo, and had my current one for nearly 15 years. Also wouldn't go anywhere near a Range Rover. Apart from the fact they look hideous, I wouldn't want the insurance cost, nor the very high likelihood of it either breaking down, or being stolen. Pickup though, Toyota HiLux all the way !
16 years ive had them and not one problem ,just yearly services. the only thing i think looks stupid is how the body overhangs the wheels so much, the best mpg i could get out of the 2.4 was 28mpg :(
One a half year ago I bought brand new SUV version of this pick up. Loving it!
We have had a 2002 hilux on our farm sinse new. Besides routine serviceing, a new pair of batteries, windscreen wipers and tyres it has never required anything else.
Well done for mentioning the factory extended warranty, not many people know about that. It applies to all Toyota models.
These shape Hilux’s can need a set of injectors (you’ll only need to do it once, and it’s warranty obviously), they also have P/M sensor issues from time to time.
The fuel economy is pretty remarkable as well for what they are.
I reckon i service/work on at least 5/6 a week.
50 fuckin grand👀
Yea..? And last for ever. Bloody Tank. I have one and The Taliban approves. lol
Taliban has petrol only models not diesel.
£28,400 here in Thailand for the top of the range 2.8L 4x4 AT double cab Rocco trim.
This is a great example, but it also needs an antiroll bar in the load bay
Rather have the land cruiser
In Pakistan all hilux carries minimum 4 Ak-47s 😂😂
Thanks for the shoutout, top video, keep in touch when you’re ready!
Thank you! All the best
How to improve the ride...
Get a concrete paving flag and lay in in the rear cargo bed, that should do the trick.
You just need to put a bit of weight in the back and get some flax in the Cart Springs!
As for the DPF, just give the car a bit of welly weekly for a few miles and it'll never need a regen!
That is a very nice truck. You can't go wrong with a Toyota.
You can.
I would say reason for blade key is remember tray is removable, maybe different box or flat deck say for farming, hay bales and the like . Chassis cab sometimes sold by ute companies can be cheaper.
I used to park cars at Manchester Airport and drove a complete variety of cars from 20 year old jag XJ with grinding noises every time you turned onto the upramp..
My mates loved my pictures and descriptions of each car.. The Toyota Hilux I drove had I'd say a good Stockport council bin worth of litter in it and drove as I told my mates like driving a bouncy castle!
Parking with no sensors in drop&go at Manchester airport with a Hilux trying to find a suitable space you could fit in was stressful...😩
The machine gun turret seems a popular option)))
You can buy those auto retract side mirror and tailgate remote lock for like $50 each here in philippines. It works well
In the US it's called the Tacoma and for 2024, we have these trims,
SR, SR5, 6 TRD models, TRD Pro, TRD PreRunner, Sport, Off Road, Sport i-Force Max, and Off Road I-Force Max, Limited, Limited i-Force Max, and Trailhunter.
Its a completely different car
I had the exact same as this one on a 21 plate had it from new it was stolen 2 weeks ago🤬 gutted.
Both keys were in Faraday box they can just scan tye car now. Make sure anyone who has one put a tracker on and full size steering lock on. Loads are going at the moment. The toyota tracker they can turn this off too!
Amazing truck used to tow 3.5 ton plus weight in the back on road and off no problem.
The Hilux definitely does not ride as well as the new Ranger….no doubt about it. HOWEVER my last Hilux was 14 years old when sold with 186k miles on it. It was used and abused, travelled with a camper on it to many countries….awesome off road. In its life other than servicing it needed a new clutch and two front CV joints….both of which were bust by me in extreme off road conditions. I now have a ‘22 Hilux and just returned from an extensive tour through Turkey, Georgia etc …..some very rough tracks and of 3 cars it was the only one that made it unscathed.
The 2018 Ranger is still in Van in Turkey trying to be fixed! ….and as for the defender? It made it home BUT was a constant battle to keep it going.
Simple answer to your question - YES!!
Absolutely. Buy one. This is the last model before they add adblue / batteries etc.
Hey Matt, been wandering for a while now, is that a Rolex Explorer II ?
I thought it was a Tag Aquaracer.
Definitely a 16570
@@pesak_cupeHe I thought it might be a Tag Heuer Aquaracer.
@pesak_cupeHe twice my comment has been deleted. I wonder if it's because I thought it was an Aquaracer and that's beneath him 🤔 😂
It's strange because I don't like sky jacked 4X4's , but the rims and tires on this look a touch small. The one Toyota I have always loved was the Toyota FJ40 , considering they were made from 1960 - 1983 , they were completely indestructible ( Given salt levels of your country , lol ) and enough torque in low to climb a tree ( Yes , I'm being facetious, but you get the point ) A buddy of mine had one in Vancouver and we took it up to Whistler all the time , I was amazed at it...
the best pickup truck you can buy
I really wanted to love the InvincibleX when I got my last pickup. The exterior looks great, but the interior just lets it down. Ended up getting a SsangYong Musso. Nearly two years on still very pleased with it.
