HILUX

About the Hilux

The Hilux is the truck that won't die. Literally. Top Gear tried to kill one — drowned it, crashed it into a tree, dropped a caravan on it, set it on fire, placed it on top of a building during demolition — and it started. Since 1968, the Hilux has been the working truck of choice across Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, and anywhere else where the nearest mechanic is a hundred miles away and the road stopped being paved an hour ago. The reliability isn't a selling point — it's the entire product. The fifth and sixth generations built the legend. Simple, body-on-frame, with a diesel engine that produced modest power and immodest longevity. The seventh generation added common-rail diesel technology. The eighth generation brought modern safety and comfort features without compromising the fundamental toughness that makes a Hilux a Hilux. Toyota has never sold the Hilux in the United States, which means Americans have to settle for the Tacoma and wonder what they're missing. On Revnut, the Hilux ranks where durability is the ultimate performance metric.