Toyota will never sell this in the USA. This truck is for the top tier developing nations in Asia #1 ....... then throughout the world. Consumers will scarf it down in places like Vietnam, Brazil, Argentina.
Single cab by the way!!! Not like the dual cab, all tricked out $80000 monster pickups trucks here. In USA your wife will kick out of the bed if you buy a new single cab pickup. She will not tolerate that status drop. If you can even find a single cab to buy new.
$80000? Dude, visit a dealer, they’re closer to six figures if not past! Unbelievable what some people have in their pickup.
I tend to agree with your comments. We bought a new 2018 F150. In terms of engine and transmission, it’s great.
The “tricked out” part of it sucks to high Heaven. It’s clearly made for the city guy/gal. All the needless bells and whistles make it a pain in the neck for farm use.
For example the auto locking tail gate. Just think how stupid that is. You got a load of hay bales, go to the pasture to unload, get out and you forgot to unlock the tail gate from the cab. I fixed that by disconnecting the tail gate lock wires.
There are other endless annoyances.
We have a 1997 Chevy pickup. It’s such a pleasure to drive. Just get in it and go. No silly alarm noises, no restrictive auto locks. It’s just simple basic transportation and very comfortable too. I suspect that Hilux is just like that. Very basic without all the federally mandated crap or little goodies the city people demand.
Where did this do what your wife says mindset come from? I do what I want in my household when it comes to things like this.
If they’re going to sell it in Central America, buy it down there and drive it to the USA.