SO WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF THE NEW HILUX ?

Post by **ToNkA** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:48 pm

anyone read this lately........

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=33838

:roll:

Post by **shavedtoy** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:13 am

it looks like a rav 4 with a tray, please make it go away.

Post by **80UTE** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:23 am

Im picking up my 4x2 SR D.Cab 4.0 V6 Auto next week and ive had a few hiluxs over the years and this is the best by far. Its got Power, Comfort, Handling and looks that grow on you. Best Lux by far.

Wally

Post by **POIDA** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:02 am

Well I reckon it's sexy. And I'm a hetrosexual!! :finger:

If I had the money I'd buy one. Only wish they had the V8 option. :cry:

Post by **rocknferoza** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:36 pm

Tidy42 wrote:toyotas worst move everrrrrrrrrr

the front end looks like a rodeo and its on its guts, its fawked

I reckon it looks like an f series ford

I like it

Post by **rocknferoza** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:43 pm

raptorthumper wrote:For me it's all a power game. I've heard from a couple of different (reliable) sources that the new Navara will have a new 3.3 litre 4cyl Turbo diesel with around 140Kw, and possibly a 6 speed manual. I want a diesel that goes hard, and 120kw is only just sufficient in my mind.
Well see what happens by the end of the year, and if Nissan dissappoints me i will go the Lux.

I'd be checking your sources. Think in the latest overlander or 4x4 australia mag theres talk of a new 2.5 litre turbo diesel :shock:

Post by **rocknferoza** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:45 pm

Shadow wrote:yeh looks Grimace,

but i didnt really like the last model hilux when it came out, grew on me.

The 175kw is definantly a step up from the previous engines. This is more powerful than the base model commodore/falcon utes isnt it? in which case, low lux's might actually be worth ricing up from now on

Standard falcon ute is 182Kw

Post by **Gribble** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:35 pm

rocknferoza wrote:
Shadow wrote:yeh looks Grimace,

but i didnt really like the last model hilux when it came out, grew on me.

The 175kw is definantly a step up from the previous engines. This is more powerful than the base model commodore/falcon utes isnt it? in which case, low lux's might actually be worth ricing up from now on

Standard falcon ute is 182Kw

Yeh, but id have a 175kw hilux over a half-assed ute like a falcon or commodore any day. Plus i guarantee the diff is stronger in a hilux that the crap wet paper-mache thing they put in fords and holdens.

Post by **beefa125** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:24 pm

They are ok but i like others better

Post by **GRIMACE** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:26 pm

yuk

Post by **fastvitara** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:25 pm

i wouldn't buy the 4x4, but the 2x4 as a street ute with a big set of wheels on it would look awesome. i know it would be a ricer, but almost everything is going in that direction now days.

pity the "true" wheeler isnt at the top of te design chain!

Post by **Rich** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:47 pm

Its looks outstanding.

Toyota are already boasting record sales and the waiting list is getting longer and longer.

Pity it does not have electronic traction control, and a sunroof (or moon roof as toyota call them) options.

Everyone I talk to in the 4 wd club loves the look.

Post by **raptorthumper** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:18 pm

rocknferoza wrote:
raptorthumper wrote:For me it's all a power game. I've heard from a couple of different (reliable) sources that the new Navara will have a new 3.3 litre 4cyl Turbo diesel with around 140Kw, and possibly a 6 speed manual. I want a diesel that goes hard, and 120kw is only just sufficient in my mind.
Well see what happens by the end of the year, and if Nissan dissappoints me i will go the Lux.

I'd be checking your sources. Think in the latest overlander or 4x4 australia mag theres talk of a new 2.5 litre turbo diesel

The new Pathfinder gets the 2.5 litre turbodiesel with around 128Kw. I still stand by my sources and think a 3.3 litre Turbodiesel is coming soon.
Time will tell.

Post by **MacroP** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:57 pm

I went down to my local dealer today to have a good look. No test drive have to wait until next week. TD Auto all the way for me.
Small dealer in a country area. They only had 3 buses...
Plain Jane Single cab TD 2WD,
SR single cab TD 4WD cab chassis,
SR5 dual cab V6 4WD.

First impression is that I do like the modern, sleek look. A very drastic change for the Hilux series. The past generation differences have been very conservative, well Oz spec anyway.

Certainly nicer looking first up from when I first saw the new Rodeo - for which the look has grown on me; I love the LT models.
The Navara's already looking dated.

The interior's dash and trim is also modern. Very European. I like it.
First Hilux where you don't need to rip out the wireless first thing. 6 stacker indash with MP3, nice.

