The Hilux began in 1968 as a two-wheel-drive light truck. The third generation of August 1978 added a four-wheel-drive model in 1979 with a solid front axle on leaf springs, a two-speed transfer case and the 20R and 22R 2.2 and 2.4-litre fours; a diesel followed in 1981. It was the first Toyota 4x4 pick-up sold in North America and the vehicle that the 4Runner was cut from.
The fourth generation of 1983 put the 4WD on torsion-bar independent front suspension with the 22R-E injection engine and the 2L and 2L-T diesels; the fifth (1988) and sixth (1997) followed with the 3RZ and 5VZ petrols and the 1KZ diesel. The Hilux 4WD is a working vehicle everywhere from the Australian outback to the Sahara; the 2004 AN10 and 2015 AN120 generations continue it.
N30/N40 solid axle (1979–1983)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERLeaf springs and a solid front axle, the 20R/22R petrol fours or the 2.2-litre L diesel, a four-speed gearbox and part-time four-wheel drive with manual hubs. Regular cab and cab-chassis; the long-bed and Xtracab came at the end of the generation.
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Independent front suspension (1983–1997)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe N50 of 1983 brought torsion-bar independent front suspension, the 22R-E and the 2L-T turbo-diesel, and the 4Runner wagon of 1984 on its chassis. The N80 of 1988 and N140 of 1997 continued the layout with the 3RZ-FE, 5VZ-FE and 1KZ-TE engines.
Registry records · chapter 2
IMV and the global Hilux (2004–today)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe seventh generation of 2004, built in Thailand, South Africa and Argentina, and the eighth of 2015 with the 2.8-litre 1GD-FTV diesel, made the Hilux Toyota’s best-selling 4x4 in Australia and the standard pick-up of aid agencies and militias alike.
Registry records · chapter 3
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.Sources
- Toyota Hilux — Wikipedia
- 75 Years of Toyota — vehicle lineage — Toyota Motor Corporation