Why You Can’t Buy a New Toyota Hilux in the U.S. - EXPLAINED

[@Forged4x4]

Abolish the Chicken Tax here: www.change.org/p/abolish-the-chicken-tax-to-bring-the-toyota-hilux-to-the-united-states Note... This petition probably won't do anything.... BUUUT... It MIGHT. Which is enough to justify why we created it.

[@neilfrasersmith]

Australian here. If Toyota wanted to sell the HiLux in the USA I'm sure they would. Your not getting it because it has no mechanical problems. It would make their other products sold in the US look bad, well worse (if that's possible) than they already are.

[@MrJEEPJT]

@ Neil Fraser smith the Toyota hi-lux is not sold in “USA” because of a “25%” Tariff called the chicken tax from “1963” google the chicken tax plenty of you tube videos The Toyota “T-100” briefly sold in the USA was tariffed at that level

[@malfaiz6639]

@@MrJEEPJT yep thats it

[@guantai69]

I totally agree. Cars need to be fixed and replaced to keep the Economy going.

[@theyhateme8763]

then why are they paying billions for the lawsuits there?

[@espkh1549]

What’s Australia? Toyota fanboy… made in the USA only

[@AndresSalazarAutos]

You can buy a Hilux just south of your border, here in Mexico, you can get it with a gasoline engine and a stick shift. Or the 2.8 Turbo diesel, 4x4, either in manual or automatic. And btw, it already equips a lot of safety features, 7 airbags and depending on trims, advanced driver aids.

[@joshingwithyahaha]

Would I just leave it registered in Mexico or something? How does that work?

[@AndresSalazarAutos]

@@joshingwithyahaha I don't know if you can actually buy it if you don't are at least a permanent resident with a valid Mexican drivers license

[@Forged4x4]

Can you get a couple for us and sneak them across the border? 🙏🏻

[@LuisHernandez-nb4nv]

so right, been looking at buying 1, just need to save a little more, done all the research and being a dual Cit, and will be able to handle the registration in Mx and insurance while operating it in the US. i might get pilled over bu ICE a few times while in the US as it will have Mx plates, but that will only make for good times and content, I'm soclose I can feel the exityment

[@AndresSalazarAutos]

@@LuisHernandez-nb4nv Better hurry up, rumor has it, next get will share platform with the Tacoma. I just hope it keeps it robust.... I actually have a review (in Spanish) of a 2021 model, 5 speed I4 2.7 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnfWf6R9m9V-pMU

[@Malama1492]

I bought a 2024 Toyota Hilux SR5 Cruiser recently (1st time owning any Toyota) and I swear to god I’ll never buy any other car from now on other than a Hilux! It’s so dam good especially how fuel efficient it is because a full tank lasts me 2 and a half weeks easy

[@BorisEkner]

After Top Gear’s series on the indestructible Hilux I bought a used one. The Hilux truly is a remarkable vehicle. After some years I sold it to a guy who exported it to Namibia in Africa.

[@Forged4x4]

Imagine if we could find it...

[@BorisEkner]

@@Forged4x4 You’ll find a similar 25 y/o one in MEX or GUA.

[@leecarroll1817]

As a U S type living in Spain own a Hilux. I live in the mountains and enjoy the 2.4 Diesel and 6 speed manual transmission. It pulls like a Tractor and is very smooth. Fuel mileage is also good. Yes they last forever. Mine is a 2016. Last ones i remember was in Iraq and Afghanistan and bad folks had a machine gun mounted in the bed. Very popular in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Yes they are a staple over there.

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

how about the LC 70 series wagon . troopys , utes

[@adamgriss2025]

The Hilux is ubiquitous here in Saudi Arabia, but like everything else, whatever is not available is desired. The Tacoma is highly desired here! You always want what you can’t have😂.

[@JetSkiSuper7]

Exactly. All generations of Tacoma’s in the USA are awesome trucks, even the latest one that is getting all the hate.

[@DadRuinsEverything]

I have many friends that own them down in Nicaragua. They don’t meet our safety standards or emissions. Went to Cost Rica this year and rented one. The one I got was brand new no plates. I was nervous AF they were going to scam me some how. It was the best driving truck I’ve ever drove. Didn’t have to fuel up the whole week and half of driving up and down the pacific coast. Everything was all good when I returned it. 🤙🏽

[@barrydraper]

Toyota's greed in not biting into the 'Tacoma profits' is what's keeping the Hylux out today. But people are importing 25 yr old classics, including the Hylux. If you're lucky enough to get a low mileage version, you'll pay a small fortune for it.

[@OscarSchneegans]

Toyota could put the 2.8L Diesel in the Tacoma, 4Runner, and Land Cruiser, but American emissions regulations require emissions equipment that is finicky and unreliable. I owned a Mercedes Sprinter with the 3.0L Diesel, and it gave me endless trouble.

[@Forged4x4]

That's interesting. I've had a couple 3.0's and they were damn near bulletproof. But yes, DEF, emissions BS turns Diesel into 💩

[@אתהברטון]

@@Forged4x4 User error

[@Oo-IIII-oO]

Mazda tried selling the CX5 diesel in the states and it was a totl flop. Nobody wanted it so they discontinued it. Diesel is more expensive and smells like a tractor. Not worth the trade off

[@SuperbD2009]

I drove my dads 2011 Hilux down in Peru through Andes Canyon dirt roads and high altitdue muddy roads. It is a beast! Compared to my FJ it has bigger balls for sure.

[@Forged4x4]

Bigger balls are better #science

[@theyhateme8763]

back when they were made well

[@Landcruiseroverland]

To be fair as someone who’s been a professional mechanic for more than 20 years, I’ll let you in on the reason we don’t get the Toyota diesels and it’s because we’re the only country on earth that actually monitors NOx emissions so well yes other countries get fun engines. We don’t get they also have the health problems related with the higher NOx concentrations. Toyota even makes the non-turbo diesel from the 80s still but they only sell it in Third World countries. Everybody cheated on their diesel emissions to make them meet requirements and be sold in this country. It’s not the engine that’s the big factor here because to be fair we could easily slap the 2.7 in it since the rest of world it also comes with that engine. The problem is in the USA. We have so many other requirements back up sensors back up cameras, side curtain airbags Goes on. There’s a lot of stuff we have here in the United States that those vehicles don’t come equipped with you can even get them with manual windows and manual air-conditioning controls still but it still cost the same as a fully loaded F150 because you’re paying for the durability. The problem is the American public while we want stuff like that is never willing to pay that cost so there’s a lot of factors you see.

[@Forged4x4]

I feel like I need to do a deep dive into emissions standards. I feel like there's a lot of sh*t we get wrong. Like increasing the emissions standard depending on how big the vehicle is... This just leads to auto manufacturers making heavier, bigger vehicles so they don't have to make the engine more efficient. As an entrepreneur and capitalist, I get how much of a pain in the butt it is to deal with the balance of regulations vs having a profitable company. Making vehicles is harder than I can imagine and it would be a lot easier to make whatever kind of vehicle you want... but I also have seen pictures of Los Angeles in the 80s (heck... even to this day SMOG is gnarly in so cal). So... Ya... Deep dive coming @Landcruiseroverland

[@bernardoomar]

Health problems with higher Nox in other countries while our own government allows us to eat processed and junk foods that other countries had banned for years. We have these emission standards in the name of good air to breath while we are getting contaminated with poison foods.

[@johanmetreus1268]

"we’re the only country on earth that actually monitors NOx emissions" NOx is part of the (bi)annual car inspections in every country in the entire EU, so not true USA is the only country.

[@Landcruiseroverland]

@@johanmetreus1268 what I mean by that is not that we are the only one that monitors NOx but we regulate it while most countries focus more on the carbon and sweep the NOc under the carpet. At the end of the day it’s all sad the agenda when the emissions from vehicles is only 20% of the emissions globally. We need to crack down on the industrial and off-road equipment emissions and loosen up on the light vehicles

[@johanmetreus1268]

​@@Landcruiseroverland NOx has been part of the EU-regulations since Euro3 in 2000, with several other countries (like Australia) adapting them as to not having to deal with multiple standards and sets of rules. Then again, the EuroN is just a part of the wider EU emission control program. Here is where I disagree with you. 20% of the total is a rather significant portion, but also much more dominant in city environments . Compare the Californian smogs in the 1980s with what the air looks like today. The real issue, as I see it, is that we for some reason seem fine to import goods and commodities produced in manners that would result in the owners and managers being imprisoned if it had been within the borders.

[@xrismanessa3993]

US pick ups are too big for nothing. They tried to sell the ford F series here in Africa but they didn’t take off because they were too big fuel gazers unpractical. Research and do a video on that. And the Hulux SUV here is called a fortuner

[@Forged4x4]

You’ve peaked my interest. 🤔

[@aLwE17]

@@Forged4x4 Same in the Philippines, Ford used to sell the F-150 and Expedition here up until back in 2001, Ford brought them back in 2021 or 2022 I think before phasing them out again just last year for the PH market. The only people who bought them were some rich businessmen as the F150 and Expedition were made into a status symbol because if anyone who bought them that means they have the money to spend for a heck ton of fuel for the gas guzzlers, as well well as other cars when they're F150 and Expedition breaks down and needs repair that will take 2-3 months because parts aren't available locally; and when I said "some rich businessmen" that's because most rich businessmen usually buy a Toyota Landcruiser as their daily and as a status symbol. While Americans are obsessed about large V8 or V12 engines and going 0-60, here in Southeast Asia, we care a lot more about fuel efficiency, availability of parts, practicality in our daily lives, and if it can fit 3 generations of a household; last part about fitting 3 generations of a household is why pickup trucks are very popular here because a lot more people can ride in the pickup bed, however due to stricter laws in the last decade or so, specifically about people riding on the back of pickup trucks, most people have moved on to 7-seater mid-size SUVs, compact SUVs, and MPVs(Multi-purpose vehicles catered to the Asian market specifically designed for practicality and comfort that can accomodate a large number of passengers or a large amount of cargo space.

[@brahsumatra]

The Hilux is the go to truck in Mexico.

[@martinponc8021]

European here. I still don"t get it, are safety and emission regulations really so strict in the US? I mean, I think EU is hell for every car manufacture to sell a car, but we have Hiluxes here... I just don't think safety and emisson regulation are the main issue.

[@butchgreene]

It’s because of our requirement for ALL vehicles from a manufacturer to meet a MIles Per Gallon average across all units sold. So for every 8 cylinder Tundra, you have to have a model that sips fuel.

[@AIDAHAR210]

They are strict for cars, but none applies to light trucks. Its confusing af

[@scottgorman7166]

I spent 5 weeks in the Queensland area of Australia with a rented Hi Lux. I have had 3 Tacomas and on my 2022 TRD. I do like the Tacoma but that Hi Lux felt like it can do and go anywhere. Plus the milage is better. Now Aussieland gas/ diesel is sold by the litre and its a bit more expensive then here so the milage thing is important. I would buy on in a instant. .

[@lucasfernando4097]

Brazilian here. I have a 2002, 3.0L Diesel, naturally aspirated, 4x2 Toyota Hilux. It's got a weird front hood (got a face lift in 2002), but all the parts are basically compatible with the LN106 Hilux. I get 8km/L in city driving, which is like 20mpg. On the highway, it can easily get 12km/L, or 28.5mpg. It really isn't that economical, but I really love it! A little bit too bumpy though. The "Oh shit!" handles really get used! lol

[@casperbenj]

Saw my first Hilux a few months ago here in Ottawa, Canada - it had Mexico plates (Mexico City to be exact). That was a long drive. I'd like to see Canada sell them too.

[@jacethatace16]

Also 70 79 LC too

[@Forged4x4]

That's next :)

[@skylermeredith2522]

All of the 70 series

[@james-lm9kx]

@@Forged4x4 don't forget the 78 series troop carrier 😉

[@charliebakken2074]

And I wish we could buy an old Toyota Hiace mini-van. I saw one for sale in Wisconsin. It had a diesel engine and the owner claimed over 40 mpg. The steering wheel was on the opposite side of the dash. Where would you get parts for the Hiace?

[@MichaelBraid-xf3dw]

Every farmer in New Zealand has a Toyota HiLux or had one in the past. You can not kill them. They be on our national flag

[@jamieooh]

I was in Johnson City Kansas waiting to make a turn and a Hilux similiar to the one in the thumbnail turned in front of me.

[@ozmanfidaar6311]

You can import the Hilux into the US, but it has to be 20+ yrs as an antique vehicle. Some dealers import the Hilux from Japan to the US.

[@Forged4x4]

yes, we were speaking more about getting a new one.

[@RicCross]

Regarding the origins of the Hilux … pretty sure it was actually a Hino design/engineered product that became part of Toyota due to acquisition … not that it matters all that much, just that it is interesting…

[@billmccarthy5920]

Wouldn’t swap my 1HZ troopy for a Hilux

[@michaelshive6748]

I'm a Filipino-American living in the Philippines and I see them everyday. It's the most popular truck aside from the Ranger.

[@garywilson1688]

Rode in a Hilux in Nicaragua while at a surf camp. Diesel with manual. Believe me, those things are tanks. You want to go somewhere? (sandy river bottoms full of water, muddy steep washed out jungle roads, etc.) You just point it and go. Ok, you do have to shift but I don't think I would mind that.

[@edwindaleccio]

Hilarious 😂. Subbed

[@Forged4x4]

Yewwww 🤙 appreciate it

[@theyhateme8763]

@@Forged4x4 In Australia, a Ford Ranger generally costs more than a Toyota Hilux, with higher-end Ranger trims like the Wildtrak and Raptor often significantly exceeding the price of even the top-tier Hilux variants like the GR Sport; however, depending on the specific trim levels compared, the price difference can be minimal. it's amazing the ranger cost more yet even the Aussies avoid the Hilux over the ranger

[@juanquiros8934]

Hilux was the original and the best, Tacomas are nice but lack the bulletproof reliability of a Hilux.

[@Forged4x4]

Agreed!

[@theyhateme8763]

new hilux sucks

[@magnuslund2545]

The Hilux seriously lacks acceleration, especially the efficient models. The powertrains that make it reliable would be a hard sell in America. And I never found them to have a comfortable seating position.

[@theyhateme8763]

@magnuslund2545 exactly..guys who have never sat in a Hilux rubs it out to them in their dreams .

[@matthewchurch1320]

Gen 1 Tacoma, have you seen how rated out been, though hell the only Toyota truck that can them all is there vary first pick up truck from the 80s

[@emmanuellnescau]

I drove my dad's Hilux 2021 turbo diesel in brazil and boy let me tell you what .... i didn't missed my tacoma 2021 off road a bit. The Hilux is much better than tacoma

[@Forged4x4]

Love the first hand account. 🎉❤

[@1WHATSUP1]

That explains a lot. Thanks

[@wadehughes8986]

Ha, your opening line said something referring to America being the greatest free country on earth ……… you clearly have never been to Australia

[@moises32ful]

It’s just what America claims. He’s saying it to mock Americans who claim this is the land of the freedom but you still gotta do as US regulations says

[@jmard24]

I’ve seen a hilux here in Texas.

[@learningtools674]

It must be registered in Mexico, if you live in Texas than do drive to mexico for a weekend trip and you will be amazed that they have so many good products at a much lower price than US.

[@fmachinegns]

Tacoma is already made in Mexico and so is many other US sold cars. This ensures cheaper labor and no tarrifs, for now. Even the Chinese are trying to use it as back door to avoid current tarrifs.

[@moises32ful]

Well not no more, Trump increased Tariffs from Mexico to 25%. Watch Ram and Ford prices go up and quality down if they decide to actually build in US

[@cecil5152]

Funny aaand informative. Love it!!!

[@Forged4x4]

Appreciate you! 😄

[@ARKY-v3x]

30 mpg!? Dang that's awesome! I'd love to have a little diesel. 🎉

[@theyhateme8763]

@@ARKY-v3x they don't get 30 mpg..I have a 2.5 durmax in my Chevy over seas they go by liters per 100 km..they say mine uses 6 liters per 100 in real world driving you use twice that.

