Toyota HiLux to get AEB and adaptive cruise control to match Ford Ranger

The Toyota HiLux is due to earn active safety systems such as AEB, adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning from May 2019 production. 

CarsGuide understands that these active safety systems, recently made standard on the European model, will be made available from May 2019 production in Thailand, which means that the safety kit will arrive in Australia by the end of June.

Although it’s yet to be confirmed which models will receive the tech, top models are likely to receive it as standard, with entry level vehicles offering it as an option. Toyota is yet to confirm this, however. 

Ford recently added AEB and other safety tech to the every local Ranger, while AEB is also standard on every Mercedes-Benz X-Class and SsangYong Musso. It’s also available on most Mitsubishi Triton models as well. 

This means that the top three-selling utes in Australia will have availability of AEB by the middle of the year. 

The HiLux's new safety kit also highlights that several utes in Australia are still unavailable with any active safety kit, including the Volkswagen Amarok, Mazda BT-50, Isuzu D-Max and Nissan Navara (which offers it on European-built versions). 

The Holden Colorado is available with kit such as lane departure warning and forward collision warning, but no AEB.

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