The newest edition of the Toyota HiLux has been unveiled!!! This Japanese car has the distinction of slaying giants in its segment by outselling both the Holden Commodore and the Ford Falcon, which are great cars all on its own. The first edition of the HiLux was designed and created 10 years ago and has gone through a number of changes that make it a whole lot tougher and even more luxurious. The chief engineer behind the new edition HiLux unveiled the car on 21st May and has also given preliminary launch date for the showroom around October 2015. The chief engineer is also credited with being the one who created Toyota’s European Car the iQ, and this car is one of the smallest cars in the segment.
The car has been a workhorse for the last thirty years but has still retained it ruggedness. The car has a lot of features and the interiors of the car have a lot of luxury which is normally meant for luxury cars. This car has a hi-tech dashboard with a screen display that resembles a tablet, seven airbags for safety, LED headlights, remote sensor key and other such exquisite technology.
Now for the revolutionary part that make this car unique is the addition of a rear-view camera in all the variants whether it be as cheap as USD 21000 or USD 60000. This addition of a rear-view camera is a welcome change and is applauded by safety advocated that say, SUV’s and hatchbacks are involved in approximately 70% of road related deaths, but they only account for 30% of all cars on the roads.
This car has the further distinction of being one of the smallest hatchbacks and can tow 3.5 tones a tonne more than the previous edition and this extra capacity for towing matches it with the Ford Ranger and Holden Colorado pick-ups. This rugged car doesn’t have a vanity mirror.
Australia is one of the biggest market for the hatchbacks in the world, so Toyota Motor Corp has asked for the input of the Australian engineers who work for the company. This is an important step as Australia has 80% of the world’s harshest road conditions so it was important to test the car there and see how it fares. The engineers had to make a number of changes to the car to make it seem like a luxury car from the inside because buyer tastes have changed and they want rugged looking cars, but also want snazzy interiors. Customers’ desires have changed to that much extent that they wasn’t a family oriented vehicle that is professional enough to take to work.
The Toyota HiLux has sold over 16 million models over the last fifty years around the world and approximately 850000 in Australia and is still going strong. The company estimates that there are approximately 50000 vehicles still on the road. This car is one of their bestselling four wheel drives over the last five years and has outright outsold the competition over the last 13 months.
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