I must say the new vehicle is bloody huge inside and out. Very wide. Even the dual cab's styleside tray was enormous in all three dimensions.
The 2WD looks quite funny though. Here you have a now, large bodied vehicle still running on 14inch cheese cutters.Very disproportionate.

The cab chassis 4WD was on a high mount stand so I could walk underneath to have a good look-see. Low and behold, it's still a Hilux underneath afterall, albeit with the new coil overs on the independent front. Suits me to a tea, I only really do beach work with me cars.

Post by **muppet_man67** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:14 pm

so what is it about the new hilux that makes it the first ever AUV?

Post by **Simo63** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:22 am

New Hilux looks disgusting ... what were they thinking?? I'm sure it will grow on us all (most fugly things do eventually) but damn ... it's an ugly child.

Post by **roberts** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:44 am

i cant belive that it took toyota australia 10 years to fit an intercooler when the surfs in japan have been running them sine 95

i big techicnalogy break through i think not

just as usall australia market out dated technology and wanting top dolloar for it

Post by **dibbz** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:48 am

I have a mate that delivers toyota parts.

$1000 for a factory rim as a spare part.

Post by **V6XtraHilux** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:39 pm

saw this turbo diesel 3.0 one on the weekend, up at the Kowmung in the blue mountains. guy had it since Thursday and couldnt control himself, had to show off to all his mates, im sure i heard lots of things banging and smashing going up the southern entry to the Kowmung, mustve hit it at 30kph!! dickhead

had alook inside, lots and lots of plastic, but didnt look anywhere as plush as the Prado, etc, its still a work truck afterall. Engine looked good, had that big plastic head thingo on the engine, that is so common on new motors these days, like the V8 in the holdens and fords. turbo was mounted down near the bottom of the engine on the right hand side, not a good place if its steaming and u drown the bugger in mud or water!

pic.....

personally i dont like the look, up close it was sitting low, looked like the new Rodeo, and the lady inside even agreed with me!! not much room under the guards for tyres, unless u jacked it up, but from what i saw, the rear leafs are the same as my 2003 lux, but the IFS was a bit different, wishbones didnt look as strong or beefy like mine.

shame they dont stick coils in the back....as an option even!!

enough said!

Post by **Rich** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:43 pm

Has anyone on here driven the new Turbo Diesel Auto Hilux ?
I am after some opinions on what the auto goes like ?
The manual is pretty powerful, but finding a TD Auto to test drive is bloddy impossible, scarce as hens teeth !

Please PM me if you have any info on the TD Auto and how it performs.
Thanks.

Post by **croozy** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:42 pm

worst thing ever created by toyota.should be hidden away & forgotten about. should be put in the dictionary defining friggin ugly.

Post by **ferrit** » Thu May 05, 2005 1:48 am

from what ive picked up, the front end is pinched directly from the prado...should get 2-2.5" lift out of it without too much damage to the CV's

Tho on the looks side of things.... i think ill keep my 1992 LN106! :armsup:

Post by **plowy** » Thu May 05, 2005 7:06 am

yeah the front end is prado , n ive seen a few on the road they look crap

had a mate they works for tjm he fitted a bull to one ,wich he says looks like a prado bar and he measured the clearance of the bar to ground aat a standard hieght and it was a wopping 300mm

Post by **dibbz** » Thu May 05, 2005 1:25 pm

My mate at a Toyota dealership says there was an upset guy who had bought one and couldnt put body lift in it...

Post by **patrolmad** » Thu May 05, 2005 4:20 pm

Typical of a ricer built in Thailand. What would you expect? Perfomance wise it could only be better than the 3.0TD.

Post by **bigmick** » Thu May 05, 2005 5:07 pm

dont know if this is the new hilux but it is pretty nice. looks like it has had a live axel conversion tho.

Post by **PHAT SHAUN** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:18 pm

i reckon their a waste of money not just to the buyers but also to toyota, they arew the Grimace things ive eva seen their a mix between the prado(engine) camry(front end) and the rear end %$#^ed if i know where that came from.

summing up IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP...................................

Post by **tomsoffroad** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:22 am

Yip I agree, they're ugly.
Over here they have this add on the box which consists of two bulls steal oneoff a farmer. F#*king hard case!!!

Post by **tomsoffroad** » Fri May 06, 2005 8:27 pm

http://www.toyota.co.nz/MOTMPages/hilux ... 520051357/

Thats the bugger. Check it out, its good.

Post by **diesel028** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:31 pm

saw one in the flesh the other day, if there was an emoticon for VOMIT, i would use it to describe the new lux........nuff said :armsup:

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