Thread: 2016 Hilux

Toyota doesn't listen to the needs/wants of NZ as we are such a small market for them.
That and the worlds crash ratings and emission shit that we get stuck with means we have little or no choice in what we can get.
It would be nice to have a basic model with no carpets, no abs/trc/vsc/srs, electrics that would be a real work horse. But then people are expecting more bling on each newer model now.

Cruisers didn't become the farmers choice, quite like Hilux did, as they are heaps bigger, have a turning circle of a super tanker, only came in single cab, cost twice as much, and they ride like a bucking bronco with no weight on the back.
Now the double cab Cruiser is out, they can't get enough of them in the country.
But then the stupid electric diff locks crap out at the first sign of water near them. And they now have ABS and SRS as std on all models.
Nothing basic even on them any more.

There are countries that can still get basic models in the Hilux and Cruiser ranges.
NZ not able to access them though. We don't have enough sand and machine guns to mount on the decks.