The Toyota Hilux shares its underpinnings, features and powertrain with the Toyota Fortuner facelift.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has unveiled the much awaited Hilux Lifestyle pickup truck in India and is expected to go on sale in March in our market. The Toyota Hilux will be offered only in a double-cab variant and shares its underpinnings with the existing Toyota Innova Crysta and Fortuner. It is made by the IMV-2 platform and actually has some recognizable bits that have been borrowed from the Fortuner. Having said that, the face looks fresh and fresh, giving the Hilux its identity.
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Toyota Hilux Exterior
The face of the Toyota Hilux looks fresh and fresh, which gives the Hilux its identity.
For starters, you will get the Innova Crysta Sense in a large hexagonal grille with sweptback LED headlamps with LED DRLs, though it is not very prominent. The new bumper also looks very long and angular and gels well with its butch face. Then the 18-inch alloy wheels, flared wheel arches, side-steps, body cladding very well retain the rugged feeling that makes an SUV so desirable and elements like LED taillights and blacked out wing mirrors and pillars in its Add to the urban appeal.
Toyota Hilux Interior
The Toyota Hilux is loaded with creature comforts at the international level.
Now it is on the inside where Hilux deals a lot for the Toyota Fortuner facelift currently on sale in the Indian market. It gets an all-black cabin where the layout seems to be inspired by the interior of the Fortuner. In terms of creature comforts, it gets an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system that supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, an eight-speaker JBL sound system, ventilated seats, cruise control, eight-way electrically adjustable front seats, app-based Connected car technology and wireless chargers among others.
Toyota Hilux Engine
It gets the same engine options.
Under the hood, Toyota will get the same 2.8-litre, four-cylinder, diesel engine from the Hilux Fortuner that develops 201 bhp and 420 Nm of peak torque in the manual version, while the automatic version makes 500 Nm of peak torque. The carmaker will be offering the Hilux only in 4×4 versions and the SUV is equipped with all the drive-assist features that we have come to expect in an off-roader, including hill-assist, brake assist, hill descent control and Electronic Stability Program (ESP). Huh. Limited-slip differential, differential lock and has a water wading capacity of 700 mm.
Toyota Hilux Rivals
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The Toyota Hilux will be sold as a SKD unit in India and will be locally assembled at Toyota’s Bidadi plant in Karnataka with a localization level of 30 percent. It will rival the Isuzu D-Max V-Cross lifestyle pickup truck in our market.
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