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NAMED MODELJapan

Hilux Surf SSR (Japan)

The Japanese first-generation 4Runner: the Hilux Surf in SSR and SSR Limited grades with the 2.4-litre 2L-T turbo-diesel or 22R-E, sold from 1984 as a two-door with the removable roof and in Japan-only diesel form.

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Sources & evidence
Hilux Surf SSR (Japan) — 1987 Toyota Hilux Surf SSR LimitedTTTNIS · CC0 ↗
BASE VEHICLE4Runner / Hilux Surf (N60)BUILT BYToyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Auto Body (Arakawa Auto Body / Araco)IN SERVICE1986–89OPERATED INJapanPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 103″

The record

Toyota sold the N60 in Japan as the Hilux Surf from 1984; the SSR grade with the 2L-T diesel was the volume model and the SSR Limited added alloys and a full interior. Used SSRs were exported to New Zealand and Africa in numbers.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1986–89
ENGINE2.4-litre 2L-T turbo-diesel four; 2.4-litre 22R-E petrol fourToyota L diesel · Toyota 22R
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
OPERATED INJapan
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINE4Runner / Hilux Surf
FAMILY4Runner / Hilux Surf
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE103″
BODY STYLEhard

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • White
  • Beige
  • Yellow
  • Freeborn Red
  • Olive
  • Green
  • Light Olive
  • Medium Blue
  • White (60 Series)
  • Beige (60 Series)
  • Copper
  • Red (60 Series)
  • Blue
  • Blue (60 Series)
  • Silver Metallic
  • Gray Metallic
  • Dark Gray Metallic
  • Beige Metallic
  • Beige Metallic (60 Series)
  • Light Blue Metallic
  • Dark Blue Metallic

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Toyota 4Runner ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft