2009 Toyota HiLux global debut
September 5, 2008 by George Skentzos
The new 2009 Toyota HiLux has today made its worldwide debut boasting a range of styling, technical and equipment upgrades.
The next-generation of Australia’s best selling pick-up has been restyled to demonstrate the tough character of Toyota’s impressive line-up of off-road SUV’s.
It is easily identifiable by its new trapezoidal grille and grey plate bar along with a redesigned bumper which gives an overall impression of a low centre of gravity.
The range continues to offer three body styles comprising the Single Cab workhorse, the Extra Cab and the Double Cab with new-design 15-inch alloy wheels for the 3.0 D-4D Double Cab HL3 and 17-inch alloys for the Double Cab Invincible.
Extra and Double Cabs fitted with a hardtop also include a lockable tailgate, with a revised range of accessories is available for owners to give their HiLux both plenty of extra style and practicality.
Two new metallic body colours are available – Island Blue and Graphite Grey – and dark-tinted rear privacy glass is now provided as standard on Double Cab HL3 models and above.
Careful attention has been paid to the interior to enhance passenger comfort and safety with Toyota keen to kick the poverty workhorse stereotype.
This includes a new four-spoke steering wheel with integrated fingertip controls for the audio system and multi-information display while the wheel and gear knob gain a leather trim on HL3 models and above.
The instrument cluster and auxiliary controls have also been improved, with manual variants boastings a more ergonomically designed shift console.
A new climate control air conditioning system has also been introduced with intuitive push-button controls and a digital display showing the selected temperature, vent and air inlet mode while a filter removes dust and pollen from air passing through the unit.
The 3.0 D-4D diesel engine also boasts improved torque, increasing by 17Nm to 360Nm between 1400 and 3400rpm thanks to a new intelligent five-speed automatic transmission in the HiLux Double Cab.
This results in a market-leading power-to-weight ratio as well as class leading CO2 emissions of just 236g/km, with fuel efficiency on the combined cycle down to just 7.4 litres per 100km.
Adjustments have also been made to the suspension to deliver stable and reliable handling with new double-row roller-type rear axle bearings and more responsive valve structure on the front shock absorbers.
New bushes compliment the suspension inherent high torsional stiffness significantly reducing road vibrations.
These enhancements aim to meet the changing needs of the market, with increasing demand for the HiLux to become a dual purpose personal/leisure transport and professional work ute.
As a result, the 2.5 D-4D Single Cab, Extra Cab and HL2 Double Cab – the workhorses of the range – retain their current specification, which includes electric windows, air conditioning, alarm, remote central locking, driver and front passenger airbags and ABS.
While the 2.5 and 3.0 D-4D Double Cab HL3 gain a leather trimmed steering wheel with audio controls, automatic air conditioning, sports front seats (3.0D-4D only), privacy glass and new-design 15-inch alloy wheels.
At the top of the range, the Invincible (in European markets) adds new 17-inch alloy wheels shod with 265/65R17 tyres and leather upholstered sports seats, with Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) introduced as a standard feature.
The new HiLux also gains larger brakes with 297mm diameter ventilated front discs and 295mm drums for all four-wheel drive models, apart from the Invincible with VSC, which has 319mm ventilated front discs.
Australian-specific details will be available closer to the release date.
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I like it.
Unfortunatly these vehicles are also being used as show ponies. There are too many on the road and just like large 4WDs,some owners try to intimidate smaller vehicles on the roads.
To put this in context, I don’t mind the hilux,we use a number of mine spec’d single, extra and duel cab SRs. But a bit more room for your left leg while driving with boots on and better 4wd capability would be an improvement…(hint get a set of Wranglers, they’re a big improvement over the standard tyres)
I like the part about “New styling gives it the appearance of having a low centre of gravity”, it’s unfortunate that gravity doesn’t work on appearances and it’ll roll over quicker than a well trained dog! :)
Privacy glass, new paint colours, probably a different coloured switch for something…how about you bring back the limited slip differential fellas, or were you to busy doing your nails and shopping for handbags to design that?
this update looks sick.
cant wait to get mine, Throw some 22″ rims on it and drop it to the ground.
It does look a little sick, yes. Only 22s can fix it.
Hey Mad are you one of those people that stick low profile tyres on a 4WD? A bit of waste don’t you think? I mean I thought a good thing about the Hilux is that they aren’t too bad off road. You’d be spending money to lose a functionality of the car that you paid for.
What’s with the orange rear indicators? This is 2008, not 1998. How about a dual-cab truck with a LONG bed, like in the US, rather than the puny short bed that can’t carry SFA. Climate control in a compact truck would have to be a first, if it even makes it here.
Mark,
depends what you call a compact truck.
our aussie utes have climate control, but as far as the jappers go you may be right.
well done to the jap ute segment for finally starting to inflict some comfort, something that the aussie grown utes have had for decades.
Mads attitude is exactly why the TRD ute should have been a 2wd version dropped on its guts, people would actually buy it.
how can toyota read the bland market so well yet fail miserably when it comes to the exciting ones.
if the TRD ute was a low rider, i feel it would have boosted a cult following of the already popular “Lowlux”.
