2015 Toyota HiLux | fresh car sales price

It’s the automotive equivalent of a fresh Apple iPhone launch, except this event happens only once every ten years. Here’s everything you need to know — and some stuff you didn’t — about the fresh Toyota HiLux.

The tough-as-guts hairy-chested ute for blokes, the Toyota HiLux, has had a paraffin wax job.

Until today the most basic version of Australia’s favourite ute had no air-conditioning, and to adjust the side mirrors you had to by hand wind down the windows and thrust the mirror with your finger.

But the very first all-new HiLux in ten years — which starts arriving in showrooms on Tuesday — now comes with such luxuries as a tablet-style touchscreen in the dash, air-conditioning, power windows and mirrors, cruise control and a class-leading seven airbags that are expected to earn it a five-star safety rating.

There’s even a cool box “esky” in the dash to keep (non-alcoholic) drinks chilled in summer by using ducting from the air-conditioning.

Five-seat four-door HiLux utes have twelve cup holders: more than two per person for when there’s a hard-earned thirst.

All but the most basic versions come with a rear-view camera as standard, and the flagship model comes with an alarm in an attempt to get the HiLux off Australia’s most dreamed list among car thieves.

The fresh HiLux hasn’t lost all its macho touches: Toyota boasts there is still no vanity mirror for the driver.

The fresh HiLux can clamber over more steep terrain thanks to the all-new chassis and suspension.

Buy a Volkswagen Amarok, Nissan Navara, Holden Colorado or Ford Ranger ute if you need to keep up appearances, princesses, you can check your makeup using their sun visors.

The fresh HiLux can switch gears like a Corvette, with six-speed manual versions using technology that matches revs inbetween gear-changes, to make even the most ham-fisted driver look like an ace.

Toyota says that while it has added most mod-cons to the fresh HiLux it has also greatly improved its ruggedness and capability during 650,000km of real world testing in harsh Australian conditions — more local testing than the latest Holden Commodore.

Diesel manual models can now tow 3500kg, albeit automatic versions are limited to 3200kg — but both are an improvement on the previous HiLux towing capacity of 2500kg.

The fresh HiLux can clamber over more steep terrain thanks to the all-new chassis and suspension.

There is more underbody protection to prevent harm off-road and the steel in the ute tray is thicker so it can treat more penalty.

The fresh HiLux has gone up in price to reflect the extra equipment — the base model has risen from $Legitimate,990 to $20,990 — while the flagship four-door HiLux SR5 (which represents seventy per cent of sales) has risen by $2250 to $53,990 plus on-road costs.

There is also a special mining industry pack that comes ready-to-roll from showrooms with a high visibility flag, reflective stickers and a mighty duty bullbar.

The fresh HiLux range arrives in showrooms across Australia on Tuesday ahead of the very first deliveries on Wednesday.

Toyota says it already has an order bank for the fresh HiLux that will see some deliveries shoved out until early next year.

The company says while the concentrate was on luxury, the fresh model can treat more penalty than ever before.

“Australia’s favourite ute has taken its unbreakable status to fresh heights,” said Toyota Australia head of sales and marketing Tony Cramb. “It was developed by locals for locals.”

Toyota now has more than one hundred fifty engineers based in Australia — the same number as Holden — developing future models.

The head of Toyota’s Australian development division Max Gillard said: “There are two HiLuxes for planet earth, one for rugged markets like Australia and another for the rest of the world. At Toyota we say if it can sustain in Australia it can get through anywhere.”

30 things you need to know about the fresh HiLux

1) The Toyota HiLux has been the top-selling vehicle outright for the past seven years in a row in Queensland, West Australia and the Northern Territory, and has been a Top Three seller nationally for the seven of the past ten years, and Number One in fourteen individual months since 2008.

Two) The fresh HiLux clocked up more kilometres on Australians roads in real world testing (650,000km) than the latest Holden Commodore VFII (250,000km).

Trio) Toyota engineers spent eighteen months in Australia railing alongside miners, park rangers, builders, plumbers, tradies and farmers to better understand how they use their vehicles.

Four) Four-wheel-drive models have a “crawl” function in low range and the engine has a slightly higher idle so farmers can walk alongside the HiLux while it drives itself and they throw hay off the back of the ute. Warning: don’t attempt this at home, unless your home is a farm.

