New HiLux to debut in Sydney - Motoring
Toyota's eighth-generation HiLux will make simultaneous world debuts in both Australia and Thailand, a week from today (May 14). The Japanese giant will unveil the exterior of a pre-production prototype for the first time in Sydney next Thursday... Toyota says it will only announce limited details ahead of launching the new HiLux, traditionally one of Australia's top-selling vehicles, later this year. All information is embargoed until 6:00pm on May 21. Toyota will not reveal the new HiLux interior next week, but we've previously published a spy shot of the one-tonner's all-new dashboard. As we've revealed, the larger new HiLux will bring a pair of downsized turbo-diesel engines: a 132kW 2. 8-litre four-cylinder with 450Nm in six-speed automatic guise and 420Nm in six-speed manual form, and a 2. 4-litre producing 112kW/343Nm in... So far there is no news concerning petrol engines to replace the outgoing model's 2. 7-litre four-cylinder and 4. 0-litre V6. Apart from the more rounded body shape, including a pointier nose first revealed in spy shots published by Autoblog... Source: www.motoring.com.au