[@222aint]

@@theyhateme8763agreed, they don’t have an EPA which requires honest mileage estimates

[@DefZen343]

My Hilux in the Philippines got almost 40mpg, more than my little civic, My Tacoma in the US is barely getting 22mpg 😭 i dont care about the horsepower that Americans like to obsess over, I want that little diesel in my Tacoma 😭 Atleast i still have a manual transmission in the Tacoma 🙌

[@theyhateme8763]

@@DefZen343 automatics use less fuel now and no way you got 40 mpg youre huffing rugby

[@tooltime9260]

I had a '93 Camry with the 4 cyl and I routinely got 37 on the highway. That car was insanely reliable.

[@isiseshisewebhu]

Speaking from fleet ownership experience, all I can say, is count your blessings.

[@paulsterling2610]

In south africa i believe they get the strongest version of the hilux called the hilux dakar and I think you can get it with a 3.5l v6. Which would mean there is a version of yhe hilux that could meet the same usa required standards the tacoma does. Question is would the usa allow it to be imported or built there?

[@ahmednesbitte4906]

Thank you so much for this video. I appreciate it.

[@dee2ski]

I love my 93 76 series Land Cruiser...I also own a 92 JDM Isuzu 4x4 camper that's got a turbo 4cyl. 22mpg on my last 3k road trip. I'll never own an American rig. Just signed !

[@stevesalvatore]

Hilux is the highest rated pick up truck here in Jamaica. I own the GR version for 5 years now, super reliable does it all. Its a diesel workhorse, amazing all around.

[@lancer1993]

30mpg is the goal? I have a NW Pajero (also never sold in the good old USofA) and its basically stock, 3.2 turbo diesel 3000kg towing and it gets about 30mpg and its over 12 years old now.

[@magnuslund2545]

From the accidents I have personally seen, I’m not sure a Hilux would pass a crash test in the US. They always look pretty folded up.

[@scottgorman7166]

"Its the driver, not the truck"........

[@bimmermac]

Some say there is a Hilux driven by a Honey Badger.

[@bosch_doc]

It's always those goddamn farmers ruining shit for us.

[@wildtwindad]

The toyota corporation stopped production of the hilux in north america in 1992. Fast forward to now. In most of the G7 you can import any vehicle, any year, right or left hand drive, with no hindrance. Here in Canada, the legacy dealerships lobbied to restrict imports to 15 years or older. The insurance on right hand drives is more prohibitive also. All that said, my 1992 toyota hilux surf(forerunner) is in my mind one of the most bomb proof vehicles I have personally owned. I credit the toyota engineers with my life post being run off the road by a cidiot. Hilux forever.

[@viscayavagabond]

You live in the "freest country in the world?" You need better ventilation for your shop -- you're huffing too many toxic fumes.

[@ericchue8490]

There's are some 2000 and under model already available in the US. Your point is? 🤷‍♂️

[@faheemabbas3965]

7:35 I don’t know if you’re aware, but Mitsubishi announced that the DX Concept (a PHEV off-road minivan) is going to production AND coming to America. It’s mentioned in the Mitsubishi Momentum 2030 press image.

[@Forged4x4]

Interesting... but it's still a Mitsubishi and I'm not Paul Walker.

[@exploringsydneyandbeyond9059]

I wish we had the tacoma in australia

[@angeloplanes8497]

And nobody making KZbin content has realized the domestic trucks could have been perfected without government interference.

[@vonlogan1]

The grass is always greener. I live in a country where there are no Tacomas and Hiluxes are easily the most common car. And everyone here would trade their Hilux tomorrow for a Tacoma. Only problem is that the Hilux, being made next door in Thailand, has parts quickly available. Where as ordering parts from the US to Laos for the Tacoma, it takes a few weeks at best.

[@johnphaceas7434]

Aussie here, and yeah the Hilux was the top selling vehicle (of all passenger vehicles, not just 4WD) for years here, only recently toppled by the inferior Ranger dual-cab ute - though the Hilux is still the 2nd best seller. Pretty much every minesite has a fleet of them (along with LC utes and troopies, while the site managers' these days typically get about in Prados) I never knew it wasn't sold in the US - could have sworn Marty McFly had a Hilux SR5 in the original Back to the Future. That it doesn't meet US standards is hilarious - you can buy them in Europe where the emissions and safety standards are more stringent. And especially hilarious when you consider the appallingly inefficient and unreliable drivetrains, and tin-can construction, of many US-made vehicles. Must be very particular (and technically pointless) differences in the regulations. Still, they are as you say - unbreakable - so just go for a 25yo grey import over either your northern or southern border.