Five) In 2011, Toyota tore up its plans and commenced again on the fresh HiLux just six months into development after the VW Amarok and Ford Ranger reset the ute benchmark for car-like driving. The ‘Toyota’ sticker on the tailgate is the only item carried over from the old to the fresh model.

6) The freshly appointed engineer in charge of the Toyota HiLux — Hiroki Nakajima — previously was responsible for the lil’ Toyota iQ, a Wise car rival sold in Europe and Japan, one of the world’s smallest vehicles.

7) Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda — a descendant of the family that transformed Toyota from a maker of automatic looms for fabric and into a car manufacturer in the 1930s — personally intervened to set the HiLux and on a fresh path. Chief engineer Nakajima-san ready two prototype vehicles to test. One was a mildly modified version of the current HiLux while the other was fitted with the fresh model’s much stronger chassis. When Akio Toyoda tested both side by side the decision was made to invest in an all-new HiLux. It was October 2011.

8) The HiLux is made in five countries including Thailand (where Australian models are sourced from), Indonesia, India, Argentina and South Africa.

9) The HiLux is sold in more than one hundred ninety countries, more than have McDonald’s. The Ford Ranger is sold in one hundred eighty countries, which makes it also more popular than Macca’s. Chief engineer Nakajima-san visited one hundred twenty countries during HiLux development.

Ten) Toyota has sold more than five million HiLuxes over the past ten years, and more than 410,000 of those were in Australia. There are now more than 850,000 HiLux utes on Australian roads.

11) Toyota used to joke in its ads about the absence of a vanity mirror for the driver. The fresh model still lacks one even tho’ utes are increasingly used as family cars.

12) There is a cool box “esky” in the dash, which is big enough to chill two drink bottles. There are also two drink holders near the air-conditioning vents, which helps keep drinks cool in summer.

13) The fresh Toyota HiLux has rev matching technology similar to that used on the fresh Chevrolet Corvette sports-car. The engine electronically matches the revs required to make upshifts and downshifts smoother.

14) One of the Toyota bullbars has a James Bond-style number plate cover that spins up when a winch is used.

15) An anti theft alarm has been fitted to the most expensive model in an attempt to get the HiLux off Australia’s most desired list for car thieves. For now the alarm is only standard on the flagship SR5 but others may go after.

16) The fresh Toyota HiLux is the very first to have height-and-reach adjustment for the steering wheel (only the Volkswagen Amarok and Mitsubishi Triton have this feature, all other workhorse utes have tilt only adjustment).

17) The front suspension has been beefed up so it doesn’t sag when a bullbar is fitted. Bullbars are fitted to more than one-third of all HiLuxes sold in Australia.

Legitimate) Automatic versions of the top-line HiLux have hill descent control, which enables the car to crawl down steep declines without the driver needing to touch the brake pedal.

Nineteen) The front bumper has a fatter bulge to help the HiLux meet fresh pedestrian safety regulations. The lower section of the front bumper has been shaped to ensure the fresh HiLux is more agile than the old one off-road. (For tech goes the treatment angle is now thirty one degrees and the departure angle is twenty six degrees, they were thirty and twenty three respectively).

20) There are two fresh turbo diesel engines: the Two.4-litre turbo diesel (110kW/343Nm) has the same torque as the old Three.0-litre. The Two.8-litre turbo diesel output is 130kW/450Nm.

21) The fresh HiLux is quieter than before due to improvements from the fresh turbo diesel engines and extra sound insulation behind the dashboard. Toyota also made the crevices in the metal shield inbetween the engine bay and the cabin smaller so the let in less noise.

22) Dearer versions of the HiLux have a 100w/220V power socket so you can charge a lap top or run a puny fridge. Certain Ford Ranger models have a 230V socket.

23) The maximum towing capacity of the fresh HiLux is 3500kg for manual versions and 3200kg for automatics. Maximum payload is 1240kg. But you can’t carry 1240kg and tow 3500kg. If you were to tow 3500kg the most you can fit in the back is 375kg. But if you’re not towing anything, twenty three of the thirty one variants can carry a tonne.

24) The fresh HiLux has a wading depth of 700mm (compared to 800mm for the Ford Ranger).

