Toyota GR Hilux Trademark Hints at Dakar-Inspired Truck
A new Toyota GR Hilux trademark in Australia is suggesting the company could be developing a high-performance variant of the popular pickup truck. The trademark was actually filed a while back — on July 20, 2019 — but it was only just approved by Australia’s intellectual property office earlier this month. And since the World […]
[PHOTOS] Toyota Hilux Makes European Debut in Geneva
![[PHOTOS] Toyota Hilux Makes European Debut in Geneva](https://thenewswheel.com/wp-content/themes/patterns/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fthenewswheel.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FToyota-Hilux-EU-spec-74.jpg&q=90&w=760&h=400&zc=1 "[PHOTOS] Toyota Hilux Makes European Debut in Geneva")
The Geneva Motor Show is currently happening over in Switzerland, and automakers from across the globe are showing off their newest models. Alongside the world debut of the C-HR crossover, Toyota brought the popular Hilux pickup to the show for its European debut. Photos of the Euro-spec Hilux were revealed last September, but the truck […]
Toyota’s Geneva Display to Include C-HR, Proace Verso, Hilux
With the Geneva Motor Show’s press days kicking off next Tuesday, Japanese automaker Toyota is getting ready to wow the world with the introduction of three new models. All three of these models will be shown during the automaker’s press conference, which takes place March 1st at 11:45 am CET (earlier than most Americans will […]
[PHOTOS] Euro-Spec 2016 Toyota Hilux Revealed
![[PHOTOS] Euro-Spec 2016 Toyota Hilux Revealed](https://thenewswheel.com/wp-content/themes/patterns/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fthenewswheel.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FToyota-Hilux-EU-spec-35.jpg&q=90&w=760&h=400&zc=1 "[PHOTOS] Euro-Spec 2016 Toyota Hilux Revealed")
The Toyota Hilux is something of a legend. It’s proven that it can withstand fire, flooding, and being dropped from a building, amongst other things. And it had a 24.5% market share in Europe in 2014, with 36,000 models sold (that might not seem like many, but Europe is not the biggest market for the […]
Low-Riding Toyota Hilux Proves Any Vehicle Can Drift
The Toyota Hilux might not be available in the US, but that doesn’t stop us from keeping up on the latest news about the compact pickup. Just last month, the Japanese automaker unveiled the 2016 Hilux in both Bangkok, Thailand, and Sydney, Australia, simultaneously. Amid our jealousy about the rest of the world getting to […]
Toyota Unveils 2016 Hilux Pickup
After weeks of speculation and leaked images, Toyota revealed the next generation of its Hilux pickup truck today in Bangkok, Thailand, and Sydney, Australia. The new Hilux is updated all around, and Toyota seems to have placed more emphasis on the concept of toughness than any other facet of the truck. According to Toyota managing […]
2016 Toyota Hilux Leaked Before Reveal
We’re getting extremely close to having the 2016 Toyota Hilux revealed officially, but a batch of images leaked to Facebook give you a look at just about every aspect of the new truck—inside and out. Uno de los modelos mas vendidos de Toyota encuentra renovacion. Se trata del Hilux, el cual sera presentado este año… […]
Ranger Outsells Hilux in South Africa, Ending 34-Year Reign
The 2015 Ford Ranger was the best-selling 4×4 in South Africa in November, beating the Toyota Hilux by 157 units. On its face, that sentence doesn’t mean very much. Makes and models jockey for position on sales charts all the time, and revered global brands like Ford and Toyota are no stranger to their share […]
Are You Manly Enough? Sexist Toyota Hilux Commercial Says No
Step away from the truck and get back in your smart car.
What’s manlier than a pickup truck? If you’re Toyota Australia, the answer is “not much.” The automaker has come up with a new commercial that rivals Chevy’s “Wheat Grass” commercial from the beginning of this year, which suggested that men who eat things like tofu, veggie burgers, and kale are not manly enough for the […]
Toyota Belgium Unleashes Hilux Indestructible Showroom
The Toyota Hilux is a truck known for its toughness. This is a pickup that has appeared on British motoring show Top Gear multiple times, both as a boat, and as a vehicle tested to the extreme for its ruggedness. (Spoiler alert: It passed. And then some.) While both episodes clearly show that the Hilux is […]
[VIDEO] Toyota Hilux: Tenacious and Unstoppable
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If you live in North America, chances are you’ve never heard of the Toyota Hilux, unless you’re a serious truck enthusiast. That’s because Toyota hasn’t sold this model on our side of the pond since 1995, despite its popularity overseas. The Hilux is a proven workhorse, and has been put to the test, emerging pretty […]
“Top Gear” Takes Toyota Truck To Task – Toyota Hilux or Terminator?
The ultra-popular British television show Top Gear seemed to have a goal in mind when it set out to quite thoroughly destroy a Toyota Hilux: prove the truck’s viability in a post-apocalyptic universe where the land is being swallowed by angry sea gods and the sky rains RVs. Host Jeremy Clarkson spares no stone in […]
Toyota Doesn’t Want Insurgents to Get Their Hands on New Land Cruiser
The rugged SUV’s legendary dependability has made it quite popular in other parts of the world, including among insurgents and terrorist groups
How to Trick out the Ultimate Tacoma
Toyota trucks have some of the best features that can be tricked out. Have a Toyota Tacoma? Find out here how to trick out the ultimate Tacoma. You know that Toyota trucks are some of the best. Perhaps you remember the Hilux being stress-tested to the extreme by the British show Top Gear, which proved its […]
Alonso Tests Toyota’s Dakar Rally Winner
Fernando Alonso said the Dakar Rally-winning Toyota Hilux he’s been testing in South Africa this week “feels incredible” after making his first test runs. Giniel de Villiers, winner of the 2009 Dakar, drove alongside the two-time Formula One world champion in a separate 2019-spec Hilux, which won this year’s Dakar with Nasser Al-Attiyah at the […]
Toyota to Make High-Performance Variants of Its Entire Lineup
Not long ago, the Toyota brand was widely associated with reliability at the cost of excitement. Now, the automaker continues to top all the major reliability surveys, but has made a big turnaround with regards to its cars’ driving dynamics. It now offers a Camry with a 300-horsepower V6, has kept the 86 alive despite […]
What Is the Moose Test?
Around the world, different automakers have devised different ways of testing vehicles based on the situations and environments those cars could encounter. So, what a European automaker or a Japanese automaker does to test a vehicle might be different than what U.S. automakers do. That’s why most people in the U.S. have probably never heard […]
Where Is the Pizza Planet Truck in Each Pixar Movie?
Discover the hidden location of this delivery vehicle in each of the films that Pixar has produced
Over the years, Pixar has become famous for the extraordinary number of cameos and secret references it scatters throughout its movies. Sometimes, these cameos can be used to advertise an upcoming film in Pixar’s lineup, such as when a child is seen reading a Mr. Incredible comic during Finding Nemo. In other instances, an image […]