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Toyota have a new TRD supercharged 225kw hilux

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:05 pm
by LFONZ
If you didnt know Toyota have a new TRD (toyota race developments) hilux 300 horses or 225kw...
NICE!!

http://www.toyota.com.au/TRD/#main/vehi ... luxGallery

Re: Toyota have a new TRD supercharged 225kw hilux

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:10 pm
by hudson44
LFONZ wrote:If you didnt know Toyota have a new TRD (toyota race developments) hilux 300 horses or 225kw...
NICE!!

http://www.toyota.com.au/TRD/#main/vehi ... luxGallery
Dude, welcome to a year ago

Re: Toyota have a new TRD supercharged 225kw hilux

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:11 pm
by bogged
welcome to last year.

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:22 pm
by Gwagensteve
Must be selling like hotcakes too... I've seen all of two on the road and our purchasing girl at work bagged one as a loaner for a few days, despite there being absolutely zero chance of ever getting one approved as a work car.... the boss had to fight to get an XR6 approved as it's a "sports car"

apparently they are quite quick... all the better for running away from the people pointing and laughing at how ugly the hilux is.

Steve.

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:25 pm
by ajsr
yep fast and useless and farking dear
they (toyota) should just pull the front diff out because you'd be a tool to 4by one

Re: Toyota have a new TRD supercharged 225kw hilux

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:26 pm
by LFONZ
hudson44 wrote:
LFONZ wrote:If you didnt know Toyota have a new TRD (toyota race developments) hilux 300 horses or 225kw...
NICE!!

http://www.toyota.com.au/TRD/#main/vehi ... luxGallery
Dude, welcome to a year ago
Righto, will be going back to hidding under that bush then. lol

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:28 pm
by joeblow
aaaaand.....last i heard it has been dropped.

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:40 pm
by Brendan-s
Whoa, talk about being behind the 8-ball! TRD have pulled out of Australia and taken their poxy 'Lux and Camry with them...

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:24 pm
by Spartacus
meh... i thought the lux looked alright, an with power to boot.

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:03 pm
by Goatse.AJ
Gwagensteve wrote: apparently they are quite quick... all the better for running away from the people pointing and laughing at how ugly the hilux is.

Steve.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Now there's a sigline :armsup: :armsup:

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:44 pm
by mmaaxx
ajsr wrote: (toyota) should just pull the front diff out because you'd be a tool to 4by one
so Im a tool then ? :finger:

my hilux is quite capable offroad and shown up quiet a few cruisers with 35's when mine only has 33's......

dont judge it just because its IFS, yeah they're not rock-crawler but they a pretty decent offroad.

the reason the TRD's were so expensive is Toyota sold the Hilux to TRD at full price, rather than looking after them and selling it at a wholesale rate, so even before TRD got stuck into them they were expensive.

Personally, it was a watse of money as aftermarket supercharger kits can get close to 300kW out of the Hilux/Prado V6's now and for cheaper too.

Re: Toyota have a new TRD supercharged 225kw hilux

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:52 pm
by chimpboy
bogged wrote:welcome to last year.
Welcome to the post before yours :)

Re: Toyota have a new TRD supercharged 225kw hilux

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:04 pm
by bj on roids
LFONZ wrote:If you didnt know Toyota have a new TRD (toyota race developments) hilux 300 horses or 225kw...
NICE!!

http://www.toyota.com.au/TRD/#main/vehi ... luxGallery
This was posted a couple of months after the announcement to stop producing them :lol:

Irony!

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:40 pm
by brentz
has any1 that just bagged it been in one? :?:

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:14 pm
by matt.mcinnes
I had an email from Toyota announcing it's release some time ago, I replied statying TRD could do better and I will not be buying one as my 30 year old 2F FJ40 makes more power with 183kw@rw. Giving me no incentive to trade mine in yet.

TRD wanted to know how I made my 2F so powerful :armsup: I asked for a job still waiting :D

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:55 am
by mmaaxx
The TRD Hilux has a heap of power for thwe ute that it is but it is not worth the amount they were asking.

They did drive well, and smoked up the rear wheels without a problem.

I wouldnt want to driove them in the wet.....the standard V6 in the wet is scary enough.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:03 pm
by coxy321
I saw an add in either a paper or online regarding massive bargains to be had on all TRD stock. Must be hurting....