25) Fuel tank capacity has enlargened from seventy six litre to eighty litres. Combined with more efficient engines it means up to 1100km inbetween refills on the open road.

26) Little ‘fins’ near the door mirrors cut wind noise at freeway speeds.

27) Trailer sway control — which can detect if a caravan or trailer is beginning to get the wobbles — is standard on all models.

28) There are more than two hundred official Toyota accessories including three airbag-compatible bullbars.

29) Around March or April next year Toyota will sell its half millionth HiLux 4WD and the nameplate will pass the one million milestone within three years.

30) The fresh HiLux range starts at $20,990 for the most basic model while the flagship HiLux SR5 four-door ute is $53,990 plus on-road costs. A six-speed auto adds $2000.

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2015 Toyota HiLux max tow ratings, payloads and list pricing

4X2 Single Cab (cab chassis)

Workmate, Two.7 Petrol, manual-2500kg-1225kg-$20,990 (up $2000)

Workmate, Two.7 Petrol, automatic-2500kg-1210kg-$22,990 (up $2000)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, manual-2500kg-1240kg-$24,990 (up $500)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-2500kg-1235kg-$28,490 (up $1500)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-2500kg-1040kg-$35,490 (up $3500)

Workmate, Two.7 Petrol, manual-2500kg-1035kg-$30,690 (up $3700)

Workmate, Two.7 Petrol, automatic-2500kg-1025kg-$32,690 (up $3700)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, manual-2500kg-1020kg-$33,990 (up $7000)

SR, Four.0 Petrol, automatic-2500kg-1015kg-$41,990 (up $4500)

Hi-Rider SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-2800kg-1000kg-$39,990 (fresh)

Hi-Rider SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, automatic-2800kg-1000kg-$41,990 (fresh)

Hi-Rider SR5, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-2800kg-1000kg-$47,990 (fresh)

4×4 Single Cab (cab chassis)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, manual-3200kg-1225kg-$36,990 (fresh)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, automatic-3000kg-1225kg-$38,990 (fresh)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-3500kg-1205kg-$39,490 (up $4500)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, automatic-3200kg-1205kg-$41,490 (up $4000)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, manual-3200kg-1120kg-$40,490 (fresh)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-3500kg-1005kg-$44,490 (up $4500)

SR5, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-3500kg-1010kg-$51,990 (up $5000)

4×4 Dual Cab (cab chassis)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-3500kg-1045kg-$44,990 (up $4000)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, automatic-3200kg-1045kg-$46,990 (up $3250)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, manual-3200kg-955kg-$43,990 (fresh)

Workmate, Two.Four Turbodiesel, automatic-3000kg-955kg-$45,990 (fresh)

SR, Four.0 P, automatic-3000kg-1000kg-$48,490 (fresh)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-3500kg-920kg-$46,490 (up $4500)

SR, Two.8 Turbodiesel, automatic-3200kg-920kg-$48,490 (up $4000)

SR5, Four.0 Petrol, automatic-3000kg-1000kg-$55,990 (up $1500)

SR5, Two.8 Turbodiesel, manual-3500kg-925kg-$53,990 (up $2250)

SR5, Two.8 Turbodiesel, automatic-3200kg-925kg-$55,990 (up $1500)

* SR5 available with optional power driver’s seat and leather-accented trim for an extra $2000.

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2015 Toyota HiLux | fresh car sales price

The tough-as-guts hairy-chested ute for blokes, the Toyota HiLux, has had a paraffin wax job.

There’s even a cool box “esky” in the dash to keep (non-alcoholic) drinks chilled in summer by using ducting from the air-conditioning.

Five-seat four-door HiLux utes have twelve cup holders: more than two per person for when there’s a hard-earned thirst.

All but the most basic versions come with a rear-view camera as standard, and the flagship model comes with an alarm in an attempt to get the HiLux off Australia’s most desired list among car thieves.

The fresh HiLux hasn’t lost all its macho touches: Toyota boasts there is still no vanity mirror for the driver.

The fresh HiLux can clamber over more steep terrain thanks to the all-new chassis and suspension.

Buy a Volkswagen Amarok, Nissan Navara, Holden Colorado or Ford Ranger ute if you need to keep up appearances, princesses, you can check your makeup using their sun visors.