[@mziwendukuntsele671]

First world problems really. The Tacoma is a better product than a Hilux. I just don't understand what you are going on about.

[@exploreEU]

In my opinion is the hilux safer then a ford f150

[@kakegarcia8056]

You guys banned Hilux, Troopy and the Jimny, three of the really good, reliable and functional cars in the world, you are missing all the fun !!!. Bests regards from a Venezuelan follower in Panama!!! (I drive a Jimny 2015 lol)

[@DefZen343]

Honestly, As a SE Asian living in the US and seeing most people call my V6 Tacoma "dog slow" even with 270 horsepower, i think They will dislike the Hilux even more at 170 hp, its very slow but durable and efficient. most Americans like to drive fast for no reason, even from stop light to stop light and want all the gadgets in their vehicles 😅 Even if they did sell it, it would eventually become a Tacoma and not a Hilux because of the Demands of the market. Truck enthusiasts will love it but most Americans are not enthusiasts. Very few people know how to drive a manual here 😮

[@kakegarcia8056]

@@DefZen343 I moved to Panama 10 years ago and I’ve learned that many people from US drive as you are saying and one day in a conversation many of them said: The Jeep is the best, the Toyota Land Cruiser looks like a mom’s car, looks stupid, it is like the car your mom will take you to swimming lessons… then I asked, could you tell me then why in conflict zone and serious people around the world prefer Toyota and you NEVER see Jeep, Ford or Chevrolet? Just saying… then the silence made a great entrance and they didn’t answer. For me the name of the game is reliability and sorry but most cars from the US specially new ones are laptops with wheels and, it is absurd the excuses they made to band this three cars the rest of the world use and trust. People here that owns cars like The Rubicon are frecuente clients to the mechanic and auto parts

[@Drskopf]

I would say get a 25yrs old one from overseas (if you can afford it) and import it here in the US. That would be the only way. Btw In my country Nicaragua there are two kinds of Hiluxes, the taller one( higher ground clearance ) which you have seen in this video, and the lower clearance one either In dual cab or single. I love the way the 2000s diesel engine sounds like when driving it, it purrs like a cat and then growls 😅.

[@jakethole]

I want a Hilux!!!!! Come on America!!! TRUMP COULD MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BY JUST IMPORTING THE HILUX😂

[@jonathanliu7999]

Hilux champ only 12k😢

[@AngelsDontFall]

My 2014 4X4 TRD Sport Tacoma is a Lemon 🍋

[@KentWood-OptimizeUTennis]

Head to head, same driver... the Tacoma Gen 4 out performs the Hilux off-road.

[@RonL-y3v]

There will never be a repeal of the tax that is 25% on trucks from Japan because the US auto industry makes all their profits from trucks and they have money and they have lobbyists and politicians love money, end of story.

[@kateulechimputu477]

Hilux is something else

[@colincameron6263]

I have both a Hilux and a ranger. The ranger is sooo much better than the Hilux in almost every way.

[@joerihensen1933]

That thing with a machine gun on it is a landcruiser 79. Not a hilux.

[@ismaelcruz3315]

We can't get a Hilux in the US, but the American car companies can make so called American car in China and sell that b-shit to us here. NOT RIGHT!!!

[@Forged4x4]

For the record, they “assemble” the Chinese parts in America, which magically turns it into “American made”

[@6806goats1]

Bums me out we can’t get one in the US.

[@theyhateme8763]

only reason you dont see full sized trucks in places like Vietnam is they get taxed up to 300 percent

[@fasttracklap8480]

for the mileage it's just because of the diesel, for us rest of the world, it is unthinkabl to have a hilux with a gasoline engine, it beats the purpose of a truck which is to have torque and to be strong pulling, you remediate that by putting larger gasoline engines, well that unfortunately makes for less fuel efficiency compared to diesel.

