2024 Toyota HiLux GR Sport pricing and specs revealed

The 2024 Toyota HiLux GR Sport will arrive in local showrooms in September priced from $73,990 plus on-road costs.

The pricing, specs and launch timing announced today position Toyota’s powered-up, off-road-oriented, first GR-branded HiLux at the top of Australia’s biggest-selling ute range, $3790 clear of the current flagship Rogue (from $70,200 plus ORCs).

It’s also $3240 more expensive than the model it effectively replaces, the 2022 Toyota HiLux Rugged X ($70,750), which was similarly developed in Australia but did not have modifications as extensive as those wrought on this fully-fledged GR Sport model.

Among the top of those mods is the most powerful diesel engine (165kW/550Nm) ever fitted to a factory-produced HiLux, which complements a raft of off-road-focused chassis upgrades.

For starters, the GR Sport’s front and rear tracks have been extended 135mm and 155mm respectively compared to mainstream HiLux variants and stands an extra 15mm taller thanks to its enhanced suspension set-up which now features KYB monotube dampers in all four corners and retuned (front coil, rear leaf) springs.

Extra articulation is ensured with the deletion of the rear sway bar, while traction on loose surfaces is enhanced by the standard fitment of 265/65-series Bridgestone Dueler A/T tyres which are wrapped around an exclusive set of black Dakar-inspired alloy wheels.

The HiLux GR Sport also features disc brakes in all four corners (as per HiLux Rogue), with 338mm front rotors clamped by four-piston callipers and 312mm rear discs gripped by a set of floating single-pots.

If the chunkier rolling stock isn’t enough for you to pick the GR Sport apart from the similarly-fat Rogue, the flagship offering wears a unique front bumper designed to improve its approach angle and a GR-specific black front grille with block capital ‘TOYOTA’ lettering.

Look a little closer and you’ll see a widened bash plate, 2mm rock sliders, red recovery points and a black rear bumper, the latter featuring a pre-installed tow bar, tow ball and trailer wiring harness.

The macho exterior is matched in the cabin by a “rally-inspired” leather-clad steering wheel with paddle shifters, red centre stripe and GR logo, not to mention the GR-branded sports front seats, leather and suede upholstery, red seat belts, aluminium pedals, GR Sport shift lever and ‘Technical Mesh’ dashboard trim.

All-weather floor mats and a nine-speaker JBL sound system are also included in the price.

Toyota Australia sales, marketing and franchise operations vice-president Sean Hanley said the raft of locally devised and engineered upgrades make “Australia’s favourite ute even more appealing”.

“Australians love powerful and capable pick-ups, and the HiLux GR Sport certainly delivers on that brief,” he said.

The HiLux GR Sport’s 165kW/550Nm outputs from the revised 2.8-litre engine make it the most powerful and torquiest four-cylinder diesel ute on the Australian market, so much so the Aisin-sourced six-speed automatic transmission had to be retuned in order to cope.

Full details of the new model will be released closer to its launch in September, however a five-option colour palette comprising Glacier White, Frosted White, Stunning Silver, Eclipse Black and Feverish Red has been confirmed.

The $74K starting price for the HiLux GR Sport places it alongside other flagship utes, most notably the Ford Ranger Wildtrak that’s priced from $71,190 plus on-road costs with a V6 diesel, or $75,990 as an off-road-targeted Wildtrak X biturbo diesel four.

The GR Sport is still no match for the Ford Ranger Raptor though, which features a 292kW/583Nm 3.0-litre V6 twin-turbo petrol and a plethora of desert-racing upgrades – with a price to match (from $86,790).

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