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Unless you are trying to take off uphill with 3.5 tonnes hitched to the back or pull out into traffic.

The old model hilux in auto was an absolute shocker for getting off the line....really bad.

You got that right....even in auto.

The trait I am talking about makes your gear changes longer cause the bloody engine wont drop revs fast enough to change increasing lag.

+1 ?

When the common rail became common lots of em(diesel manuals) had the annoying trait of not actually fully dropping the throttle when you changed gear...like a sticky throttle cable but not.

Intelligent manual?

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Thats good.
Toyota needed to up their game.

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What do you like over the old model?
I havent even seen one up close let alone driven one.

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GOLD:thumbsup:

I want to like that more than once.

The sheep shagger shape is where it really went pear shaped.

you sure about that!:D

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Yes its become a yuppie status symbol to have a 4wd .
there is no denying utes are practical even if you never go off the tarseal. Unfortunatly for those who may actually take there 4wd into a no...

ewww yuck



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maybe Toyota Nelson just didn't want to sell one then :D

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In 4wd ? boss wanted one but couldn't wait for next years model so got a ranger instead.

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because the govt would miss out on those high rego costs.

Can you even get a petrol 4wd ute in nz these days?

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ouch my eyes my eyes!!!

looks like something someone who wears big fake gold jewelry and jeans 3 sizes to big would drive after putting it on 24 inch chrome wheels so you can see just how puny the...

yer at least when i open the bonnet of the cruiser i know what i am looking at.

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because that big engine chugging away at full throttle everywhere is only using half its fuel creating high exhaust temps cracking heads and all the carbon that is left is wearing the Fuck out of...

which they had to do so we could import new technology diesels.
was the cause of lots of leaking injector pumps in nzs old fleet.

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Don't get hung up on engine size.
Its irrelevant, what matters is bearing journal area relative to thrust.
Simply better technology meaning more power from less and more reliably.
High output...