Toyota HiLux 2011 Video Review

High Stance Fresher looks Bulletproof build

Bouncy ride No lap sash centre belt No reach on steering column

The best ad for a Toyota Hilux doesn’t show the ute in the gleaming state you’ll see in its marketing campaigns. Instead, this one is battered, burnt and blown-up. It sits in the UK studio for TV show Top Gear, whose hosts tried serial attempts to kill it, including crashing it, hitting it with a wrecking ball,  setting it on fire and leaving it in a building during an explosive demolition.

After every assault it could be started again, and this refusal to lie down and die has earned the workhorse a reputation for being indestructible. The toughness is just one of the reasons the HiLux is Australia’s top-selling ute, and some months tops vehicle sales across all classes.

Another is the almost daunting number of variants – 35 in the current line-up – which means that there’s a HiLux in just about any combination of fuel, cabin, drive and tray choices you can dream up.

Read the full Toyota HiLux SR5 2011 review .