[@megamoto3513]

It gets around 20mpg no idea where he got 30 from

[@JarJarbinkus]

a 4x4 is not a truck, and diesel has no torque compared to petrol! trucks are slow and go a long way, so diesel is perfect for them. a 4x4 is for having fun in the great outdoors, helping out on building sites and doing odd jobs. so it works better with petrol! all these kids who buy 4x4x and put diesel in them understand NOTHING about mechanics. -as a result, their 4x4 diesel doesn't go anywhere -it's too heavy and slow, so they add a turbo -then it clogs up every time....because a diesel is made to run slowly and for a long time, especially not in town for short periods of 30 min. -in the end, these turbo diesels end up damaged, just because the buyers have nothing in their heads but TV marketing. in countries with big diesel cars, there are tons of problems because of this. Ask before you speak.

[@megamoto3513]

@@JarJarbinkus in Australia every 4wd is diesel and we travel 3000+ kilometres to remote tracks. Diesel definitely has more torque and at a lower rpm so it’s more controllable and better for carrying equipment. It’s just American diesels are junk

[@Denis_v1.0_beta]

@@JarJarbinkus I suggest you visit Australia and talk to diesel ute (truck) owners, which is around one out of every five new vehicle owners. Three of the top four selling vehicles in Australia in 2024 were 4x4 utes (Ford ranger, Toyota Hilux, and Isuzu D-Max), the vast majority of which were diesel dual cabs purchased as the main family vehicle. There is a very good reason for these vehicles topping the sales charts. Almost everything you wrote above is incorrect. Do your research before you spew garbage in a comments section.

[@arsyadidris6349]

@@JarJarbinkus…. The latest hilux has 200hp n 370 lbft of torque from a 2.8L turbodiesel. N its getting that torque from ~1500rpm. Couple that with a 6speed, 4L n some decent mud tires… Thai bros n Borneo bros are regularly hauling 4000lb of god-knows-wtf up a side of a hilly jungle 6 days a week with their single cab hiluxes.. for a living.

[@edlyli7166]

Because it's imported diesel.

[@freeman3319]

The main thing Tacoma needs is a DIESEL engine, especially the 4th generation. Can some start a petition to get Toyota to bring so diesel engines in the USA?

[@Forged4x4]

Way ahead of you brother.... www.change.org/p/abolish-the-chicken-tax-to-bring-the-toyota-hilux-to-the-united-states?source_location=search

[@jeffhopperr]

Friggin Chickens!

[@sonofsandwiches6892]

Blame the EPA. A truck that gets 30mpg but doesn't have an electric battery is something our gov't doesn't understand.

[@Forged4x4]

Fun fact, the 30MPG hilux has a hybrid setup :)

[@jesserodriguez7459]

I have always been Michigan Chevy man, then I moved to Nicaragua. I drive a 2022 Hilux with a 2.8 diesel. Mine can get 40 miles a gallon on open roads. Then I climb mountains in 4l. Now i say, Chevy what?

[@Forged4x4]

This sounds like a dream

[@BorisEkner]

You can buy a 25 year old Hilux in Mexico or Guatemala and import it to the U.S.

[@HumanJacobs]

Let me put it this way, if you are tied on cash and need something with durability, trustworthy and capabilities on an offroad buy the Toyota Hilux

[@BPJac]

Your images of rebel organization trucks are all Land Cruisers, not Hiluxes 🙂

[@tooltime9260]

In the States, you also cannot get the Corolla Hybrid Wagon that's available all over everywhere else. The U.S. sucks! Whatever is created and invented in vehicles overseas could EASILY be created and invented by someone in the Big 3. Instead, these companies think "AMERICAN" which is wildly out of date. Ford made the Maverick, so it shows they CAN if they want to. They don't. Back in the '80s, I drove a Toyota pickup that was bulletproof, yet, American makers were making the S-10 and the Ranger. No contest. The problem is US! It's greed and profits instead of making what the consumer actually wants and the makers COULD be making. I'd like the Jimney to come back too. America isn't "free"; far from it. It's a cloaked Dictatorship not many are willing to see. The only real way to get a good vehicle in America today is (maybe) get a legal 25+ year old import, or move to another country. Until then...

[@IlIllIlIIl.I]

With the sales and reliability issues of the new Tacoma they are going to have to bring back the Hilux

[@davidflores1707]

The n80 Hilux with the 2.8 turbo diesel 1gd-ftv engine is plagued with issues, mainly the dpf. It gets clogged up and goes into regeneration for days which in turn dilutes the oil with diesel and because they've changed the engine to a timing chain, it wears out the chain. EGR coolers leak as well.