Good lord
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My friend from Jubrique (mountain village) has exactly that version, he sold his VW Touareg and bought the Hilux as he needed a pickup for his finca. He says he couldn't get better.
Too small for me. I have always thought the full size trucks in America would be too big if I brought one over here. I saw someone in a newish RAM on Oxford Road in Manchester yesterday though and now I am convinced that they will work here. Everywhere apart from the underground parking in my apartment building.
Never see the point of these unless really need 4x4. Get a Transit custom...far more practical, cheaper and with all the gizmos.
Apparently people think these are cool, strange people.
There's one GR version available in my country, it was imported from Japan. Very nice indeed
There is storage under the rear seats pull the strap and the seats will lift up and reveal
Forgot to mention hilux antiperforation warranty is only 5 years and toyota will refuse to cover all the chassis that are rusting away .spending 5000k on chassis welding is so common in uk and ireland . Waxoiling helps but why will toyota not address this issue and treat them on production line .have personally seen 2012 up to 2016 rusted through.and spent 1000 on my own 2014 last year on disintegrate chassis brackets.buyers beware because a hilux that looks like new on outside can be horrendous underneath
If I ever get a mullet & dungarees, I'll think about it!
We bought an Active Double cab 23 plate with 50 miles from a main dealer. I find it a nightmare to actually get in the driver's seat. I'm 6ft 2 and theres no seat height adjust. The steering wheel feels too low even when adjusted up. There's no parking sensors or rear camera either. A fkin nightmare on wheels the wife calls it.
I had to take the drivers side high handle off as it kept catching my head on every sway.
I love pickup trucks, proper manly vehicles, but they’re so expensive even old American squarebodies are expensive but maybe one day 🙏🏼
Oops... The terrorists are in 70 series... Quite possibly with a 1HZ, you know, the Toyota diesel engine still being manufactured that doesn't have any (much?!) electrical gear in the engine bay...
Yup. And I'm driving a LHD one here in the UK for work and as the daily. Loving it. It will see me out. As you say, zero electronics under the bonnet. Brilliantly simple and reliable.
@@harrietgibbs4086 it's a classic... Have you added a turbo?
@@bruce7890 hi Bruce. Nope, no turbo. Keeping things stock except for a Terrain Tamer 5th gear upgrade. Chugging along in the slow lane...
@@harrietgibbs4086 Yeah... 1HZ is really ideal if the vehicle is offroad for the vast majority of its life... Faster than an old defender though? That's a carwow or carexpert drag race I'd love to watch... Lol...
@@bruce7890 Can't imagine its faster than anything to be honest! Acceleration is jurassic but eventually you get up to some kind of speed and can hold 70 mph on the motorway all day long without missing a beat. Not what it was designed for but sometimes we need to use it to cover distances, and it can be done. We're just all happier trundling about. Certainly a quality bit of kit and am confident it will prove more reliable than any of the opposition. Best wishes, Harriet
I've had two, great trucks, ultra reliable.😊
rust is their enemy, current 7 year old one is showing signs of rust everywhere underneath now. We bought our first hilux in 1985 on our 4th one nearly 40 years later
I used to sell New Pickup trucks at a SsangYong dealership and I I did feel a little bad when they said they wanted a truck as reliable as their old hilux and convenience them to buy a SsangYong Musso which would be back in with an engine light at 1000 miles on the clock
I've got a musso and no problems so far🤞
of course wish we had the diesel here in the states and the ford ranger is also a good platform and a world vehicle like the hi lux is
It’s a mule
Perfect for everything you need to do
Bikes in the back
Kids in the back
6 hour run & it’s fine
Great economy
Low depreciation
Say no more
Good vid
For Matt to look right in a pickup, he really needs a curled lip, a pompadour and a pack of Camel folded into his sleeve.
Next please Review the 2024 Ford ranger raptor 3.0 lrt v6 ecoboost.
I thnk the model that this hilux is equivalent to in the asian regions is the Toyota Hilux Conquest, and it does comtain some of the features that you think is missing with that particular model
Need to remember with the ride comfort that it’s designed to carry 1000kg and still tow a couple of tons. I have one and it needs at least 100kg in the back, if not more, to take the initial bounce out. A LR commercial doesn’t have this payload, I believe, so can manage on other spring methods. I had a D40 Navara before with a canopy and it made the world of difference.
The ICE head units are beyond useless. As a tech country Toyota have some shocking stereo units. Speed dial takes 5 less buttons than dialling the chuffing number!!
My big blue wheel barrow earns its keep at work and around the house so anything else wouldn’t come close.
I disagree with the Dyson It’s got to be a Henry all day 🤣