Of course once they have to add all climate and safety parts to it for US importation and pay the tariffs, that $13K truck goes up to $25K+.
Toyota will never sell this in the USA. This truck is for the top tier developing nations in Asia #1 ....... then throughout the world. Consumers will scarf it down in places like Vietnam, Brazil, Argentina.
Single cab by the way!!! Not like the dual cab, all tricked out $80000 monster pickups trucks here. In USA your wife will kick out of the bed if you buy a new single cab pickup. She will not tolerate that status drop. If you can even find a single cab to buy new.
Nice, I bet there a certain throwback feel to the old Toyotas from the 70s.
Be interesting to find out whether they bother with airbags or seat belts that tighten down in a crash. If they don’t have them, that tells me what I already suspect regarding air bags.
"Use by militant groups
[Photo: Kurdish YPG fighters with Toyota Hilux]
Due to its durability and reliability, the Toyota Hilux, along with the larger Toyota Land Cruiser (J70), has become popular among militant groups in war-torn regions as a technical.[240] According to terrorism analyst Andrew Exum, the Hilux is "the vehicular equivalent of the AK-47. It's ubiquitous to insurgent warfare."[241]
U.S. counter-terror officials have inquired with Toyota how the Salafi jihadist extremist group Islamic State has apparently acquired large numbers of Toyota Hiluxes and Land Cruisers. Mark Wallace, the CEO of the Counter Extremism Project said, "Regrettably, the Toyota Land Cruiser and Hilux have effectively become almost part of the ISIS brand."[242]
The Toyota War between Libya and Chad in 1986 and 1987 was named as such because of the heavy, successful use of Hilux and Land Cruiser trucks for technicals.[241]"
“Pick Up Trucks” (my quotes) are little more today than luxury vehicles with a cargo bed that is never used.
I do think there is a market need for a basic pick up that is capable of doing work with out all the foo foo crap.
When I bought my last vehicle, I told the dealer that I wanted the bare bones base model. It still came with features that I normally would have expected to pay for, so had no complaints.
I don’t want nor need all the extras they push on you for extortionate amounts of money.
Will somebody start competing pricewise with the American car market?
Some manufacture could likely produce a good quality non electronic, non computerized vehicle with roll up windows, and the only power being the steering and antilock breaks, and sell it for a rather cheap price.
Comes with a very expensive anti-theft device - an R family 5-speed manual.
Looks like the little truck the farmer who lives behind me uses to drive around the property
You can get these...
https://mayberryminitrucks.com/
I saw one the other day...pretty neat little thing.
As a former auto industry engineer, I’ll offer 2 reason why they can do this. No EPA and no NHTSA. Both those agencies are major drivers of vehicle design now
The coming thing in guerilla armor is going to be a Champ with a pedestal mounted machine gun.
I owned such a GMC Sierra truck made in 1978 for 27 years. I doubt there is such a truck made by GM today, a work truck absent bells and whistles. It did have a radio.
The problem that did it in was the Forks that connect the shift lever to the transmission. They just wore out and no replacements, even from a junkyard were available
Read later.
I would love one of these as long as it comes with a 5 or 6 speed manual transmission.
This represents the antithesis of the all electronic vehicles being foisted on the public by US automakers and the government. This trend has spawned pseudo pickups like the Tesla Truck and Ford F-150 Lightening that are worthless for any practical use and have price tags in the range of $80k+. Toyota has developed the truck that meets basic needs, is completely customizable for the consumers needs and above all is affordable, a concept much like Henry Ford’s Model T.
I am dumbfounded at what comes on new vehicles these days. Far, far, far too many bits of jingle, jangle and junk. Somehow, in the last 60 years I have managed to drive anywhere I want to go, and that includes places world wide, without benefit of a navigation system let alone an entertainment system or 360 degree camera, radar, lane keeping and so forth. No wonder vehicles are unreliable. People have been sold a big bill of goods and lapped it up. It has come at a horribly high price.
It does not say if it is right or left side drive. Thailand like Japan is a right side drive country.
Some of the neighboring countries do not allow importation of right side drive vehicles. The manual transmission would not be a problem as the country boys in Thailand learn that kind of stuff.