The fresh HiLux can switch gears like a Corvette, with six-speed manual versions using technology that matches revs inbetween gear-changes, to make even the most ham-fisted driver look like an ace.

Diesel manual models can now tow 3500kg, albeit automatic versions are limited to 3200kg — but both are an improvement on the previous HiLux towing capacity of 2500kg.

The fresh HiLux can clamber over more steep terrain thanks to the all-new chassis and suspension.

There is more underbody protection to prevent harm off-road and the steel in the ute tray is thicker so it can treat more penalty.

The fresh HiLux has gone up in price to reflect the extra equipment — the base model has risen from $Eighteen,990 to $20,990 — while the flagship four-door HiLux SR5 (which represents seventy per cent of sales) has risen by $2250 to $53,990 plus on-road costs.

There is also a special mining industry pack that comes ready-to-roll from showrooms with a high visibility flag, reflective stickers and a strong duty bullbar.

The fresh HiLux range arrives in showrooms across Australia on Tuesday ahead of the very first deliveries on Wednesday.

Toyota says it already has an order bank for the fresh HiLux that will see some deliveries shoved out until early next year.

The company says while the concentrate was on luxury, the fresh model can treat more penalty than ever before.

“Australia’s favourite ute has taken its unbreakable status to fresh heights,” said Toyota Australia head of sales and marketing Tony Cramb. “It was developed by locals for locals.”

Toyota now has more than one hundred fifty engineers based in Australia — the same number as Holden — developing future models.

The head of Toyota’s Australian development division Max Gillard said: “There are two HiLuxes for planet earth, one for rugged markets like Australia and another for the rest of the world. At Toyota we say if it can get through in Australia it can sustain anywhere.”

30 things you need to know about the fresh HiLux

Two) The fresh HiLux clocked up more kilometres on Australians roads in real world testing (650,000km) than the latest Holden Commodore VFII (250,000km).

Three) Toyota engineers spent eighteen months in Australia railing alongside miners, park rangers, builders, plumbers, tradies and farmers to better understand how they use their vehicles.

Five) In 2011, Toyota tore up its plans and embarked again on the fresh HiLux just six months into development after the VW Amarok and Ford Ranger reset the ute benchmark for car-like driving. The ‘Toyota’ sticker on the tailgate is the only item carried over from the old to the fresh model.

8) The HiLux is made in five countries including Thailand (where Australian models are sourced from), Indonesia, India, Argentina and South Africa.

Ten) Toyota has sold more than five million HiLuxes over the past ten years, and more than 410,000 of those were in Australia. There are now more than 850,000 HiLux utes on Australian roads.

11) Toyota used to joke in its ads about the absence of a vanity mirror for the driver. The fresh model still lacks one even tho’ utes are increasingly used as family cars.

14) One of the Toyota bullbars has a James Bond-style number plate cover that shifts up when a winch is used.

15) An anti theft alarm has been fitted to the most expensive model in an attempt to get the HiLux off Australia’s most dreamed list for car thieves. For now the alarm is only standard on the flagship SR5 but others may go after.

17) The front suspension has been beefed up so it doesn’t sag when a bullbar is fitted. Bullbars are fitted to more than one-third of all HiLuxes sold in Australia.

Legitimate) Automatic versions of the top-line HiLux have hill descent control, which enables the car to crawl down steep declines without the driver needing to touch the brake pedal.

20) There are two fresh turbo diesel engines: the Two.4-litre turbo diesel (110kW/343Nm) has the same torque as the old Three.0-litre. The Two.8-litre turbo diesel output is 130kW/450Nm.

22) Dearer versions of the HiLux have a 100w/220V power socket so you can charge a lap top or run a petite fridge. Certain Ford Ranger models have a 230V socket.

24) The fresh HiLux has a wading depth of 700mm (compared to 800mm for the Ford Ranger).

25) Fuel tank capacity has enhanced from seventy six litre to eighty litres. Combined with more efficient engines it means up to 1100km inbetween refills on the open road.

26) Little ‘fins’ near the door mirrors cut wind noise at freeway speeds.

27) Trailer sway control — which can detect if a caravan or trailer is kicking off to get the wobbles — is standard on all models.