More of an Aussie look than the outgoing model.
Front wrecks look with Mr Bean CAD designed grille. It does look sick……puke!
As for rest I do like. Inside classy as! Rear looks too pedestrian for me and lifeless! But then again….its a TOYOTA!
Agree that the interior is a huge improvement.
Shame they don’t have the high ride height on the 2wd versions like Rodeo and Courier twin cabs.
IMO normal or low riding light trucks look terrible.
Wish that they would bring the space cabs out with suicide doors like the models in the States and like the BT50’s here in Australia. And I hope they upgrade the V6 to the 200kw engine in the Aurion and the Rav4. I’d trade my 07 luxie for that.
The Hilux is a well proportioned ute, so why do they have to “update” it with a grill that looks like something from the styling pinnacle that was the ’70’s?
The interior is unchanged, other than the leather, climate control and sat nav, which all will certainly be extra cost options for the Oz market.
5 speed auuto is long overdue, and no mention of the price hike….
I’d say it’s a reasonable facelift, but it still has the same old body though.
try this toyota fans,buy a mazda,triton,rodeo,bt50…anything really,then buy$5000.00 worth of beer for the fridge..or a hilux
Yes, but when the beers all gone you are still left with a ute worth less on the resale market than the hilux.
Already holding many orders for this. Bought sight unseen. One of the few products for sale where the marketing and the product are in sync… We wont get the climate control and the sat nav shown will be worth about 3K… *sighs*
It’s a good logical upgrade to the biggest selling vehicle in australia for what, the last three years…?
oh you cant legally fit anything bigger than 18 inch wheels to a hilux your insurance will not cover you…. just saying…
Typical of toyota to do a halfa again… they have this market by the balls in australai so we will continue to be offered mediocre products from this company ( sort of remindes you of the same attitude that telstra has )
This is australias biggest selling ute …for it not to have at least 4 airbags, stability control,and other important saftey items is crazy …our legislators are to bust sitting around picking there noses to actually make these car companies do something properly … i own two landruisers and i have just bought a bt50 singles cab….. guess what ,,,its a nice ute but it aint a toyota ,,,,dont ya hate that
“feeling”
Nice legs, shame about the face.
I’m from the US and all we have is the tacoma. Not a bad truck but the Hilux is a way better pick up.. Toyota if you read this PLEASE bring the Hilux(with diesel) with the next redesign of the Tacoma. The market is rip for the picking in the US.
Went for a test drive in the new 2009 model last night, no climate control which is disappointing, controls on stearing wheel (finally) are a plus! I like the front grill so ended up buying one, pick it up in next couple of weeks so I’m stoked!
The Australian model lacks the major upgrades.
No 5 speed auto
No digital climate control
No lockable tail gate
No new motor improvements
No privacy glass (like that matters)
So wack on a new grill, improve the once bumpy ride a little and put a few extra mills on the brakes. Once again the Australian model misses out.
Looks like we’ll just have to wait until 2010 or 2011 for the next model.
YEW! hiluxs are awesome, last week i signed up for wun, and yesterday they said it was ready to pick up, yew gotta love that, less than a week.
2×4,SR,3.0TD less than 30k, a bargin.
(i think coz the mines arnt buying them ne more)
first thing ill do is put a towball on for my jetski nd bikes, then a bull bar, coz well i live in the counrty, (why didnt i buy the 4×4 u ask? im not paying 50% more for something i dont use that oftern, neva rains up this way anyways.
then ill change the tyres, bcoz they are rubish.
i might wait a bit before putting exhausts on, and chippn it up and all that bcoz well, i guess ill run it in and test it and stuff.
and it might look better when i go for my p’s, uknow, without all 1000watt subwoofers, lowered, straight 3″, custom diffs, ect..ect..
i cn c y u sighned up 4 wun.
I just got back from the US and they have the new Toyota Tundra over their, it is awesome! It is exactly what we need, V8 Turbo Diesel, bigger cab space, bigger tray.. if you can imagine the new Hilux 20% bigger in everyway this is a Tundra!
As I know we wont be seeing this truck / ute in Aus soon I have just ordered a new dual cab, 3.0 diesel, Auto with everything.. its a shame about the small wheels again…. but this is the best ute available.
http://www.toyota.com/tundra/
check this out and tell us what you think of the USA model compared to the Aussie Hilux!
I dont understand why Toyota lost the tough design of the old pickup. This is not a real Hilux like we know. Toyota must do what Ford do with the F150 and F250. To keep the tough image of the truck, they create the F250. They know that many people do not like the 1997 F150, so the F250 born. I suggest that create another line of Hilux classic with the old design in mind.
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Roberto, If Ford sold its F series again in Australia I wouldnt bother looking at a hilux.
As far as a Work ute goes I belieive there is nothing like room in a cab a decent 7 odd Litre diesel Engine.
Hilux utes look allright and are better than the others available to us but unfortunately Toyota Know this and thats why they are 6 Grand Dearer.
I realise the F trucks would be dearer still but you get more truck.
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