[@Forged4x4]

Use all the gas money you’re saving to fix it and still have enough left over for 37” tires. I don’t see an issue here 😂

[@TotalMurloc]

Ive owned Tacomas and a Hilux, tbh the Tacoma is a more capable truck. Just wish it has a stronger powertrain option.

[@redrallywagon]

This video is BS. Hilux are not "banned", they have not been qualified for import. The US Taco is just as good a truck. I own a Hilux in Central America and it's no unicorn, no better built than a Taco, and certainly not as well built as the j70 series LC. If Toyota wanted to sell Hilux in US they would submit the paperwork to the feds and start the NHTSA process.

[@inconspicuous7464]

At least we have 4Runners, based initially on Hilux' and then Landcruisers Prados.

[@Forged4x4]

I NEED a Diesel option in my life.

[@troyhicks49]

You must be kidding , it will now never end, the chicken tariff will be one of the cheaper ones now ... We are in Tariff land now ! MAGA

[@jonhughes4550]

Right off the bat I have to correct you. America is not the freest country in the world. America is tied for 17th and falling fast on the world freedom index.

[@ellerybice3787]

Toyota also manufactures larger vans, larger than even the Sienna.

[@AndresSalazarAutos]

Toyota Hiace

[@steveogilvie5203]

In the rest of the world, no one buys the Sienna. A long time ago in Canada the van Toyota sold here was a quirky neat thing with the engine between the front seats. The evolution of that same van in various shapes and sizes is what the rest of the world gets but not us.

[@faheemabbas3965]

I want a Vellfire or Alphard.

[@russogc48]

Import a 1999 from latin America with the 25 year classic car

[@jonathanliu7999]

Suks to be american now😢

[@tooltime9260]

...in many, many, many ways.

[@Mike-vd2qt]

UPDATE: Feb 1, 2025, Tacoma will have a 25% tariff from Mexico. $75,000 Tacoma?

[@tooltime9260]

The insanity has just started.

[@JS-to3yj]

Folded like Connor against Khabib…. Fixed.

[@TheKingOfInappropriateComments]

Doing away with the chicken tax tariffs (25%) would be a great idea. Too bad Donald Trump is going to add more tariffs.

[@Pete-p6p]

Well from your first statement and as a Brit living in the states, the first problem with that statement is the states is is not as close to free as you think it is. Unfortunately you guys are brainwashed into thinking that. Don't take my word for it, ask any American that has lived abroad for some time or just never came back.

[@tooltime9260]

It's true. Americans are ANYTHING but free.

[@Duu2]

Some of this does not make sense. Ford created the Maverick affordable pick up from scratch and it sells like hot cakes. So Toyota could spend some money and time on the Hilux. Also you showed some land cruisers there too, not hilux. I have many Toyotas: FJ, LC200 as an LX 570 and others. Also deisel has 11% more volumetric energy than gasoline, so you need to offset the gas mileage by that amount to make a resonable comparison, from 30 down to 26.7 mpg equivalent.

[@Forged4x4]

You’re correct… before we posted I noticed our militia image is a Land Cruiser… however, I told my editor to keep it in there so we can point out the LEGENDS in the comments. I salute 🫡 you.

[@tooltime9260]

One word: Regulations! The U..S. has more regulations than common sense. We're living in a sterile country. Freedom? Let me laugh!

[@wickedleeloopy2115]

FREEEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 😂😂😂😂

[@falseflag545]

Please stop confusing 70 series with hilux

[@Forged4x4]

We left that image in there to see who the REAL ONES are. Congratulations sir.

[@robertdonnell8114]

Well this ain't happening under Trump as he is the king of tariffs. However, comma, Toyota does build vehicles in the USA......just saying.

[@michaelronohjr5441]

These are built to last

[@JDiaz143]

Haha greatest country in the world is a joke, and I live here

[@MiggyZ-88]

Haven't you seen the endless comparisons with the Ford Ranger Raptor 🤨 They say, get the Raptor instead 😝😵🙄 Mwahahahaaa 🙄