Toyota HiLux commercial from New Zealand

[awp101]

Click the pic for the video.

[jnyork]

Funny commercial.

Notice the truck is a diesel, which we cant buy here in the US because our masters know what's best for us.

[6pt-sika]

I look at the HiLux everytime I go to the Philippines !

Top of the line diesel , automatic and 4x4 with a crew cab are about $35,000 !

[Blaine]

Wouldn't those be perfect? Dang clowns in the EPA

[willygene]

I would never give up my American made ford diesel truck for a Toyota but the add was funny.

[win38-55]

Cool commercial.

[win38-55]

The Hilux is a bit overated. We did, some where I work at and was not really that impressed.
I do like the commercial, we need commercials like the NZ ers get way better advertisments down there.

[Mike D.]

Remember the one from several years back when the bulls stole the farmer's Hilux? It was a doozy.

[FWiedner]

"Hold on to your steak and cheese, Mate... "

[Griff]

My cousin on the North Is., had an older one he used around his deer "ranch" when I visited in 2000. I was pretty impressed, but for our highways? Nope; good torque for low-end grunt, but not enough horsepower for our feeways. Remember, like Canada, they have a 100kph speed limit for their what, 300 miles of freeways.

But, yes, their commercials are sometimes better'n ours.

[jnyork]

There are a heck of a lot of us that dont give a hoot for freeway performance, we have no freeways!!

[Carlsen Highway]

The Toyota adds are pretty good. The best ones are the older ones with Barry Crump the old bushman giving a city slicker a 'lift'....

[rjohns94]

how much horsepower do they have? i'm guessing more than takoma, and that would be enough for me. I have 170K on my 2007 and I would definately buy another toyota once I wear this one out. I'm thinking I might take a while to do so now that my driving has tapered off under 30k/year.

[kimwcook]

"Hold on to your steak and cheese, Mate... "

Quite the imagination.

[awp101]

how much horsepower do they have? i'm guessing more than takoma, and that would be enough for me. I have 170K on my 2007 and I would definately buy another toyota once I wear this one out. I'm thinking I might take a while to do so now that my driving has tapered off under 30k/year.

Mike, I'm interested to hear about your Tacoma. Generally, how has it held up and have there been any issues other than regular maintenance?

Earlier this month The Boy got a 2001 standard cab with 57K on the clock (I'm not kidding! ). It's the base 4cyl/5spd with the SR5 package (whatever that is). Chevy is supposed to be ending production of the Colorado (my preferred current production truck) and what I have seen as rumored replacements do not interest me. Even though I hope it will be many years before it's time to replace the 'rado, I have the Ranger and Taco on the short list of replacements.

I figure if it will hold up under the normal use a 20 y/o will put it through it should be durn near immortal but it's nice to hear from regular drivers as well.

[winchester1886]

Toyota's rule outback Australia, nuff said.

[bdhold]

If marketers are going to do the reducto ad absurdum thing, I prefer they at least do it with humor.
Nissan commercials here are awful - the airliner landing in the truck bed, etc.
Maybe that is exactly what Toyota is poking fun at.